How to Setup Email with Digital Ocean in 2024

Follow the steps below to setup free email forwarding and send/receive email with Digital Ocean.

Forward Email Team
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Forward Email TeamVerified
Published
4/1/24
Time to read
Less than 5 minutes
Go to Digital Ocean

Step 1

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

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

Send emails with your Digital Ocean domain

Read our Digital Ocean email setup guide to send email with your custom domain name and alias.

Send email with Digital Ocean domain

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