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This guide details the security measures implemented as part of the Infomaniak email offers to detect abusive and abnormal use of an email address.

 

Preamble

  • Upon written request, justified and authenticated, it is possible to modify these security rules for a specific paid email address.
  • For sending emails to a large number of recipients, the Newsletter tool is the most suitable.
  • These measures protect you from malicious use of your computer or your account.

 

Sending limits per 24 hours

1 message sent to 2, 42, or 99 people in CC/BCC counts as 2, 42, and 99 messages, respectively.

⚠ Number of outgoing emails possible per 24 hours:

kSuitefree500
 Standard1440
 Business1440
 Enterprise1440
 my kSuite500
 my kSuite+1440
Mail ServiceStarter 1 max. address500
 Premium 5 min. addresses1440
Web hostingsending unauthenticated (PHP Mail())50
 sending authenticated*

* The maximum number depends on the email offer

 

Other email limits


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This guide explains how to transfer to Infomaniak email addresses currently hosted by Google (with a custom domain). Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information on importing a simple Gmail address (…@gmail.com).

 

Preamble

  • The operation does not affect either the data already present on the destination address, or that of the source address.
  • Any duplicates are managed: identical content will only be copied once.
  • If needed, local partners referenced by Infomaniak can handle these procedures: launch a free call for tenders; they take care of everything, freeing you from technical details.

 

Google Prerequisites

  1. Activate two-step authentication (2FA):
    • It is imperative to activate two-step authentication in Gsuite - if necessary, the organization's administrator must first allow users to activate it from admin.google.com.
    • In the settings of your Google account (https://myaccount.google.com/), go to the Security tab and activate Two-Step Verification:
    • Read the complete Google guide
       
  2. Create an application password:
    • Once 2FA is activated, go back to Two-Step Verification and scroll to the bottom of the page to application passwords:

       
    • Follow the complete Google guide:
      • Click on Application Passwords.
      • Enter your Gmail account password if prompted.
      • Click on Select an app and then Mail.
      • Click on Select a device and select Other (Custom name).
      • Give a name to your password (e.g., Infomaniak), it's just descriptive.
      • Click on Generate.
      • Copy or note the password that appears on the screen (it does not contain spaces).

 

Infomaniak Prerequisites

 

Transfer emails from Gmail to Infomaniak

 

a. Recreate the email address(es) on Infomaniak

If you have many (10+) email addresses to create, follow this procedure for mass creation.

Access the Infomaniak Mail Service and create the email addresses:

  1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned.
  3. Click the blue button Create an email address in the top right corner.
  4. Enter the address (what comes before the at sign @) for example contact or michelle.
  5. Click the blue Continue button.
  6. Select I will consult the email address alone.
  7. Click the blue Continue button.
  8. Enter a password.
  9. Click the blue Continue button.
  10. Click the blue Finish button.
  11. Restart at point 3 above to recreate all email addresses identically.

 

b. Import Google mail content to Infomaniak

If you have many (10+) email addresses to import, follow this procedure for bulk importation.

Access the Infomaniak Mail Service and import your emails:

  1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned.
  3. Click on the chevron in the right part of the blue Create an email address button.
  4. Click on Import emails (direct link).
  5. Click on Import my emails into a single email address.
  6. Enter the existing email address at Google.
  7. Enter the password for this email address.
  8. Click on Advanced settings.
  9. Enter imap.gmail.com in IMAP server address (or try mail.gmail.com in case of error).
  10. Enter 993 in IMAP port.
  11. Enable SSL and disable TLS.
  12. Click on the blue Validate and continue button.
  13. Enter the email address (which was recreated at Infomaniak at point a.10 above).
  14. Click on the blue Import emails button.
  15. The import starts and runs in the background, an email is sent once the import is complete.
  16. Restart at point 3 above to import the rest of the email addresses.

 

Labels and data volume

The storage space displayed at Infomaniak may not match the one indicated in Gmail, notably due to the different handling of labels/tags.

Indeed, these, present in Gmail, will be converted into folders on the Infomaniak servers (same principle as when using an email retrieval with an IMAP email software/client like Thunderbird):

As a result, an email tagged in multiple Gmail folders may be counted multiple times during the migration, which explains why an account showing, for example, 6 GB in Gmail can occupy 18 GB once transferred to the Infomaniak servers.

