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# Forward email setup instructions

Adapted from https://forwardemail.net/en/guides/send-email-with-custom-domain-smtp 4/1/25

Go to Domains > Settings > Outbound SMTP Configuration / Complete Setup

Setup alias

Click generate a password and use a password generated from bitwarden.

Send password to gmail using one time secret along with [instructions here](https://hackmd.io/@reidransom/ry0aWdKT1l).

![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SJg7-DF6Jg.png)

Wait for SMTP review and approval.

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End user instructions

Look for email from forwardemail.net
Click the link in email
Copy the password
Close the popup


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Send to Bianca in Feb

1.⁠ ⁠Go to Gmail and under Settings / See all settings, go to Accounts and Import tab, then under Send mail as, click "Add another email address"

2.⁠ ⁠When prompted, enter "Name" as the name that you want your email to be seen as "From" (ex: "Peter Parker").  Enter "Email address" as the full email address of your new alias (ex: hello@newdomain.com).  ⁠Uncheck "Treat as an alias".  ⁠Click "Next Step" to proceed

3.⁠ ⁠When prompted, enter "SMTP Server" as smtp.forwardemail.net and leave the port as 587.  Enter "Username" as the full email address ⁠ of your new alias (ex: hello@newdomain.com).  Enter "Password" pasted from a separate secure message.  ⁠When prompted for "Password", paste the password (from a separate, secure message).  ⁠Leave the radio button checked for "Secured connection using TLS".  ⁠Click "Add Account" to proceed.

4.⁠ ⁠Open a new tab to Gmail and wait for your verification email to arrive (you will receive a verification code that confirms you are the owner of the email address⁠)  ⁠Once it arrives, click the link "to confirm your request", then click the button to "Confirm".

5.⁠ ⁠Once you've done that, go back to Gmail, click the button to Compose a message, and you should see a dropdown menu in the "From" field to choose to send with your new email alias.

