Hosted in Zambia · Email · Web · DNS

Email & web hosting, made in Zambia.

Business email on your own domain, fast websites with automatic HTTPS, and DNS — all on Zambian infrastructure, with your data and keys kept yours. Designed to support your obligations under Zambia's Data Protection Act 2021 and Cyber Security Act 2025.

Air-gap or hosted Data & keys stay yours Audit-logged admin actions
100%Your data & keys
50 MBAttachments
RFC 3501IMAP for any client
2FA + DKIMSecure by default
Get started

Live in three steps

Any business or individual can bring their own domain — no mail server to install, no MX migration headaches. Sign up and we provision everything for you.

Sign up with your domain

Enter your domain and an admin email. We instantly create your workspace, a catch-all mailbox, and your DKIM key.

Add the DNS records

We show your exact MX/SPF/DKIM/DMARC records with copy buttons and step-by-step guides for GoDaddy, Namecheap, Hostinger & more. The MX record is the one that switches your domain on.

Verify & go live

Publish the records and re-check — the moment your MX points here, your domain verifies and switches on automatically. Send and read from webmail, the OMail app, or the REST API.

Why it's different

One mailbox. Three ways in.

Browser, desktop mail clients, and API calls read and write the same Postgres mailbox — flag a message in Apple Mail and it's flagged in webmail instantly.

Capabilities

Everything a mail platform needs

Receive at your domains

An SMTP daemon accepts internet mail for any registered domain, with catch-all routing and open-relay protection.

DKIM-signed sending

Send straight from your domain with per-domain DKIM signing, or relay through your own provider — your choice.

Full-featured webmail

Reply, forward, drafts, a rich-text composer with Cc/Bcc and attachments, bulk actions, custom folders, dark mode and keyboard shortcuts — on desktop and mobile.

IMAP for any client

A hand-rolled IMAP4rev1 server lets Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and mobile read the same Postgres mailbox.

Scheduled send & unsend

Every send gets an undo window; pick a future delivery time and a background worker relays it when due.

Threading & search

Replies fold into conversations, and full-text search with operators — from:, subject:, has:attachment, before:/after: — returns ranked results instantly.

Inbound rules & filters

Per-mailbox rules match from/to/subject/body and move, flag, mark-read, or trash on delivery — applied by the MTA itself.

Templates & signatures

Reusable subject/body templates and per-mailbox signatures, applied right in compose.

Email tracking

Know when a message is opened, a link is clicked, or an attachment is downloaded — with a per-mailbox dashboard and your own tracking domain.

AI message summary

One tap distils a long message or thread into the key points — right in the reader, no copy-paste.

QR sign-in

Pair a phone in seconds — scan the code from webmail to sign into the OMail app, no password typing.

Out-of-office & forwarding

A loop-safe vacation auto-reply while you're away, and auto-forwarding to copy incoming mail wherever you need it.

Owned & auditable

Self-host it (air-gapped if you need) or let us host it — you keep the data and keys, with an audit log of every admin action and full customisation.

Pricing

Start free, scale when you grow

Bring your own domain — you only pay as your team and volume grow.

Starter

Free

Perfect for a small team getting professional email on its domain.

  • 1 domain
  • Up to 3 mailboxes + catch-all
  • Webmail, IMAP & REST API
  • DKIM-signed sending
Get started free

Enterprise

Contact us

Unlimited scale with a dedicated sending identity and SLA.

  • Unlimited domains & mailboxes
  • Dedicated sending IP & reputation
  • SSO & admin provisioning API
  • SLA & onboarding
Talk to us
The Ontech platform

Email is just the start

Run your whole online presence in one place — register a domain, host its DNS, get email, and put up a website, all under one account.

Live

Email

Self-hosted mail you own — webmail, IMAP & API.

Live

DNS hosting

Authoritative nameservers (ns1/ns2.ontech.co.zm) and a full records UI — manage it in your dashboard.

Coming soon

Domain registration

Search, register, transfer and renew domains in-platform.

Live

Web hosting

Fast websites on our Zambian servers with automatic HTTPS — email and DNS built in.

Sovereignty & compliance

Your data stays yours — and provably so

Run it on your own infrastructure (air-gapped if you need to) or hosted — the mail and the keys never leave your control. Every admin action is recorded in an audit log, designed to support your obligations under Zambia's Data Protection Act 2021 and Cyber Security Act 2025.

Data sovereignty

  • Runs on your own infrastructure — air-gap optional
  • Mail, attachments & DKIM keys never leave your control
  • Per-organisation isolation; no shared mailboxes
  • Your database & object storage — you own the backups

Audit & accountability

  • Audit log of every admin & provisioning action
  • Who did what, when — actor, target, timestamp
  • Per-mailbox & per-tenant usage reporting
  • Open, click & download tracking on outbound mail

Encryption & access

  • HTTPS + HSTS at the edge — webmail, app & API over TLS
  • bcrypt password hashing, token-bound sessions
  • Two-factor authentication (TOTP) + recovery codes
  • Untrusted HTML rendered sandboxed — no scripts run

Anti-abuse & integrity

  • Open-relay protection on the inbound MTA
  • DKIM signing with SPF & DMARC alignment
  • Built-in spam filtering & per-mailbox quotas
  • Loop-safe autoresponders (RFC 3834)
Data Protection Act 2021 Cyber Security Act 2025 DKIM · SPF · DMARC TLS / STARTTLS RFC 3501 IMAP 2FA / TOTP
FAQ

Questions, answered

Everything you need to know about owning your email.

Can I run it fully on-premise or air-gapped?

Yes. The whole stack runs on your own hardware — even with no internet egress. You hold the mailboxes, the data, and the DKIM keys; nothing depends on us once it's deployed.

Is my data really mine?

Completely. Mailboxes, attachments and keys live on your infrastructure, isolated per organisation, and every admin or provisioning action is written to an audit log you can inspect.

How does this help with the Data Protection & Cyber Security Acts?

Data residency on your own infrastructure, an audit trail, two-factor authentication and encryption in transit are the technical building blocks that support compliance with Zambia's Data Protection Act 2021 and Cyber Security Act 2025. Compliance itself depends on your policies and processes; see data sovereignty for what the platform does and does not cover.

Will it work with Outlook, Apple Mail and Thunderbird?

Yes. Read with IMAP (mail.ontech.co.zm, port 993, SSL/TLS) and send with authenticated SMTP submission on port 465 (SSL/TLS) or 587 (STARTTLS), using your full address and mailbox password. Autoconfig and autodiscover are published, so most clients set themselves up. See the IMAP and SMTP guides.

Can I bring my existing domain?

Sign up with your domain, publish the MX/SPF/DKIM/DMARC records we generate (with copy-paste guides for popular registrars), and you're live. Your current mail isn't touched until you switch the MX.

What if my ISP blocks inbound port 25?

We ship a tunnel-based cloud relay so you can still receive internet mail without opening any inbound port — your server dials out and the relay hands mail back over the tunnel.

Mobile app

OMail in your pocket

Your full inbox on the go — read, send, search, attachments and instant QR sign-in. Now on iPhone and Android.

Ready for email on your own domain?

Any business or individual — bring your domain, add a few DNS records, and once your MX points here you're live on the web and the OMail app.