Sending email from one domain from another

jc222 · 24 May 2022, 11:44 PM

Hello. I have two domains, xxx.com and yyy.com. xxx.com is our current site but we are eventually transitioning to yyy.com. We want emails sent from xxx.com to come from yyy.com. Current setup in fastmail is xxx.com emails are aliases. All yyy.com emails are users.

Is there a way to change xxx.com DNS so that I can use @yyy.com emails to send from xxx.com with Fastmail?

Thanks for any help!

BritTim · 25 May 2022, 12:40 AM

I am not completely certain that I understand your current setup. Assuming

you have a Fastmail account associated with each yyy.com email address; and
xxx.com is a domain administered by a Fastmail account.

You just define domain aliases for each xxx.com address, directing the messages to be delivered to the appropriate yyy.com account. Although the messages are delivered from name@xxx.com, you simply do not define a sending identity for name@xxx, and messages will automatically be sent out from the default name@yyy.com email address. Note, however, that the fact that your correspondents have sent to you as name@xxx.com will still be visible in your reply. Only the address you use to send the reply is name@yyy.com (along with any further replies by the original sender).

If xxx.com is not administered by a Fastmail account, it will be necessary to use forwarding in a way that will differ from one mail service to another, and you might also need to be careful about possible message delivery issues that can these days arise when using email forwarding.

If you describe your current setup more clearly, we can probably give you better advice.

24 May 2022, 11:44 PM	#1
jc222 Junior Member Join Date: May 2022 Posts: 1	Sending email from one domain from another Hello. I have two domains, xxx.com and yyy.com. xxx.com is our current site but we are eventually transitioning to yyy.com. We want emails sent from xxx.com to come from yyy.com. Current setup in fastmail is xxx.com emails are aliases. All yyy.com emails are users. Is there a way to change xxx.com DNS so that I can use @yyy.com emails to send from xxx.com with Fastmail? Thanks for any help!

25 May 2022, 12:40 AM	#2
BritTim The "e" in e-mail Join Date: May 2003 Location: mostly in Thailand Posts: 3,074	I am not completely certain that I understand your current setup. Assuming you have a Fastmail account associated with each yyy.com email address; and xxx.com is a domain administered by a Fastmail account. You just define domain aliases for each xxx.com address, directing the messages to be delivered to the appropriate yyy.com account. Although the messages are delivered from name@xxx.com, you simply do not define a sending identity for name@xxx, and messages will automatically be sent out from the default name@yyy.com email address. Note, however, that the fact that your correspondents have sent to you as name@xxx.com will still be visible in your reply. Only the address you use to send the reply is name@yyy.com (along with any further replies by the original sender). If xxx.com is not administered by a Fastmail account, it will be necessary to use forwarding in a way that will differ from one mail service to another, and you might also need to be careful about possible message delivery issues that can these days arise when using email forwarding. If you describe your current setup more clearly, we can probably give you better advice.