 

Adjust the application settings

As soon as you take the necessary steps for the domain name associated with your email to work with Infomaniak, modify the settings of the email software/clients you use so that they connect correctly to the Infomaniak servers: follow the configuration assistant.

 


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This guide explains what a web host like Infomaniak is and specifies its role and limits of intervention.

 

Infomaniak, web host since 1996

According to Wikipedia, a web host is a company that provides Internet hosting for computer systems to individuals or entities who do not wish to do so by their own means.

Infomaniak is also…

  • … decades of experience in hosting and online solutions
  • … more than a million users in Switzerland and Europe (CHF 36.5 million in revenue in 2022)
  • … company certified ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and committed to sustainable development
  • … 100% of "Swiss made" technological know-how with data hosted in Switzerland
  • … a rich knowledge base and a customer support available

 

Responsibilities and limits of intervention

As a host, Infomaniak installs, secures, and keeps servers up to date, updates its web interfaces (Manager) and assists its customers in using the services.

On the other hand, Infomaniak does not intervene on the content of the servers or the development of websites.

Limits of technical support

The technical support cannot help you to

  • … solve problems related to site development or its updates
  • … implement solutions (migrations, complete installations)
  • … manually install WordPress
  • … take remote control of your computer

but can assist you for…

  • … solve problems related to the infrastructure or the Manager
  • … clarify certain processes

A Premium assistance and a migration service are available for more demanding needs.

 

Find external help

For help with the content of your site or the organization of your mailboxes, use the Infomaniak tender platform which lists over 1000 verified professionals, or consult the directory.


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This guide explains how to change the location of certain folders automatically present in the directory of your Infomaniak email address.

 

Preamble

  • The directory of a classic mailbox can contain certain special folders such as the one that stores emails…
    • … once they have been sent (= "Sent messages" or "Sent").
    • … for a few days before their final deletion (= "Trash" or "Bin").
  • Everything is already configured so that by default it is synchronized between the different messaging interfaces around the globe.
  • If you wish to make adjustments for various reasons, sometimes linguistic, then refer to the guide below to modify these special folders:
    • drafts
    • sent
    • bin
    • archives
  • This allows you to personalize the synchronization of these folders with IMAP clients such as Outlook, Mail iOS, Thunderbird, Spark, etc.
  • Note that this does not change the email retention period placed in some of these special folders.

 

Access from the Infomaniak Web Mail app

Prerequisites

To modify these special folders:

  1. Click here to access the Web Mail app Infomaniak (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/mail).
  2. Click on the Settings icon at the top right.
  3. Check or select the email address concerned in the dropdown menu of the left sidebar.
  4. Click on Folders:

 

Access from the Mail Service

To access this option from a Mail Service:

  1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned.
  3. Click on the email address concerned in the table that appears:
  4. Click on the tab/menu Folders:

 

Configure special folders

For security reasons, folder management is confidential and reserved for users added to the email address concerned.

Select the desired folders to store by default your drafts, archives, sent messages, and your trash by clicking on the area to the right of each item:

This will display the list of folders already present in the hierarchy of your mailbox.

  • If necessary, create the desired folder in advance from Mail or an IMAP software:

To modify the default folders that receive spam and advertising messages & social network notifications, you need to do this directly from the Spam Filter and Advertising Filter sections:

 

Alternative solutions for…

Some email software/clients also allow you to change the location of special folders. Refer to the official documentation of your application if needed. The following links are provided for information:

… Mozilla Thunderbird

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information on assigning specific folders (such as Trash, Drafts, Sent Mail) to the IMAP account and synchronizing them with Infomaniak.

… Microsoft Outlook 2013

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information on how the use of the IMAP protocol in the application can lead to a configuration where messages are stored only locally and not synchronized with the server, which contradicts the main goal of IMAP to maintain consistency across devices.

… Microsoft Outlook 2021

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information on how to save sent emails in the “Sent” folder rather than “Sent Items” in the application.

… Apple iOS

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information on how to configure the sent, draft, and deleted mail folders on an iPhone to be synchronized with the mail server, by accessing the advanced settings of the Mail app and selecting the corresponding folders on the IMAP server.


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This guide explains how to create an alias, that is, a variant of your usual email address without having to add a new address to your existing Mail Service.

