How do I set up a custom email address with domain name?

November 28, 2019 129 views
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I have digital ocean and google domains, and am trying to set up some custom email addresses using my domain name. I configured digitalocean’s nameservers to google domains.

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MelodyM November 30, 2019

Hey there!

We generally don’t recommend sending email from your Droplets:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/why-you-may-not-want-to-run-your-own-mail-server

But to answer your question, it depends on your OS and what type of mail application you’re setting up. For example, on Ubuntu you have these options: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/email-services.html

If you want to use G Suite with your Google domains, see this guide: https://domains.google/getting-started/email/

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