Step by Step 2025 Email Guide for Digital Ocean

Follow our step by step email setup guide for Digital Ocean and setup email forwarding in minutes.

Forward Email Team
Written by
Forward Email TeamVerified
Published
4/25/25
Time to read
Less than 5 minutes
Go to Digital Ocean

Step 1

Go to Digital Ocean → log in → DNS settings
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Go to Digital Ocean
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Step 2

Add these records to yourdomain.com: and click Verify
NameTypePriorityValue
@MX10mx1.forwardemail.net
@MX10mx2.forwardemail.net
@TXTNoneforward-email=user@gmail.com
Need a TTL value? Make it as close to 3600 (60 minutes) as possible.
Need to configure more aliases on the free plan?
See Options A to G in our FAQ
Verify