 

✘ UNAVAILABLE with
my kSuite / my kSuite+ (ik.me, etik.com, ikmail.com)


Number of possible aliases per email address:

kSuitefree1
 Standard50
 Business50
 Enterprise50
Mail ServiceStarter 1 max. address1
 Premium 5 min. addresses50

 

How an alias works

It is possible to create alternative versions of your email addresses by modifying what comes before the @ symbol.

For example:

  • john-peter.smith@domain.xyz is a long email address…

It can be shortened and used as follows:

  • jps@domain.xyz

In this example, you must therefore create an alias "jps" on the address "john-peter.smith".

Then if someone writes to jps@domain.xyz:

  • their message will arrive in the inbox of the main address (john-peter.smith@domain.xyz).

If someone writes to john-peter.smith@domain.xyz AND jps@domain.xyz in copy (CC):

  • their message will arrive twice in the inbox of the main address (john-peter.smith@domain.xyz).

An alternative feature is presented here. To modify what comes after the @ symbol, use alias domains.

 

Users of the email address on the Infomaniak Mail Web app receive an email each time an alias is added/removed.

 

Adding an alias from the Infomaniak Web Mail app

Prerequisites

Next, to add an alias:

  1. Click here to access the Infomaniak Web app Mail (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/mail).
  2. Click on the Settings icon ‍ in the top right corner.
  3. Check or select the email address concerned in the dropdown menu of the left sidebar.
  4. Click on Aliases:
  5. Click on Add an alias to create a variant of your email address.
  6. Enter the desired alias (what comes before the at sign @).
  7. Click on Add:

 

Add an alias from the Service Mail

To access the Service Mail:

  1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned.
  3. Click on the email address concerned in the table that appears.
  4. Click on the Aliases tab or from the left sidebar on Aliases.
  5. Click on the blue Add an alias button.
  6. Enter the desired alias (what comes before the at sign @):
  7. Click on Apply to save the changes:

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This guide explains how…

  • … to enable filtering of incoming mail
  • … to automatically sort advertising messages
  • … to report certain fraudulent messages

… in order to reduce unwanted or too many messages on an email address managed by Infomaniak.

 

Solutions to exclude, sort, filter incoming emails

 

Automatic filtering methods

  • Refer to this guide to use the <Spam> folder by activating the spam filter (it is possible to deactivate it).
  • Refer to this other guide to use the <Promotions> and <Social Networks> folders by activating the advertising & social networks filter.

 

Manual methods

  • Refer to this guide to report an incoming message not detected as spam (advertising / unsolicited contact).
  • Refer to this guide to report an incoming message not detected as phishing (fraud / misleading fake email).
  • Refer to this guide to block or allow specific email addresses or even entire domains.
  • Refer to this guide to define your own sorting and classification filters ("Sieve language") for incoming mail…
    • … which will allow you, among other things, to filter messages addressed to a temporary alias that you can create to protect yourself when registering on the Internet, for example.

 

If you are facing a wave of spam or unusual messages, refer to this other guide to perform some checks.

If your own sends are often wrongly classified as spam, refer to this other guide to perform some checks.

To sort and clean up a mailbox that has been invaded by messages, refer to this other guide.


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This guide explains how to connect the desktop app Outlook 2016 (desktop application on Windows) to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.

 

Preamble

  • The various services offered by Infomaniak are all compatible with the corresponding standard protocols (IMAP/SMTP for email, for example), therefore if you encounter a problem with third-party software, contact its publisher or a Partner and consult the support policy as well as article 11.9 of the Infomaniak Terms of Service.

 

Add the email address to the application

Prerequisites

To configure the email application:

  1. Open the application.
  2. Click on the File menu:
    sign
  3. Click on Account Settings.
  4. Click on Add or Remove Accounts:
    sign
  5. Click on New:
    sign
  6. Enter the email address to connect.
  7. Click on Advanced Options.
  8. Click on Manual Configuration.
  9. Click on the blue Connect button:
    sign
  10. Click on IMAP:
    sign
  11. Enter the password for the email address to connect.
  12. Click on the blue Connect button:
    sign
  13. Uncheck the additional mobile device configuration box if necessary.
  14. Click on the blue Finish button:
    sign
  15. Click on Repair to correct some automatically added but incorrect information:
    sign
  16. Click on Advanced Options.
  17. Click on Manual Repair.
  18. Click on the blue Repair button:
    sign
  19. Check and complete the missing or incorrect information.
  20. Click on Outgoing Server:
    sign
  21. Check and complete the missing.
  22. Click on Next:
    sign
  23. Click on Finish:
    sign
  24. Click on Close:
    sign
  25. There you go, your email address is now correctly configured in the application:
    sign

 

Recommended settings

  • Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • IMAP port = 993 (with SSL)
  • Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • SMTP port & encryption protocol and command/method to activate this protocol: 587 + STARTTLS
  • Username = the full and complete email address ( ? )
  • Password = the one generated for the email address you want to view
  • Authentication required for sending emails:
    • It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
    • Check "use the same parameters as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email client, enter a username (= full & complete email address) and the generated password.

