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How do I set up email forwarding?

Every domain registered at Dynadot comes with free email forwarding. Email forwarding allows you to receive email to an address on your domain name, for example, [email protected]. The email is forwarded to an existing email, such as your Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, or other email.

To set up email forwarding for your domain, please follow these steps:

1. Sign in to your Dynadot account.
2. Select "My Domains" from the left-side menu bar and click "Manage Domains" in the drop-down.
3. Check the box next to your domain name(s) and click on the "Action" button.
4. Choose "Email Settings" from the "Action" list.
5. On the "Email Settings" page, select the "Forwarding Email" setting from the top drop-down menu.
6. Enter the email address you want for your domain email in the "Username" column (you do not need to enter the full email address such as [email protected], only the "admin" part should be entered from this example).
7. Enter an existing email address that you want your email forwarded to in the "Existing Email Address" column.
8. If you would like to create additional aliases, click on the "Add Email" button.
9. Press the "Save Email Settings" button to save your changes.

Your settings should look similar to what is shown below:

Another way to set up email forwarding is through Dynadot DNS on the DNS Settings page.

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How can I use your Email plan using DNS?

To connect your domain name to your Dynadot email hosting plan using DNS, you can create the MX and TXT records using the steps below:

1. Sign in to your Dynadot account.
2. Select "My Domains" from the left-side menu bar and "Manage Domains" in the drop-down.
3. Check the box next to the domain name associated with your Email plan and click on the "Action" button.
4. Choose "DNS Settings" from the "Action" list.
5. On the DNS Settings page, select "Dynadot DNS" from the top drop-down menu.
6. Under the "Domain Record" section, select "MX" from the "Record Type" drop-down.
7. Enter "webhost.dynadot.com" in the "Mail Host" section.
8. Set the "Priority" to "0", the highest priority.
9. Under the "Domain Record" section, select "TXT" from the "Record Type" drop-down.
10. Enter " v=spf1 mx include:webhost-mail-out.dynadot.com include:spf.webhost.dynadot.com ~all" in the "IP Address or Target Host" section.
11. Next, go to the "Subdomain Records" section.
12. Enter "default._domainkey" in the "Subdomain" field, select "CNAME" as the "Record Type", and enter "clients._domainkey.webhost.dynadot.com" in the "IP Address or Target Host" area.
13. Add another subdomain record and enter "_dmarc" in the "Subdomain" field, select "TXT" as the "Record Type", and enter "v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:[email protected]" in the "IP Address or Target Host" area.
14. Press the "Save DNS" button to save your changes.

NOTE: The SPF record will help prevent spoofing and let email servers know your message is not spam.

Your settings should look similar to what is shown below: (click to enlarge)




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