> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.lightdash.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Custom email domain

> Send Lightdash report emails from your own domain (white-labeled email) instead of a Lightdash address.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Cloud Enterprise" icon="rocket" horizontal />
</CardGroup>

<Info>
  Custom email domains are an Enterprise feature and are enabled per
  organization. Contact the Lightdash team if you don't see the **Email
  domain** panel in your organization settings.
</Info>

## What is a custom email domain?

By default, scheduled deliveries and alerts are emailed from a Lightdash
address. With a custom email domain, those emails send from an address on
**your own domain** instead — for example `reports@yourcompany.com`.

Emails are authenticated with DKIM and a custom return-path so they pass
DMARC alignment for your domain. This is useful when you want to:

* **Match your brand.** Report emails look like they come from your company,
  not from Lightdash — especially important if you share dashboards with
  clients or embed Lightdash in your own product.
* **Improve deliverability.** Authenticated email from your own domain is
  less likely to land in spam, and recipients are more likely to recognize
  and open it.
* **Keep replies.** Recipients who reply reach an address you own.

## Set up your sending domain

You must be an organization admin, and you'll need access to your domain's
DNS settings.

1. In your Lightdash instance, click your initials at the top right and
   select **Organization settings**.
2. Open the **Email domain** panel.
3. Enter the domain you want to send from. We recommend a dedicated
   subdomain like `reports.yourcompany.com` — it keeps your report email
   reputation separate from your primary mail domain.
4. Enter the **From address** (an address at that domain, e.g.
   `reports@reports.yourcompany.com`) and an optional **From name**.
5. Click **Set up domain**. Lightdash shows two DNS records to add at your
   DNS provider: a **DKIM** TXT record and a **Return-Path** CNAME record.
6. Add both records at your DNS provider, then click **Verify DNS records**.

DNS changes can take anywhere from a few minutes to 24 hours to propagate.
You can leave the page and come back — Lightdash re-checks pending domains
in the background and emails your organization's admins once the domain
verifies.

<Warning>
  **Using Cloudflare?** The Return-Path CNAME record must be set to **DNS
  Only** (grey cloud), not proxied. A proxied record will never verify.
</Warning>

## Enable sending

Both records must verify before you can enable sending. Once the domain
shows as **Verified**, turn on **Send from this domain**. From then on,
scheduled deliveries and alerts send from your address.

Until your domain is verified and enabled, emails keep sending from the
Lightdash address with your from-address set as the reply-to — setup never
blocks or delays your scheduled deliveries.

## Disable or remove

* Turn off **Send from this domain** to revert to the Lightdash sending
  identity. Your domain stays verified so you can re-enable it anytime.
* Click **Remove domain** to delete the sending domain and its DNS
  configuration entirely.

## Related resources

* [Scheduled deliveries](/guides/how-to-create-scheduled-deliveries)
* [Alerts](/guides/how-to-create-alerts)
* [Verified domains](/references/workspace/verified-domains) (separate
  feature — proves domain ownership for SSO routing)