Getting Started with Email Routing in Cloudflare
Cloudflare’s Email Routing feature allows you to create custom email addresses for your domain and forward emails to an existing email account. Here’s a step-by-step guide to setting up Email Routing.
Step 1: Log in to Cloudflare Dashboard
- Go to Cloudflare’s login page and enter your account credentials.
- After logging in, you’ll land on the Cloudflare dashboard.

Step 2: Select Your Domain
- From your dashboard, click on the domain for which you want to set up Email Routing.
Step 3: Access Email Routing Settings
- In the left sidebar, locate and click on Email.
- Under Email, click on Email Routing. This opens the Email Routing setup page.

Step 4: Start Email Routing Setup
- Click on Get Started to begin setting up Email Routing.

- Enter a Custom Address (e.g.,
info@yourdomain.com
) for the email alias. - In the Destination Address field, enter the email address where you want incoming messages to be forwarded (e.g., your personal or business email).

Step 5: Create and Continue
- After entering the addresses, click Create and Continue.

Step 6: Verify Destination Address
- Cloudflare will send a verification code (OTP) to your destination email address.
- Open your email, find the OTP, and enter it in the Cloudflare verification prompt.
- Once verified, click Continue.

Step 7: Configure DNS Records
- On the Configure your DNS page, Cloudflare will display the Required DNS Records needed for Email Routing to function.
- Click Add Records to automatically add these DNS records to your domain.
- Finally, toggle Enable Email Routing to activate the setup.

Your Email Routing is now configured! Incoming emails sent to your custom address will be forwarded to your specified destination email, allowing you to manage emails for your domain without additional email hosting services.
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