2025 Email Setup Instructions for Digital Ocean

Quick and easy email setup instructions for Digital Ocean to setup email forwarding and hosting.

Forward Email Team
Written by
Forward Email TeamVerified
Published
10/9/25
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