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tilde.tk - Outbound Email
Gmail
Email me with your desired email address for your tilde.tk (sub)domain
Create a new Google account or use an existing Google account but be aware it will show up in DNS records for the forwarding service. Then you email me to setup that Gmail address to be the one forwarded for your email address.
Fix emails ending up in spam
After me setting up forwarding you go to
Gmail --> Settings --> See all settings --> Filters & Blocked Addresses --> Create new filter
Fill in to field to be your your desired tilde.tk (sub)domain email address
Then hit Create filter
All you need to make sure email to it doesn't end up in spam is to make sure you check on the Never send to spam and press Create filter
Test inbound email
Send yourself an email to your new tilde.tk (sub)domain email address, and watch it come in! (also check spam and archive just in case you don't find it)
Outbound Email
After you can successfully recieve emails, and you setup the filter. You can setup Gmail's Send mail as feature (located in Accounts & Import section) using the following values
Display Name: [your display name]
Email Address: [your email address]
Treat as alias: (have it on if you want emails to appear in inbox just like your other emails)
SMTP Details (if you wanna use Google SMTP servers):
- SMTP Server: `smtp.gmail.com`
- Port: [the default one is fine]
- Username: [your gmail address without `@gmail.com`]
- Password: [your account password if you don't use 2FA and have Less Secure Apps allowed OR an app password if you have 2FA enabled]
- Encryption: [leave it on the recommend one based on the port you used]
You will receive an email with a link/code to use to finish verification. After this you should test outbound emails from that email address!
That's it! You can now send & receive emails from your (sub)domain email address