IHR - Setting up Domain Name Email on the IHR Server

Setting up Domain Name Email
on the IHR Server

IHR recommends that all of our hosting clients use an email addresses with their Domain Name (e.g., info@fertilityclinic.com), rather than the email address supplied by their ISP (e.g., IVFdoctor@aol.com). Using your domain name has two major advantages:

It looks more professional.

You can keep the email address for as long as you wish and consistently use it no matter what ISP you use. If you use your ISP's email address (e.g., IVFdoctor@aol.com), you'll need to tell everyone of your change of email address, then if you leave your ISP.

How to Set Up Domain Name Email

You should change the return address inside your email application (e.g. Outlook or Eudora):

from your ISP's email address - e.g. IVFdoctor@aol.com

to your domain name email address - e.g. info@fertilityclinic.com

There are three ways IHR can set up domain name email for you:

Method	How it Works, Advantages, Disadvantages
1. IHR redirects the email to your POP email address.	IHR redirects the emails sent to e.g. info@fertilityclinic.com to your regular email account, e.g. IVFdoctor@aol.com (wherever you typically receive your email). This is the preferred method if: you don't have your own mail server you only have a few domain name email addresses
2. IHR sends the email to your mail server.	If your office has its own mail server, then IHR can point the domain name "MX record" to your mail server. Then when an email is sent to e.g. info@fertilityclinic.com, it gets sent to your mail server. This is the preferred method if: you have your own mail server and you have lots of email addresses
3. IHR hosts your email and you download it from the IHR server.	IHR doesn't typically use this method with clients, since it forces the client to set up their email application (e.g. Outlook or Eudora) with one additional email connection.