Free Email for GoDaddy Domains 2026

Free email forwarding setup guide for GoDaddy. Configure MX, TXT, and SPF records. Send and receive email from your custom domain in minutes.

Written by

Forward Email Team

Published

9/26/26

Time to read

Less than 5 minutes< 5 minutes

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Step 1

Go to GoDaddy → 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/Alias	Type	Priority	Answer/Value
@	MX	`0`	`mx1.forwardemail.net`
@	MX	`0`	`mx2.forwardemail.net`
@	TXT		Edit 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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