STOP Paying for Custom Email!

Are you paying for a custom email address? You may not need to! Here's a new free feature from Cloudflare to get a free custom email.

Gmail workaround info (for the SMTP server setup page)
Password: your Google account password (need App Specific Password if you use 2FA)

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0:00 - What is Cloudflare Email Routing?
0:37 - How Do You Get CF Email Routing?
1:00 - How Does Email Forwarding Work?
1:40 - Why is CF Email Routing Better?
2:52 - The Problem with Email Forwarding
4:19 - Setting Up Cloudflare Email Routing
6:28 - Setting Up Gmail Custom Email Sending
9:20 - A Warning About the Gmail Workaround
10:16 - Who Should Use This?
11:33 - Bonus Use for CF Email Routing
12:04 - Conclusion

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[dr]

Things looked good until the warning banner

[ExploreTheWaycom]

I got this to work before and am having problems now. It says username/password fail...

[leesampson]

Honestly, you are incredible! I watched through to the end and ended up just setting up custom email and I'm ok it coming back from my gmail address at this stage as I am just starting out. I can barely spell tech-savy, let alone be one... but your tutorial(s) is so well done and easy to follow and hats off to cloudflare too, it was super easy. Thanks again!👏👏👏👏

[WeathermanMark]

Great video! The way to get around the "Be careful with this message" is to add both Cloudflare (fantastic company) and Gmail to your SPF record. YouTube keeps deleting my comment for unknown reasons, but you basically list both in your single SPF record. I would post the example, but I think that is why it keeps deleting my comment.

[jeepy-f]

all good but it asks me for the username and password and there I fail, I put all the google accounts and nothing

[webxpresstech]

great tutorial but i kept getting the error message "Authentication failed. Please check your username/password" even though i am using the correct info on the SMTP setup page

[GregorSamsaNaN]

This is a neat trick if you want an email aliasing solution for a secondary domain you just purchased for like real cheap. However, I don't want to sound like a Negative Nancy but this is HORRIBLE advice if you want to have a domain with good standing on most email services. This method will cause DMARC DKIM/SPF checks to fail, and your domain is going to get flagged so bad that it'll become completely unsuable.

Please, if you value your domain ability to send emails do as Craylor says @3:40, pay for a custom email with a catch-all option. Something like Tutanota for example for $12/year you get all you need to start receiving and sending emails, they show you how to pass all auth/sender policy checks with the dns records on Cloudflare with the added value of privacy from the email company itself.

[TitosVlog]

If you add cloudflare and Gmail SPF record in one line it will not go to spam

[jarredtol]

2FA on and using APP passwords is the only way to have this setup as google deprecated the feature of signing in with weak app logins in May 2022. I fell into this issue with one of my programs that used a gmail account and couldn't authenticate until I enabled 2FA and used an APP password.

[moondog]

Bro I totally love was starting to regret embracing cloudflare with my most recent dedicated server, thanks for showing us the correct set up!

[jns]

If you use iCloud + all the instructions are forwarded to you and you don’t get that sent via Gmail.

[kkokoruz]

Any plans to make a cloudflare load balancing video. I'm strugging to get this configured the the video provided by Cloudflare falls short of some crucial details

[haddow]

There was another video on this where the guy did some DNS settings to sign the email, so it verified you control the domain name, and it gets rid of that warning.

[mimico]

just sign up, I don't have an Email option!! can you tell me what is the next step please?

[vishal_joshi]

Hey!
Great video! Unfortunately, I already had the problem of my emails landing in the spam folder when I had configured it through Gmail.

I then opted to use Zoho mail free tier and configured my personal email, and I am super happy that my emails no longer land in the spam folder. It is funny how Gmail did not solve my problem but Zoho mail did. Although, email forwarding on cloudfare is still ON which also keeps my mind at peace of not missing any email.


Disclaimer: I am not paid or in partnership with zoho mail on any level. I am just a happy user of their free tier!

[rushilshah]

Same issue. Authentication failed. Please check your username/password and less secure apps.

[CMCLures]

Having issues with step two send email as portion. doesn't seem to want to work. authentication fails every time. doing this through a porkbun domain.

[CookiesAndCremation]

I've been banging my head on a desk for days trying to get this to work, and ultimately it ended up working perfectly after setting up 2FA and app passwords. I'm using Porkbun email forwarding, though I don't know if that would make a difference.

[Ititchiwhatititchi]

Man, I was so excited watching this video, taking notes (on an airplane) and exited to set this up until you mentioned about the warning banner. I wish you would’ve mentioned that from the beginning so I wouldn’t waste my time. Great content nonetheless.

[onlinedealhacker]

Is email still available from Cloudflare? I do not see it in the sidebar.