Registrar guide

Set up email on a Spaceship domain

Spaceship has an API Manager built into every account, so email setup can be one paste: key and secret in, records written, done. The by-hand path through Advanced DNS is below.

One paste, then it does itself

  1. 1.

    Add your domain in Faivelo

  2. 2.

    Paste your Spaceship API key and secret

  3. 3.

    Records write and verify themselves

Open the API Manager, click New API key, name it Faivelo and give it read and write access to DNS records. If the form offers an IP restriction, leave it empty, since Faivelo has no single fixed address. Copy the key and the secret (the secret is shown only once) and paste both into Faivelo. Every record below is then written and verified for you.

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Find the DNS editor

  1. 1Prefer to do it by hand? Sign in at spaceship.com and open Advanced DNS from the Launchpad.
  2. 2Select your domain, then DNS records, then Custom records.
  3. 3Pick the record type, fill in Hostname and Value for each entry your Faivelo dashboard lists, and click Add.

Use @ in the Hostname field for the root and bare prefixes like _dmarc for the rest; Spaceship appends your domain.

Open Advanced DNSOpen the API Manager

What your screen should look like

Advanced DNS, under Custom records

CUSTOM RECORDS

HostnameRecord typeValuePriorityTTL
@MXmx.faivelo.com103600
_dmarcTXTv=DMARC1; ...3600
Add

Priority appears once MX is selected. Use 10.

What gets set up, in plain words

Receiving

One record tells the internet to deliver your mail to Faivelo.

MX

Sending and trust

These prove your mail is really yours, so it lands in inboxes instead of spam folders.

TXT ×4CNAME ×3MX

Device auto-setup optional

Optional but nice: phones and mail apps find their settings by themselves instead of asking for servers and ports.

CNAME ×2SRV ×3

You type less than you think

Add your domain to Faivelo, free, and your dashboard generates this exact set for your domain. Every value has a one-click copy next to it, and each record checks itself off the moment it goes live, so you always know what is done and what is left.

And you give nothing up: this is the same full SPF, DKIM and DMARC setup the big per-seat providers configure. The flat price changes what you pay, not what lands in inboxes.

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Things Spaceship does differently

The key needs the DNS write scope, not just read

An API key made with read access alone authenticates fine and then fails on every write. Give it read and write on DNS records when you create it.

Spacemail leaves its MX behind

If you tried Spacemail on the domain, its mx1 and mx2.spacemail.com rows are still there. Remove them before adding a new MX, or mail keeps routing to Spacemail.

Advanced DNS only counts on Spaceship nameservers

The editor changes a zone that only answers when the domain uses Spaceship nameservers. If you moved the domain to Cloudflare or another host, add the records there and use that host's guide.

Check that it worked

Records usually go live within minutes, though caches can hold old answers for up to a day. Faivelo re-checks your domain automatically and emails you the moment everything verifies. Want an instant answer? Run a free email checkup on your domain and see exactly which records are live.

Common questions

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Once the records are in, connect any mail app with our device setup guides. Unlimited mailboxes on your domain, one flat price.

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