Simple Email Setup for Hurricane Electric in 2026

Simple and painless email setup guide for Hurricane Electric, which will let you setup email forwarding in minutes.

Forward Email Team
Written by
Forward Email TeamVerified
Published
12/4/25
Time to read
Less than 5 minutes
Go to Hurricane Electric

Step 1

Go to Hurricane Electric → log in → DNS settings
→ scroll down to Step 2

Go to Hurricane Electric
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Step 2

Add these records to yourdomain.com: and click Verify
NameTypePriorityValue
NoneMX10mx1.forwardemail.net
NoneMX10mx2.forwardemail.net
NoneTXTNoneforward-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