{"id":772,"date":"2026-10-12T08:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/email-sending-domain-setup\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:09:16","slug":"email-sending-domain-setup","status":"publish","type":"rd_doc","link":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/texting-and-email\/email-sending-domain-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Set up email sending from your domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What it is<\/h2>\n<p>Emails to your contacts, like sequence emails, go out from your own domain. That helps them reach the inbox, and replies come straight to you. RealDialer sends through a subdomain, like rd.yourdomain.com, so your regular email and your website are not touched.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to find it<\/h2>\n<p>Settings &gt; Integrations &gt; Email sending<\/p>\n<h2>Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <strong>Settings<\/strong>, then choose <strong>Email sending<\/strong> under Integrations.<\/li>\n<li>Type <strong>Your domain<\/strong>, the part after the @ in your work email, like example.com.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-email-sending-domain-setup-1.webp?v=1791835755\" alt=\"Settings, Email sending: type your domain\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Settings, Email sending: type your domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fill in the sender details: <strong>From name<\/strong>, <strong>From email<\/strong> (an address at your domain), <strong>Reply-to (optional)<\/strong>, and <strong>Mailing address for the email footer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Press <strong>Add domain<\/strong>. The DNS records to add appear below.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-email-sending-domain-setup-2.webp?v=1791835755\" alt=\"Fill in the sender details and press Add domain\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Fill in the sender details and press Add domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add each record where you manage your domain, or press <strong>Email these to my web person<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Come back and press <strong>Check records<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>When it says &#8220;All set. Your domain is verified&#8221;, press <strong>Send me a test email<\/strong> to see how it looks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sending needs an Email upgrade: Starter $19.97, Growth $39.97 or Pro $79.97 a month. Email Starter starts with a 14-day free trial.<\/li>\n<li>Without an Email upgrade your domain stays set up, and email steps in sequences land as tasks with the email written out, so you can send them yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Only an account owner or manager can set up email sending.<\/li>\n<li>DNS changes usually show up within minutes but can take up to 48 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emails to your contacts, like sequence emails, go out from your own domain. That helps them reach the inbox, and replies come straight to you. RealDialer sends through a subdomain, like rd.yourdomain.com, so your regular email and your website are not touched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2076,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_rd_doc_route":"\/settings\/email","_rd_doc_source_id":"email-sending-domain-setup","_rd_doc_checked":"2026-10-12","_rd_doc_meta_description":"Emails to your contacts, like sequence emails, go out from your own domain. That helps them reach the inbox, and replies come straight to you. RealDialer sends through a subdomain, like rd.yourdomain.com, so your regular email and your website are not touched.","footnotes":""},"rd_doc_category":[22],"class_list":["post-772","rd_doc","type-rd_doc","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rd_doc_category-texting-and-email"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rd_doc"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/772\/revisions\/2078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rd_doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc_category?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}