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Connecting an Email Channel

1 min readAug 21, 2026

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Verify a sending domain and connect an email address so support emails flow straight into your Alps Inbox.

Connecting email lets your team handle support emails right inside Alps, alongside every other conversation, instead of switching over to a separate mailbox.

Before you begin

You'll need access to your domain's DNS settings. Verifying a sending domain requires adding a few DNS records, so it helps to have someone with DNS access on hand, or the access yourself.

Adding an email channel

From Settings, go to Channels, and add a new Email channel. Alps will give you SPF, DKIM, and MX records to add at your domain provider. These records prove to email providers that Alps is allowed to send email on your domain's behalf, which keeps your messages out of spam folders.

Verifying your domain

Once the DNS records are added, verification usually completes within a few minutes, though DNS changes can occasionally take longer to propagate. You'll see the channel's status update once it's verified and ready to send and receive.

Add your brand icon next
Once your domain is verified, you can also add a BIMI brand icon so your logo shows up next to your emails in supporting inboxes like Gmail.

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