Setting Up Yandex Mail on Your Domain - VestaCP

Confirm Your Rights for Domain

To confirm that the domain belongs to you, you must specify the TXT record in the domain settings.

  1. In the Yandex.Connect interface, go to the Domains section and select a domain.
  2. Select a method to verify your domain. It is recommended to use confirmation via a DNS record. Copy the suggested TXT record value.
  3. Then go to the VestaCP control panel: DNS – LIST RECORDS.
    DNS LIST RECORD VestaCP
  4. Click ADD DNS RECORD and add a TXT record in the window that opens. In the field, enter the value from step 2 and click Add.
    Add TXT Record VestaCP
  5. Return to the window opened at step 2. Click Start check.

Creating an MX Record

  1. Delete the standard MX record in the VestaCP panel:
    Delete standart MX record in VestaCP
  2. Add the MX record specified in the Yandex instructions:
    1. Subdomain name - @
    2. Record type - MX
    3. Data - mx.yandex.net
    4. Priority - 10

SPF Record

  1. Go to the VestaCP control panel: DNS – LIST RECORDS.
  2. Delete existing TXT records.
  3. Click the ADD DNS RECORD button and in the window that opens, enter a value in the TXT record field:
v=spf1 redirect=_spf.yandex.net

DKIM-Signature

  1. Get a TXT record with a public key (DKIM signature) in Yandex.Connect.
  2. Add a TXT record in the domain settings of the control panel:
    Add new TXT record
    In the window that opens, paste the key value into the record field:
    Paste DKIM Signature

 If you have any questions, please create a ticket to technical support.