Zoho Mail Extension for Plesk

Plesk is a web hosting platform with a control panel that allows domain owners to manage the different aspects of web hosting. Zoho Mail Plugin for Plesk helps you sign up for email hosting with Zoho Mail from within Plesk. 

How to install Zoho Mail Extension for Plesk?

Zoho Mail Plugin for Plesk can be Installed from the Plesk Extensions page. 

Once the extension is installed, you can click on the Open button to begin using the extension.

Zoho Mail Setup

Once you open the extension, you can begin the setup process. The steps involved in the setup process will differ based on whether you are already a Zoho Mail user.

Organization Sign up

Step 1: Domain Selection

In this step, you need to register your domain with Zoho Mail. 

Note:

During this step, make sure you are not signed into any Zoho account in the browser you are using for the registration process.

Once the verification is successful, your domain registration step will be completed. You will be directed to the next step.

Step 2: User Authentication

In this step, you need to authorize your Zoho Mail account in the User Authentication page.

Note:

If your account is part of the EU or IN data center, follow the below steps to obtain the appropriate Client Secret.

Step 3: CNAME verification

CNAME is used to verify your domain in Zoho Mail. In this step, the CNAME and the Points to field are auto-populated on successful completion of the previous step. Click on the Verify button to complete the domain verification process. Email hosting for your domain will be enabled once the domain is verified.

Note:

Domain verification generally takes effect in a short while. In some cases, it might take upto 48 hours to propagate.

Step 4: Configure MX Records

Configuring MX records is a highly important process in order to receive the emails that are being sent to you. In this step, you need to choose one of the following option based on the status of your domain.

New Domain

If you choose the New Domain option, the required MX records are displayed. Click on the Configure button to point the listed MX records to your domain to enable email delivery. 

Existing Domain

Since you already have other MX records pointed for your domain, you can proceed with the MX configuration step after you have added all the existing user to the Zoho Mail account. Click on the reference link for detailed instructions on how to proceed.

Step 5: User addition

In the final step of the setup process, you can view your domain details and also add users to your organization. Click on the Domain details tab to view the verification status of your domain. 

Select the User Details tab to view the list of current users.  Click on the Add users button to begin adding the required users. 

On clicking the Add Users button, the Add User page will open. Enter the Display Name, Email address, password and role of the user. Then click Add. Repeat till you add all the users and then click Cancel. 

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Existing Zoho Mail User

Step 1: User Authentication 

In this step, you need to authorize your Zoho Mail account in the User Authentication page. 

​Step 2: CNAME verification and MX configuration

In this step, you can verify CNAME and configure MX records for this domain. Choose whether you want to configure MX record for your domain with Zoho Mail using the radio buttons and then click Configure. 

Once you click Configure, CNAME will be verified and MX record will be added for your domain in Zoho Mail. You can also check if the correct MX details are reflected in Zoho's MX record checker.

​Step 3: User addition​

  Follow the same steps given in this section.