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other mail ports and protocols compatible (SSL / TLS for example).

 

In case of a problem

Check that the Mail Service is configured optimally.

It is not necessary to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside the application. The most common error concerns the use of an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:

… and if your Outlook no longer works since a change of email password, refer to this other guide.


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This guide explains how to connect the desktop app Mail (desktop application on Windows 10) to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.

 

Preamble

  • The various services offered by Infomaniak are all compatible with the corresponding standard protocols (IMAP/SMTP for email, for example), therefore if you encounter a problem with third-party software, contact its publisher or a Partner and consult the support policy as well as section 11.9 of the Infomaniak Terms and Conditions.

 

Add the email address to the application

Prerequisites

To configure the email application:

  1. Open the application:
    sign
  2. Click on Settings.
  3. Click on Manage accounts.
  4. Click on Advanced setup (at the bottom).
  5. Choose Internet Mail.
  6. Check and complete the missing information.
  7. Leave all boxes checked.
  8. Click on Connect.
  9. Click on OK.
  10. Your email address is now configured in the application.

 

Recommended settings

  • Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • IMAP port = 993 (with SSL)
  • Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • SMTP port & encryption protocol and command/method to activate this protocol: 587 + STARTTLS
  • Username = full & complete email address ( ? )
  • Password = the one generated for the email address you want to access
  • Authentication required to send emails:
    • It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
    • Check "use the same parameters as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email clients, enter a username (= full & complete email address) and the generated password.

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other mail ports and protocols compatible (SSL / TLS for example).

 

In case of a problem

Check that the Mail Service is configured optimally.

It is not necessary to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside the application. The most common error concerns the use of an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:

… and if your Outlook no longer works since a change of email password, refer to this other guide.


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This guide explains how to connect the desktop app Microsoft Outlook for Mac version 16.80 (desktop app on macOS) to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.

 

Preamble

  • Instead of the manual configuration for Outlook below, it is recommended to use Apple Mail with the .mobileconfig configuration profiles offered by Apple.
  • The various services offered by Infomaniak are all compatible with the corresponding standard protocols (IMAP/SMTP for email, for example), therefore if you encounter a problem with third-party software, contact its publisher or a Partner and consult the support policy as well as article 11.9 of the Infomaniak Terms of Service.

 

Add the email address to the application

Prerequisites

To configure the email application:

  1. Open the application.
  2. Click on Add an account:
    sign
  3. Enter the email address to be linked.
  4. Click on Continue:
    sign
  5. Click on IMAP:
    sign
  6. Click on Synchronize in IMAP (without Microsoft Cloud):
    sign
  7. Check and complete the missing information.
  8. Click on Add the account:
    sign
  9. Understand and go through the different Microsoft information windows:
    sign
  10. That's it, your email address is now configured in the application:
    sign

 

Recommended settings

  • Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • IMAP port = 993 (with SSL)
  • Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • SMTP port & encryption protocol and command/method to activate this protocol: 587 + STARTTLS
  • Username = full & complete email address ( ? )
  • Password = the one generated for the email address you want to access
  • Authentication required to send emails:
    • It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
    • Check "use the same parameters as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email clients, enter a username (= full & complete email address) and the generated password.

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other compatible messaging ports and protocols (SSL / TLS for example).

 

In case of problem

Check that the Mail Service is configured optimally.

There is no need to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside the application. The most common error concerns the use of an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:

… and if your Outlook no longer works since a change of email password, refer to this other guide.


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This guide explains how to cancel the sending of an email from the Infomaniak Web app Mail (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/mail).

 

Preamble

  • By default, you have 15 seconds to cancel the sending of an email.
  • If necessary, it is possible to disable this feature or increase the sending delay up to 30 seconds.
  • This feature applies to all email addresses present in your Mail interface.

