Getting started with ZeptoMail

ZeptoMail is a transactional email sending service. We ensure timely delivery of your important emails like password reset, OTPs, welcome emails and so on. This is a step by step guide on how to create your ZeptoMail account.

The steps involved in creating your account are :

1. Signing up and TFA setup.
2. Domain addition and bounce address creation.
3. Domain verification.
4. Mail Agent.
5. Send test email.
6. Customer Validation.

Signing up and TFA setup :

1. Navigate to the ZeptoMail homepage to create your account. Enter the relevant credentials and click sign up.
2. If you are a Zoho user, you can use your email id to sign up for ZeptoMail. Since ZeptoMail is a separate email service altogether, you are required to create an account even if you use other Zoho products. 
3. You will receive a verification code using which you can verify your identity. 

Once you verify your identity, you can enable Two Factor Authentication for your account. You can choose from the list of TFA options to enable it. 

Domain addition and bounce subdomain creation:

Once you sign up and verify your email address, you should add your domain details and create your bounce address. ​

Creating the bounce subdomain :

Bounce address or return-path address is created to receive all your bounce emails. To create a bounce address, add a relevant sub-domain. The bounce address created using this subdomain will now be of the format : prefix@subdomain.domain.com. For example, for the subdomain name - bounce and domain name - zylkertech, the bounce address would be : bounce@bounce.zylkertech.com.

The bounce address will be sent as a hidden parameter in the email header. When your emails bounce, we will fetch the email address causing the bounce and display the data within the processed emails section of your ZeptoMail account. Having a separate sub-domain to receive your bounced emails will help you categorise and view them better.

Domain verification :

ZeptoMail allows only authenticated domains to send emails. Authentication is the method of verifying your domain's identity by adding DKIM, and CNAME records to your DNS. Once you create your account, you will be taken to the domains section of your ZeptoMail account.

Here, you will find DKIM and CNAME records. 

• DKIM records - to validate that you are the owner of your domain and encrypt your email content in transit.
• CNAME record - to create your domain bounce address. ​

To verify your domain:

1. Login to your respective domain provider's account.
2. In the domain verification page of your ZeptoMail account, click on Select your DNS provider and choose your provider from the drop-down list to view DNS specific values. In-case your DNS provider is not listed, select Other from the drop-down. 
3. Copy the DKIM and CNAME values and publish them in your DNS server.
4.  Click on Verify once your publish your records to complete the domain verification.
5. If you do not have access to the DNS Manager, click on Share Record to email these records to your IT admin.

Note:

Mail Agent :

A Mail Agent in ZeptoMail is used to group your transactional emails. This is done to categorize them according to your purpose. The Mail agent has all the information including the domains associated with it, the emails sent and so on. You can refer our help guide for more information about the Mail agent and it's sections here. 

By default, when you sign up for  ZeptoMail, a Mail agent will be created for you. You can view this in the Mail Agents section in the left pane. Navigate to the Mail Agent to change the name and to view other information related to it. 

Send test email :

Once you setup your account, you can send a test email after you configure your SMTP or API parameters. You can send the test emails from the verified domains within your Mail Agent.

To send test email:

1. Go to the desired Mail Agent you wish to send the test email from.
2. Go to the Setup Info section to configure your SMTP or API parameters. The configuration guides below will help you setup your preferred method.
   • API Configuration Details
   • SMTP Configuration Details
   • Integration Details
3. Click Send test email to compose and send email
   

Customer Validation form :

You have successfully completed your on-boarding process. Every new account in ZeptoMail is reviewed by our team to ensure its authenticity. To get your account reviewed, fill your details in the Customer validation form. You will encounter this form after you land on the dashboard. After you submit the form, it will take 2 business days for our executives to review your details. 

​Until your account is reviewed, you will be able to send a total of 10,000 emails, with a daily cap of 100 emails until your account is reviewed. Reviewed accounts will be able to use the 10,000 free emails(1 free credit) that will be valid for 6 months from your account sign-up date. 

Purchase Credits: 

To send emails you need to purchase ZeptoMail credits. Each ZeptoMail credit allows you to send 10,000 emails that will be valid for a period of 6 months. Based on your email sending needs you can purchase the required number of credits. Learn more about credit subscriptions here.

Display Language Settings

ZeptoMail supports 59 display languages. You can change the language setting in your Zoho account user profile. By making this change, the language will change across all your Zoho applications. 

Steps to change the Display Language Setting:

1. Log-in to your Zoho User Account.
2. Click on Edit.
3. In the language dropdown, search for your preferred language and click on Save.

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4. Now you can use the ZeptoMail interface in your preferred interface.