100% open-source email infrastructure

All-in-one Email Solution

Privacy-focused email hosting, forwarding, newsletters, and API

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Unlimited outbound email from $3/mo

Trusted by 1.6M+ domains

  • Netflix Games
  • Disney
  • The Linux Foundation
  • Ubuntu

Swipe or scroll to see all platform areas.

Route

Forwarding & aliases

Point one MX record and every address on your domain becomes yours: wildcards, regex rules, disposable aliases, outbound PGP.

  • Unlimited aliases$0 per alias, per user, forever
  • Catch-all & regex*@ and pattern-based routing
  • Multi-recipientFan out to people, teams, webhooks
  • DisposableBurn an alias without losing history

forward hello@studio.dev → you@gmail.com · 41ms

Store

Encrypted mailboxes

Real mailboxes with individually encrypted, sandboxed storage. Use any client. Nothing about the mail is readable by us.

  • IMAP · POP3Apple Mail, Thunderbird, mobile
  • 10 GB pooledShared across every domain
  • Zero-knowledgeQuantum-resistant encryption
  • Search & filtersFull search, server-side, without ever decrypting your mail

imap.forwardemail.net · TLS 1.3 ·mailbox sealed

Send

Outbound SMTP & newsletters

Send as your domain from an app, a script, or a campaign. The authentication and reputation work is already done.

  • Unlimited outbound (reputation-based)Included in the $3 plan
  • SMTP relayDrop-in for any framework
  • NewslettersLists, unsubscribes, bounce handling
  • Pre-warmed IPsYears of sender reputation from day one

POST /v1/emails → 202accepted · signed · tracked

Sync

Calendars, contacts & tasks

CalDAV and CardDAV on the same domain and the same login, so the mailbox is a workspace, not just an inbox.

  • CalDAVShared and personal calendars
  • CardDAVContacts across every device
  • VTODOTasks and reminders, synced everywhere
  • Open standardsExport or leave any time

caldav.forwardemail.net ·3 calendars · 412 contacts synced

Observe

API, webhooks & reports

Everything the dashboard does is an API call, and everything that happens to your mail can be pushed to your systems.

  • REST APIDomains, aliases, messages, logs
  • WebhooksInbound mail as JSON events
  • DMARC reportsParsed, aggregated, human-readable
  • DeliverabilityPer-domain analytics and alerts

POST https://your.app/hooks/mail → 200 ·1,284 events today

Use

Desktop, mobile and terminal apps

Desktop and mobile apps built by us, with encrypted local storage, offline-first, auto-updating, and the same app in your terminal. Or keep using Apple Mail; both work.

  • macOS · Windows · LinuxSigned, notarized, auto-updating
  • iOS · AndroidNative apps with push notifications
  • TerminalThe forwardemail command, with desktop notifications
  • App LockLocal cache encrypted, locked behind biometrics

update check → up to date ·signature verified

All-in-one, no add-on fees

One control plane for forwarding, mailboxes, sending, and deliverability.

  • 99.99%Uptime
  • 10 GBPooled storage
  • $0Per alias

You run forwarding, mailboxes, sending and deliverability for your domain from one dashboard. Connect a domain, prove you own it, route its mail and watch the results.

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The route

  1. 01

    Connect

    Add unlimited domains and aliases

  2. 02

    Authenticate

    SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS, DANE

  3. 03

    Route + store

    Forward, send via SMTP, or keep encrypted mail

  4. 04

    Observe

    Analytics, DMARC reports, webhooks, API

Privacy by default

Zero-knowledge architecture, quantum-resistant encryption options, sandboxed mailboxes, and safe web lookups. Cure53 has audited our code twice.

  • Open-source
  • PGP forwarding
  • Spam + phishing guard

Built for developers

Everything the dashboard does is an API call. Send with one request, receive as JSON webhooks, and script the rest. Our webmail and apps use the same API. Read the API reference

POST /v1/emails
{ "from": "you@domain.com", "to": "customer@co.com" }
→ 202 Accepted · signed · tracked
  • REST API
  • SMTP
  • IMAP
  • POP3
  • CalDAV
  • CardDAV
  • Webhooks

Unlimited sending

Unlimited outbound email, earned by reputation.