 

Configure the cancellation delay

To do this:

  1. Click here to access the Infomaniak Web app Mail (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/mail).
  2. Click on the Settings icon at the top right of the interface.
  3. Click on Sending in the secondary sidebar menu.
  4. Set the cancellation delay (0, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 seconds) for sending according to your preferences:

 

Cancel the current sending

When you click on the send button of your message written in Mail, you will be able to cancel your sending within the allotted time from the send notification that appears in the center at the bottom of your screen, by clicking on the CANCEL button:

The message in progress will return to the stage of message in progress and you will be able to resend it if necessary or delete the draft.


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This guide explains how to view and modify the login ID for your user account on the Manager, the management interface and dashboard for your Infomaniak products. This same ID also allows you to log in to Mail Infomaniak and various iOS/Android applications such as kDrive, Infomaniak Mail, etc.

 

View the currently connected ID

The email address used for the current connection is displayed on your user menu + on the profile page:

  1. Click on the badge with your initials/avatar in the top right corner of the Manager Infomaniak to note the current login ID in use:
  2. Click on Manage my account just below to access the management of your profile on the Infomaniak Manager.
  3. Your current login ID is also displayed on the page reached:

 

Modify the ID (login email)

Prerequisites

  • The access ID is an email address that must exist and that you must be able to access.
  • The new email address must be different from the recovery email address.
  • The new email address must not already be used as a login ID on another user account (otherwise, you need to consider inviting it to the Organization first to grant all rights and then remove the old account with the old ID).

To modify the ID of your Infomaniak account:

  1. Click here (or on the badge with your initials/avatar in the top right corner of the Infomaniak Manager) to "Manage my account":
  2. From the My Profile menu, click on your login email address:
  3. Enter a new login email address.
  4. Confirm your new address by specifying it a second time.
  5. Enter the password to log in to your Infomaniak account.
  6. Click on Continue:

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This guide explains how to add or modify one or more SPF records in a DNS zone (of a domain name) managed on the Infomaniak Manager.

 

Preamble

  • If your domain name is registered with Infomaniak, your email is managed by Infomaniak, but your website is hosted with another provider (e.g., Wix), you are probably managing the DNS zone (and therefore the SPF) with this other provider: refer to this other guide on this topic.

 

Understanding SPF records

The SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record type is a standard for verifying the domain name of the sender of an email and aims to reduce SPAM. It is used to indicate which server is authorized or not to send emails for a domain. If the SPF fails for an email, it means that the email was not sent from a server/IP address authorized by the administrator of the sending domain. The email is then considered as spam.

Strict SPF -all: rejection of unauthorized emails

Infomaniak automatically installs this type of record when creating a Mail Service on your domain (strict SPF):

v=spf1 include:spf.infomaniak.ch -all

Thus, the recipient server of the email you send will evaluate that any email not coming from Infomaniak servers will be rejected. This prevents malicious individuals from impersonating email addresses from your domain.

Flexible SPF ?all: tolerance for certain emails

You can decide to modify the SPF for a more flexible model:

v=spf1 include:spf.infomaniak.ch ?all

In this case, the recipient server of the email you send will evaluate, according to its own rules, whether it accepts emails not coming from Infomaniak servers.

In summary:

  • ?: the receiving server accepts the message even if the sender is not listed in the SPF
  • ~: the receiving server generally accepts the message if it is not listed in the SPF but identifies it as suspicious
  • -: the receiving server rejects the message if it is not listed in the SPF (recommended)

 

Adding an SPF via a TXT record

There are 2 ways to manage SPFs.

If you have a Mail Service with Infomaniak, the simplest way is to go to the Global Security tool to manage SPFs:

However, since the SPF record is a TXT type DNS record, you can also manage it from the DNS zone of the domain name:

  1. Click here to access the management of your domain on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  2. Click directly on the name assigned to the domain in question.
  3. Click on DNS Zone in the left sidebar menu.
  4. Check in the table that there is not already a TXT record with a value mentioning SPF as here:
  5. Click the button to add a record (you will get an error if you try to add a TXT record with an SPF value when one already exists in the zone):
  6. Click the radio button TXT to add a record.
  7. Click the button Next:
  8. Enter the SPF value required for your DNS zone.
  9. Leave the default value for TTL.
  10. Click the button Save:

 

Add multiple SPFs

If you use other mail providers in addition to Infomaniak, you need to obtain their SPF and then merge it with Infomaniak's according to a specific syntax.

