Mailstead
Guides
Practical notes for choosing and running Mailstead. Comparisons live under Compare.
Connect Cloudflare DNS to Mailstead and Resend
Separate mail-domain DNS from the webmail hostname and preserve existing mail routing.
Updated 2026-10-14
Give your project a customer email inbox
Set up a browser inbox for hello@yourdomain and verify that customers can receive your replies.
Updated 2026-10-14
What does custom-domain email actually cost?
A buyer’s guide to custom-domain email: subscriptions, self-hosting, the domain, message volume, backups, and administration.
Updated 2026-10-14
How to deploy Mailstead on Railway
The supported Railway template path: volume, bootstrap, Resend domain verification, webhooks, and a send/receive check.
Updated 2026-10-14
Can you use Resend for a team inbox?
Resend transports mail. A team inbox still needs an application that stores messages and presents them. That is Mailstead’s role.
Updated 2026-10-14
Can custom-domain email have no extra monthly cost?
Marginal cost and total cost are different. A worked example shows when the extra monthly bill can be zero, and when it cannot.
Updated 2026-10-14