Vultr Email Forwarding Tutorial 2026

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

  • Written byForward Email Team
  • Published8/6/26
  • Time to readLess than 5 minutes
Go to Vultr

Step 1

Go to Vultr → 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/AliasTypePriorityAnswer/Value
NoneMX0mx1.forwardemail.net
NoneMX0mx2.forwardemail.net
NoneTXTEdit 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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