Having multiple distinct SPF records will cause errors. It is essential to group multiple SPFs into the same TXT!

Example of 3 SPFs to merge:

  • That of Infomaniak: v=spf1 include:spf.infomaniak.ch -all
  • Those of 2 secondary providers:
    • v=spf1 include:the-second-domain.xyz ?all
    • v=spf1 include:the-other-domain.xyz ~all

...the final SPF to be inserted into your DNS zone should be in the form:

v=spf1 include:spf.infomaniak.ch include:the-second-domain.xyz include:the-other-domain.xyz -all

 

Delete any other SPF entry from the DNS zone of your domain! Any DNS addition/modification can take up to 48 hours to propagate.

 

Limits on the number of SPFs

Multiple SPFs are limited to a maximum of 10 inclusions.

The Infomaniak SPF usually already includes 4 inclusions:

  • include:relay.mail.infomaniak.ch
  • include:app.mail.infomaniak.ch
  • include:newsletter.infomaniak.com
  • include:amazonses.com

 

Check the SPF record(s)

The Global Security tool on the Infomaniak Manager allows you to easily check and correct any problematic records you may have.

If you encounter any issues, it is recommended to analyze your domain name on MxToolbox to check if your SPF contains syntax errors, too many inclusions, or any other issues that could lead to an error:

… or directly at the address https://mxtoolbox.com/spf.aspx.


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This guide explains how to save email attachments from the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/mail). You can then save all files attached to a message in a .zip archive on your computer, or in your kDrive etc.

 

Export attachments from the Web Mail app

To export files received by email:

  1. Click here to access the Web app Mail Infomaniak (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/mail).
  2. View the email message containing the attachments you want to save.
  3. Click on the paperclip icon…
  4. … or directly above the attached files: 
    • Select Download all to create a zip archive to download to your device.
    • Select Save all to kDrive to choose the kDrive (from those you are attached to by your Organization) and the desired location on it to save the files.

 

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This guide explains how to delete an Infomaniak account (i.e., user account), which means removing your access to the Manager and/or the Infomaniak Mail web app ksuite.infomaniak.com/mail.

 

Preamble

  • This operation will immediately delete your calendars and address books.
  • All access to the Manager with this identifier will be lost.
  • This operation does not delete the email addresses accessed from the account in question (except for some free offers, but in this case, it is specified to you before the deletion operation).
  • If the account you are using is the only existing account within an Organization, you must first delete the Organization or appoint someone else to be able to delete your account.

 

Delete an Infomaniak / Mail account

To access the user profile section:

  1. Click here to access the My Profile menu on the Infomaniak Manager.
  2. Click on the trash can to the right of your name to delete the account and data:
  3. Enter the login password one last time, then the Infomaniak account will be deleted.

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This guide explains how to obtain information on…

  • … the connections made to the Manager Infomaniak with your Infomaniak account login,
  • … the activities performed within the Manager by your Infomaniak account.

 

Obtain the log of connections to the Infomaniak account

To view a connection log (active sessions) made to the Manager Infomaniak with your Infomaniak account login:

  1. Click here to access the summary of access to the Infomaniak Manager by your Infomaniak account.
  2. From the Account Access tab, view the list of devices connected to your Infomaniak account.
  3. You can end an open session by clicking on the icon to the far right of the name of the device connected to your account, which will log it out.:

 

Be notified in case of successful or unsuccessful login

To be notified by email upon login or attempted login to your Infomaniak account:

  1. Click here to access the security summary of your account on the Infomaniak Manager.
  2. Click on Security Settings:
  3. Select the cases for which you want to be alerted by email (warning upon successful login, or only in case of failed login).
  4. Click to Save your changes:

 

In the same place, you can choose from how many unsuccessful attempts minimum to lock your Infomaniak account:

Once locked, the account can be unlocked by an Organization administrator or by a secure form.

 

Obtain the activity log of the user account

To view recent activities performed within the Manager by your Infomaniak account:

  1. Click here to access the activity summary of your account on the Infomaniak Manager.
  2. From the Account Activities tab, view the latest activities and actions of your Infomaniak account.
  3. Search and log filtering options are available: date, product or type of action:

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This guide details the limits of your email in terms of size (message weight and disk space size) set as part of Infomaniak's email offers and guides you to check the storage used.

