NS1 Email Setup Guide 2026

Step-by-step NS1 email setup tutorial. Free custom domain email with SMTP access. Works with Gmail Send Mail As feature.

Written by

Forward Email Team

Published

8/20/26

Time to read

Less than 5 minutes< 5 minutes

Go to NS1

Step 1

Go to NS1 → log in → DNS settings
→ scroll down to Step 2

Go to NS1

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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
"@", ".", or leave empty/blank if allowed.	MX	`0`	`mx1.forwardemail.net`
"@", ".", or leave empty/blank if allowed.	MX	`0`	`mx2.forwardemail.net`
"@", ".", or leave empty/blank if allowed.	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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