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# Email forwarding for your domain: contact@ to Gmail or Outlook

> Forward contact@yourdomain to Gmail or Outlook with no mail server: turn on email forwarding for your custom domain in the OnetSolutions console.

*Published on November 13, 2026*

Want a contact\@yourdomain address without running a mail server or managing yet another mailbox? **Email forwarding** in the OnetSolutions console sends the mail of your custom domain to the inbox you already use, whether Gmail, Outlook or any other.

## What is email forwarding?

You create addresses on your domain, such as contact@, invoices@ or support\@. Every message they receive is passed on as it arrives to the mailbox of your choice. Nothing is stored along the way.

The service is provided by Cloudflare and runs entirely from the console, in an **Email forwarding** tab on your domain, next to **DNS records** and **Zone settings**.

## What you can do with it

| Need | In the console |
| - | - |
| A professional address with no mailbox to manage | One rule: contact@ to your usual inbox |
| Several addresses to one or more inboxes | One rule per address, each to a verified address |
| Never miss mail sent to a mistyped address | The catch-all address forwards everything else |
| Turn away mail sent to unknown addresses | The catch-all address set to **Reject** |
| Pause an address without deleting it | Disable the rule, then enable it again |

## How to set up email forwarding on your domain

1. Open your domain in the [console](https://console.onetsolutions.net), then the **Email forwarding** tab. You can also reach it from the DNS zone page.
2. Click **Enable**, then confirm with **Enable forwarding**. The status switches to **Active** once setup is complete.
3. Under **Destination addresses**, add the mailbox that will receive the messages. Cloudflare sends it a verification e-mail: click the link inside.
4. Under **Forwarding rules**, type the address (for example `contact`), pick a verified address in **Forward to**, then click **Add rule**.
5. If you like, turn on **Handle the other addresses** under **Catch-all address** to forward or reject the messages no rule covers.

To check the MX records added to the zone:

```bash theme={null}
# Show the servers that receive mail for your domain
dig +short MX yourdomain.com
```

> [!NOTE]
>
> Enabling forwarding adds Cloudflare's MX records to the zone, in place of those of your current mail service (hosting mailboxes, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365…). If mailboxes on this domain must keep receiving mail, stay with your current mail service.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Forwarding works on domains whose DNS management is active at OnetSolutions, with their nameservers pointed at ours. The nameservers to use are shown on the domain page.

## Built for teams

In an organization, members with the editor role can manage email forwarding too, just like DNS zones and records. You add an address for a new colleague without going through the account owner.

## Go further

* Does your server send e-mail itself? Set up [SPF, DKIM, DMARC and reverse DNS](https://blog.onetsolutions.net/en/spf-dkim-dmarc-reverse-dns-vps-mail-server.md) so it gets delivered.
* Point your domain at your VPS without writing a single record: [domain linked to your VPS](https://blog.onetsolutions.net/en/domain-linked-to-vps.md).
* Step-by-step guide: [register a domain name](https://help.onetsolutions.net/domain/register).

No domain name at OnetSolutions yet? It all starts at [onetsolutions.net](https://onetsolutions.net).


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