Virtual Email Setup

Virtual email or email aliasing is a feature that enables a user who has their own internet domain name to send and receive email with that domain name even though they do not maintain their own mail server.  For example if you have your own domain name, mycompany.com, and you do not maintain your own network and mail server, you may still send and receive email with addresses such as sales@mycompany.com, jdoe@mycompany.com, etc.

To do so, the ISP, such as KCnet, that provides the Domain Name Service (DNS) for your domain must redirect any mail destined for your virtual email addresses to a real email address.

A real email account is an email account that actually exists on a mail server.  For example, when a user creates a dialup account with KCnet, they are given an email account with 5 megs of space on our mail server in the form of user@kcnet.com.  Examples of real email accounts can be found on other ISPs, AOL, a person's work account, and several web-based email sites.

To activate virtual email,  you must first select KCnet to be the DNS for your domain.  If you are already hosting a virtual web site with KCnet, then this option is already done and you may take advantage of virtual email for no additional charge.  Simply log into our Virtual Email Manager with your primary username and password and tell us the virtual addresses you would like setup and the associated real addresses to forward them to.

If you have chosen KCnet to be your DNS, but are not hosting a website with KCnet, then you may still use virtual email for $6/month.