Linode & Akamai Email Setup Guide

Follow the steps below to setup free email forwarding and send/receive email with Linode & Akamai.

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Published
9/1/23
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Less than 5 minutes
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Step 1

Go to Linode & Akamai → 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)
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

Send emails with your Linode & Akamai domain

Read our Linode & Akamai email setup guide to send email with your custom domain name and alias.

Send email with Linode & Akamai domain

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