Free Email with Digital Ocean 2026

Learn how to configure email for your Digital Ocean domain. Free email hosting with unlimited aliases. Complete DNS setup guide with screenshots and video.

  • Written byForward Email Team
  • Published9/7/26
  • Time to readLess than 5 minutes
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Step 1

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

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Step 2

Add these records to yourdomain.com: and click Verify
(Scroll to the right to see entire table)
Name/Host/AliasTypePriorityAnswer/Value
@MX0mx1.forwardemail.net
@MX0mx2.forwardemail.net
@TXTEdit user@gmail.com to your email:forward-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
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