Setup Email with Domains.com 2026

Setup custom domain email with Domains.com in minutes. Free email forwarding, SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 configuration. Includes video walkthrough and DNS verification tool.

Forward Email Team
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Published
9/28/26
Time to read
Less than 5 minutes< 5 minutes
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Step 1

Go to Domains.com → 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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