{"id":183,"date":"2020-10-30T05:39:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T05:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2020-10-30T06:25:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T06:25:16","slug":"creating-your-domain-email-linking-it-to-your-gmail-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelifeofsean.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/30\/creating-your-domain-email-linking-it-to-your-gmail-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Your Domain Email and Linking it to Your Gmail for Free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today, I figured out how to set my Gmail account to send and receive emails from develop@thelifeofsean.com for free. There was no need to sign up to anything or even subscribe to Google Workplace. The only thing I had to pay for was my domain name and my hosting. Continue reading through and you can hopefully do it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisites:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order to follow this guide you’ll need to have already bought your domain name and set it up with hosting. I bought my domain name through Google and had my domain name pointed to DigitalOcean’s nameservers (My hosting service).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directions<\/span><\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Follow the original source: https:\/\/support.google.com\/domains\/answer\/3251241<\/a>. I’ll be going in depth addition details below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Receiving Emails From Your Email Alias<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

STEP 1: Set up email forwarding:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. On your computer sign in to Google Domains<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Click the name of your domain. (If you bought your domain name through Google it should already be on the list. At the moment I don’t know how you would add the domain name if you bought it from another domain registrar.)<\/li>
  3. Open the Menu (It should be a 3 bar icon).<\/li>
  4. Click Email<\/strong>.<\/li>
  5. Under “Email forward,” enter the alias email address name and the existing recipient email address. NOTE: If you want your Gmail to catch all emails sent to your domain, use a catch-all wildcard by adding “*@” before your domain name and enter it in the Alias Email field. For example, what I would be entering for this step is: *@thelifeofsean.com<\/span><\/li>
  6. Click Add.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Set up email forwarding with custom name servers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you use Google name servers, Google Domains automatically creates the required mail exchange records (MX records) to make email forwarding work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But if you’re like me (using Digital Ocean for hosting) and you’re using custom name servers and want to use Google Domains’ email forwarding, learn how to set up email forwarding with custom name servers.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you’re using Digital Ocean, you can have most of it for you, BUT you’ll want to double check if the records match the link provided above. I had to correct the first row for mine. In any case the link above ever goes down, I’ve pasted the same chart below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Name\/Host\/Alias<\/th>Type<\/th>Time-to-live (TTL)<\/th>Priority<\/th>Value\/Answer\/Destination<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
    Blank or @<\/td>MX<\/td>1H<\/td>5<\/td>gmr-smtp-in.l.google.com<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
    Blank or @<\/td>MX<\/td>1H<\/td>10<\/td>alt1.gmr-smtp-in.l.google.com<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
    Blank or @<\/td>MX<\/td>1H<\/td>20<\/td>alt2.gmr-smtp-in.l.google.com<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
    Blank or @<\/td>MX<\/td>1H<\/td>30<\/td>alt3.gmr-smtp-in.l.google.com<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
    Blank or @<\/td>MX<\/td>1H<\/td>40<\/td>alt4.gmr-smtp-in.l.google.com<\/code><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Step 2: Activate email forwarding<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Google Domains sends a one-time confirmation email to the recipient email address you entered in Step 1. Follow the instructions in the email to activate email forwarding.\u00a0<\/s> Forget the crossed out part and have your friend, mom, or cat send and email to your domain email you added in step 1. Then check if you received in your Gmail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You may not receive a confirmation email and email forwarding begins immediately if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n