# Quick start

> From signup to a working mailbox in two minutes.

Faivelo gives you professional email on your own domain — `you@yourcompany.com` — in about two minutes. Here's the whole journey, from creating an account to reading your first message.

## What you'll need

- A domain you own (like `yourcompany.com`)
- Access to that domain's DNS settings — or, even better, an API key from your registrar so Faivelo can configure DNS for you

## 1. Create your account

Sign up at [faivelo.com/register](https://faivelo.com/register) with your email address and a password (minimum 8 characters). You're taken straight into a guided setup that walks you through three steps: connect your domain, verify your DNS, and create your first mailbox. You can leave at any point with **Set up later** — when you come back, you resume exactly where you left off.

## 2. Connect your domain

Enter the domain you want to use for email. Faivelo looks up your domain's nameservers and detects who manages your DNS — Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Namecheap, Route 53, Hostinger, and others are recognized automatically.

- **Provider detected?** You can paste an API key and Faivelo adds every DNS record for you. See [Automatic DNS setup](/domains/automatic-dns-setup).
- **Not detected, or no API key?** No problem — the next step shows you exactly which records to add by hand.

Click **Add domain**. Faivelo provisions your domain on the mail server and generates your DNS records and signing keys in a few seconds.

## 3. Verify your DNS

You'll see a list of DNS records (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and a few more) with a live status for each. If records were pushed automatically, verification usually completes within a couple of minutes. If you're adding them manually, click any name or value to copy it, then paste it into your DNS provider's dashboard — see [Manual DNS records](/domains/manual-dns-records) for a walkthrough.

Faivelo re-checks your records automatically every few seconds while you're on this page, so there's no need to refresh. There's also a **Check now** button if you're impatient.

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DNS changes usually appear within a few minutes, but can occasionally take up to 48 hours. You can safely close the page and come back later.

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## 4. Create your first mailbox

Once your domain is verified, pick your email address — for example `you@yourcompany.com`. Set a password, or leave the field blank and Faivelo generates a secure one for you.

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Your mailbox password is shown exactly once, on the confirmation screen — along with your username and the IMAP/SMTP server details for connecting mail apps. Copy it somewhere safe. If you lose it, you can reset it later from the mailbox settings.

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## 5. Open your inbox

That's it — your address is live and can send and receive email right away. Open [faivelo.com/mail](https://faivelo.com/mail) and sign in with your new mailbox credentials to start using webmail, or use the IMAP/SMTP details from the confirmation screen in Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird, or your phone.

## Next steps

- [Add another domain](/domains/adding-a-domain)
- [Create more mailboxes](/mailboxes/creating-mailboxes)
- [Troubleshoot DNS verification](/domains/troubleshooting)