How to Setup Email with OVHcloud in 2024

Follow the steps below to setup free email forwarding and send/receive email with OVHcloud.

Written by

Forward Email Team

Published

4/1/24

Time to read

Less than 5 minutes

Step 1

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

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Add these records to yourdomain.com: and click Verify

Name	Type	Priority	Value
@	MX	`10`	`mx1.forwardemail.net`
@	MX	`10`	`mx2.forwardemail.net`
@	TXT	None	`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

Read our OVHcloud email setup guide to send email with your custom domain name and alias.

We are here to answer your questions, but please be sure to read our FAQ section first.