> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.foundable.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Use your own domain for email

> Move your foundable’s email to a domain you own to send and receive mail under your business’s own name.

Send and get email at a [domain](/help/glossary#domain) you own, like `hello@yourbusiness.com`, instead of foundable.app.

Email on your own domain needs a paid plan. Without one, pressing **Continue** shows you the plans. An owner or admin sets the domain up, and only the owner moves your email there.

**1. Open the Email address window**

In the Inbox, press your address under the **Inbox** title.

**2. Press Use your own domain**

It’s under **Sender name** in the window.

**3. Enter your domain**

Type it in **Your domain**, then press **Continue**. Another foundable can’t already use it for email.

**4. Get the domain ready**

If you [bought it through Foundable](/domains/buy-a-domain), Foundable adds its records for you. This usually takes a few minutes. Then press **Check setup**.

If you bought it somewhere else, the window lists a few [DNS records](/help/glossary#dns-record). Each has a type, a name and a value. Press a value to copy it. Add each record where you manage your domain, then press **Check setup**.

**5. Move your email**

When the window says your domain is ready, choose the address and the **Sender name**. Then press **Move email**. If an email is still sending, wait until it goes.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Moving deletes your old mailbox with all its mail, and throws away unsent drafts. The old address stays yours, so no one else gets its mail.

Each record says if Foundable found it yet. If the check needs more time, wait a little, then press **Check setup** again.

Changed your mind before the move? **Use a different domain** starts over with another one, and **Don’t use this domain for email** stops. The window shows one of them. Once the move starts, let it finish.

## Check that it worked

The window closes, and a note says your email moved. Your new address shows under the **Inbox** title.

## If something goes wrong

> **“Needs a fix”**
>
> Foundable sees the record, but it isn’t quite right. Copy its value again and correct it where you manage your domain.

> **“We couldn’t finish setting up …”**
>
> Foundable couldn’t add its records to a domain you bought through it. This can happen when its email already runs somewhere else. Press **Try again**.

> **“This domain can’t take mail here. If it already gets email elsewhere, use a subdomain such as mail.acme.com.”**
>
> The domain can’t receive mail through Foundable. Use a [subdomain](/help/glossary#subdomain) of it instead, like mail.yourbusiness.com.

## FAQ

> **Is this the same as connecting my domain to my website?**
>
> No. Your email has its own setup here, with its own records. See [Connect a domain you own](/domains/connect-your-domain).

## Related

> **[Change your email name or address](/inbox/email-address)**
>
> Change the name people see, or pick a new address.

> **[Buy a domain](/domains/buy-a-domain)**
>
> Buy a domain through Foundable, which then adds its email records for you.

> **[Choose, change or cancel your plan](/account/change-your-plan)**
>
> See which plan you’re on, and what a paid plan adds.


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