media@dearnobody.org — inbox setup
Checklist so approvals and notices come from the official address.
For new teammates: If you cannot send as media@, you are not ready to issue approvals. Inbound-only access is fine for monitoring, not for licensing.
Why this exists
Creators, platforms, and someday a judge expect “Dear Nobody said X” to mean an email from an address we control and publish. Splitting traffic across personal Gmail fractures that story.
Checklist
- Address media@dearnobody.org created and receiving mail (host per your DNS: Zoho, Google Workspace, iCloud custom domain, Fastmail, etc.)
- DNS MX records point to that host; SPF/DKIM/DMARC configured per provider docs so deliverability to YouTube-sized domains is sane
- Mail client (Apple Mail, Outlook, web) can Send As or Send on behalf of media@; test by mailing yourself from media@ and confirming headers
- Do not mix personal mail, support@, or marketing lists into this mailbox—forwarding rules are OK if they preserve the original From in archives
- Optional: filters/labels for
Tier B,DMCA,Deletion notice
Example: first-day test
From your workstation, send “DNS + send-as test” to a personal address. Verify the recipient sees From: media@dearnobody.org and that replies route back into the shared inbox your team monitors.
Common mistakes
- Approving from support@ “because it was open”—rewind and resend from media@.
- Letting a founder’s personal signature block imply individual, not company, permission—keep sign-off aligned with Intelliquinte / Dear Nobody voice in the template.