 

Email box size limit

⚠ Storage space in GB:

kSuiteFree20
 Standard*
 Business*
 Enterprise*
 my kSuite20
 my kSuite+*
Mail ServiceStarter 1 max. address20
 Premium 5 min. addresses*

* unlimited

 

Limit on the size and number of emails

  • The maximum size of an email in sending and receiving is 210,763,776 bytes, or 201 MB exactly.
    • This includes header and body (text, html, attachments, etc.) regardless of the means used to send it.
    • Note that an attachment can be encoded in base64, so its size in the email is not necessarily the same as its size on disk.
  • With the Infomaniak Mail web app (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/mail) the size limit of attachments is 25 MB.
    • Beyond this and up to a limit of 3 GB a SwissTransfer link is generated and integrated into your message: the data is stored in Switzerland in the Infomaniak Cloud and your recipients will be able to use this link to easily download the attachments during a predefined period.
    • Beyond 3 GB (and up to 50 GB), it is recommended to go directly through SwissTransfer for your shipments.
  • The number of messages in the respective storage space is not limited.
    • However, it is not recommended to keep more than 4,000 to 5,000 messages per folder (slowing down message indexing).
    • It is therefore advisable to move your messages into subfolders, which also facilitates their consultation (you can do this manually or set up automatic sorting rules).

 

Email retention time limit

  • There is no time limit for message retention in the inbox or in subfolders, except for an email that would be deleted, or marked as spam, or moved manually/automatically to the "Trash" or "Spam" folder (or one of its equivalent names such as "Deleted Items", "Deleted Messages", "Junk Mail", including spelled in another language, "Junk" for example - non-exhaustive list)… In this case, the email is automatically deleted after 30 days without possibility of recovery.

Therefore, never use a folder named, for example, Trash or Infected to store and keep important messages.

 

Display the total size from the Infomaniak Web Mail app

To do this:

  1. Click here to access the Infomaniak Web Mail app (online service ksuite.infomaniak.com/mail).
  2. Check or select the email address concerned in the dropdown menu of the left sidebar.
  3. Click on the action menu to the right of the item concerned in the displayed table.
  4. Click on Email address settings.
  5. Click on Refresh in the Storage box to display the mailbox size:

 

Other email limits

 

Still having trouble?

If the email address of your recipient is not hosted by Infomaniak, you may receive an error message when sending the email. This can take various forms, such as Recipient address rejected: 5.2.2 Over quota 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable.

This may indicate that your recipient's mailbox is full and they can no longer receive emails, or that the email you are trying to send is too large.

In this case, you need to contact your correspondent to ask them to empty/lighten their mailbox or to ask for the maximum size of the messages you can send them.


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This guide explains how to connect the desktop app Outlook 2019 (desktop application on Windows) to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.

 

Preamble

  • The various services offered by Infomaniak are all compatible with the corresponding standard protocols (IMAP/SMTP for email, for example), therefore if you encounter a problem with third-party software, contact its publisher or a Partner and consult the support policy as well as article 11.9 of the Infomaniak TOS.

 

Add the email address to the application

Prerequisites

To configure the email application:

  1. Open the application.
  2. Click on the File menu:
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  3. Click on Account Settings.
  4. Click on Add or remove accounts:
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  5. Click on New:
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  6. Enter the email address to connect.
  7. Click on Advanced options.
  8. Click on Manual configuration.
  9. Click on the blue Connect button:
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  10. Click on IMAP:
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  11. Enter the password of the email address to connect.
  12. Click on the blue Connect button:
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  13. Uncheck the additional mobile device configuration box if necessary.
  14. Click on the blue Finish button:
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  15. Click on Repair to correct some automatically added but incorrect information:
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  16. Click on Advanced options.
  17. Click on Manual Repair.
  18. Click on the blue Repair button:
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  19. Check and complete the missing information by scrolling down if necessary.
  20. Click on Outgoing Mail:
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  21. Check and complete the missing information.
  22. Click on Next:
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  23. Click on Finish:
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  24. Click on Close:
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  25. There you go, your email address is now correctly configured in the application:
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Recommended settings

  • Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • IMAP port = 993 (with SSL)
  • Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • SMTP port & encryption protocol and command/method to activate this protocol: 587 + STARTTLS
  • Username = the complete & full email address ( ? )
  • Password = the one generated for the email address you want to access
  • Authentication required for sending emails:
    • It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
    • Check "use the same parameters as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email clients, enter a username (= complete & full email address) and the generated password.

