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New features, how-tos and notes from the people who run Paxmail.

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Mailbox webhooks are here

Mailbox webhooks are now in beta. They give your app or agent a simple way to react when a new message reaches a Paxmail inbox. If access is enabled for your account, Webhooks will appear in account settings. Pick a mailbox, add a public HTTPS endpoint, and Paxmail will send a signed...

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Masked Aliases Are Here!

Masked Aliases are here! Masked aliases let you generate a private email address that forwards to your real inbox. Use them anywhere you don’t want to share your main address: online shopping, newsletters, trials, vendors, apps, or support chats. Each alias is unique, and you can turn one off at...

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A Little About Aliases

Understanding and Using Email Aliases What is an Alias? An email alias is an additional email address that delivers messages to your main mailbox. • Think of it as a nickname for your real address. • You don’t need to set up a separate account or login — all emails sent to an alias end up in your...

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How to point your domain’s DNS to Pax Mail

How to point your domain’s DNS to Pax Mail Follow the steps below — they take just a few minutes at most registrars. If you already know your way around DNS, simply replace your existing mail-related records with the ones shown on the Pax “DNS” tab for your domain and you’re done. Otherwise, use...

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Moving mail over with Thunderbird

1 Prerequisites The fastest way to transfer mail from your old provider to Paxmail is to use Thunderbird. You can download it here https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/ Login credentials for both the old mailbox and the new mailbox on our service. A reliable internet connection (or enough free disk...

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5 minute setup instructions for a paxmail.cc address

Mail Service Setup Instructions ## iOS To set up your mail service on iOS: 1. Click the button below to download your profile. 2. Go to Profile Management to view and install the downloaded profile. 3. Install the profile, which will configure mail, calendar, and contacts. 4. You will need to...

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Plus Addressing

PaxMail now supports plus addressing. Email Plus Addressing, also known as sub-addressing or tagged addressing, is a feature that allows users to create variations of their primary email address by adding a "+tag" or "+keyword" after their username but before the "@" symbol. For example, if your...

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Aliases and App Passwords are available!

You now have the option to create aliases and App Passwords in your dashboard! Just log in, select the Aliases or App Passwords tab, and create up to 20 of each. Please let us know if you run into any issues.

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Purchasing multiple addresses

You can now purchase multiple Paxmail addresses or multiple domain accounts from your initial Paxmail account. When you log into the admin console, click on the "Accounts" tab and you'll see a button where you can add new addresses.

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Custom Domains

We do support custom domains as you will find in our documentation, but they will need to be purchased elsewhere as we currently don't support buying the domain with us. Once you have purchased the domain elsewhere, you can update DNS MX records (and others) to point to Paxmail. This means that...

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Beta coming soon!

We will soon be launching our beta, make sure you are signed up to the waitlist to hear the official announcement. Soon there will be hope for inboxes. [Coming Soon]

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