Send with SMTP or the API on any paid plan from $3/mo. New senders start at 300 messages per day (900 on the Team plan), and the daily threshold grows as you keep paying and send clean mail. According to Gmail's sender guidelines, senders should keep their spam rate under 0.1%. We use a similar limit: a day when large mailbox providers reject mail to 0.1% or more of your recipients as spam or viruses can lower your threshold one step.

How sending thresholds work
  1. 300
  2. 500
  3. 1,000
  4. 2,000
  5. 5,000
  6. 10,000+

messages per day, unlocked as your reputation grows

Simple pricing

How many domains can I use?

Recommended for most professionals

Every plan includes unlimited domains, the free plan too. Start with forwarding, upgrade to mailboxes, then add team controls.

  • Free

    Forwarding only

    $0/ month · unlimited domainsForward mail
    • Unlimited inbound email
    • Spam protection
    • 50 MB attachment limit
    • Webhooks + regex filters

  • Enhanced

    Send + receive as you@domain

    $3/ month · unlimited domainsGet you@domain.com
    • Everything in Free
    • Unlimited aliases ($0/user)
    • 10 GB pooled storage
    • Unlimited outbound (reputation-based)
    • API + DMARC reporting

  • Team

    Families and organizations

    $9/ month · unlimited domainsCreate team
    • Everything in Enhanced
    • Outbound starts at 900/day
    • Unlimited team members
    • Permission management
    • Priority support

  • Enterprise

    Education, gov, healthcare

    $250/ month · unlimited domainsSchedule a call
    • Everything in Team
    • Unlimited API requests
    • Dedicated support room
    • Onboarding + DocuSign

    We handle email for the Linux Foundation across 250+ domains, and we built the @ubuntu.com member addresses for Canonical.

Testimonials

Why do people switch to Forward Email?

Customers give three reasons: privacy built into the architecture, a migration that takes a few DNS changes, and one inbox for every address. Each quote links to proof you can check. Cure53 spent 25 days auditing our code, our infrastructure and Nodemailer, with four senior testers and full access to the source, according to its report.

Private by architecture

Congrats for fully launching Forward Email – a forwarding service for email that doesn't keep logs or store emails, and which works with ARC to ensure signed forwards don't trip email filters 👏. I'm a happy user! ❤️
DHH
DHH@dhh · Creator of Ruby on Rails, Founder & CTO at Basecamp & HEY
Read the security audit

Migration is a DNS change

Have now switched email forwarding from MailGun to ForwardEmail.net . Simple and painless (and free!). Just some DNS changes, and it just works. Thanks
abhi nemani
abhi nemani@abhinemani · Government Technology Advisor, Sacramento and Los Angeles
Browse the setup guides

One inbox for every address

So they made this cool app that forwards email from your own domain to your Gmail inbox. There is even a catch all option, so sales@, support@, etc all goes to your own inbox. Check it out! It's free! forwardemail.net
Andre Goncalves
Andre Goncalves@andregce · Computer Engineer, Software Developer
How catch-alls work

Time to Inbox

Time to Inbox

We measure these delivery times with our own open-source monitor. It sends test emails to inboxes at major email providers and records how long each one takes to arrive. Our engineers get an alert when a delivery takes longer than 10 seconds. Source code is available on GitHub.

Last updated on 10/4/26 9:33 PM UTC

Current Delivery Times

  • Forward Email

    Direct
    864ms
    Forwarding
    906ms

  • Gmail

    Direct
    1.2s
    Forwarding
    1.7s

  • Apple iCloud

    Direct
    6.6s
    Forwarding
    5.6s

  • Yahoo/AOL

    Direct
    2.2s
    Forwarding
    2.6s