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other messaging ports and protocols compatible (SSL / TLS for example).

 

In case of a problem

Check that the Mail Service is configured optimally.

There is no need to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside the application. The most common error concerns the use of an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:

… and if your Outlook no longer works since a change in your email password, refer to this other guide.


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This guide explains how to change the password of your Infomaniak account (= user account) on the Manager, the administration interface of your Infomaniak products.

 

Preamble

  • This password also allows you to log in to my kSuite and the various iOS / Android applications such as kDrive, Infomaniak Mail, etc. (learn more) but it is not your email address password!
  • If you cannot log in, you will not be able to change the password; refer to this other guide in this case.

 

Change the Infomaniak account password

To change the password of your Infomaniak account:

  1. Click here to access the management of your settings (Infomaniak Manager).
  2. Click on Modify from the Login Settings box under login password:
  3. Click on Modify:
  4. Enter the current login password and the new desired password.
  5. Click on Save.

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This guide details the various possibilities available to you in the incoming email filtering tool (based on sorting rules) of Mail Infomaniak.

 

Preamble

  • Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about setting up sorting filters on your Infomaniak mailbox.

 

Discover the possible conditions

The meaning of these different existing conditions and criteria is detailed below:

 

From

Allows you to filter messages based on the sender (and decide what to do with emails always coming from the same person or domain, for example).

A

Allows you to filter messages based on the recipient (if you receive an email that is always addressed to a specific main recipient, for example volunteers@domain.xyz).

Cc

Allows you to filter messages based on the recipient mentioned in the Cc field (and who therefore receives the email as a copy in addition to the main recipient).

Subject

Allows you to filter messages based on the subject of the message.

Reply to

Allows you to filter messages by looking at the content of the reply-to field (specific condition - example).

Size

Allows you to filter messages based on their size.

Message content

Allows you to filter messages based on certain words that would appear in the body of the incoming message.

Email type

Allows you to filter messages based on the x-infomaniak-type header whose value can be ham, spam, transactional and bounce.

In the case of using a condition "email type = advertising, social media", then the selected action will be performed before the advertising filtering if the latter was activated.


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This guide explains how to connect the Apple Mail mobile app (for iOS smartphone or tablet) to an email address hosted by Infomaniak.

 

Preamble

  • Instead of the manual configuration below, it is recommended to use the .mobileconfig configuration profiles offered by Apple or the Infomaniak Mail app (iOS) to benefit from a Push type update method.
  • The various services offered by Infomaniak are all compatible with the corresponding standard protocols (IMAP/SMTP for email, for example), therefore if you encounter a problem with third-party software, contact its publisher or a Partner and consult the support policy as well as section 11.9 of the Infomaniak Terms of Service.

 

Manually add the email address to the application

Prerequisites

To configure the mail application:

  1. Open the settings of the iPhone and tap on Apps:
  2. In Apps, tap on Mail:
  3. Tap on Mail Accounts:
  4. Tap to add an account:
  5. Tap on Other Account:
  6. Tap on Mail Account:
  7. Enter the email address to attach:
  8. Tap on Next at the top right.
  9. The application mentions certain fields as being optional but they are not at all:
  10. Check and complete the missing information:


  11. Stay on the IMAP tab and click Next at the top right.
  12. Enable emails and save the configuration at the top right:
  13. Your email address is now configured in the application.

 

Recommended settings

  • Incoming IMAP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • IMAP port = 993 (with SSL)
  • Outgoing SMTP server = mail.infomaniak.com
  • SMTP port & encryption protocol and command/method to activate this protocol: 587 + STARTTLS
  • Username = full & complete email address ( ? )
  • Password = the one generated for the email address you want to access
  • Authentication required for sending emails:
    • It is activated in the SMTP settings of your application.
    • Check "use the same settings as the incoming server" or, depending on the software/email clients, re-enter a username (= full & complete email address) and the generated password.

Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information about other compatible messaging ports and protocols (SSL / TLS for example).

 

In case of a problem

Check that the Mail Service is configured optimally.

There is no need to contact Infomaniak Support if your email address works well outside the application. The most common error concerns the use of an incorrect password. The troubleshooting guides help you resolve any potential issues:

And if your Apple Mail no longer works at the sending level (disconnected or missing SMTP server, for example) or after a password change, refer to this other guide.


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