After some searching, I just found out how to switch back to the "old" account panel design and start setting up Workspace Email/ email forwarding with Gmail.
I created info@mydomain.co as a user, set it as a "catch-all" address and forwarded it to username@gmail.com. I sent a few test emails from mygmail@gmail.com to something@mydomain.com and info@mydomain.co. The emails did not bounce, but they also didn't arrive. I then tried sending a test from mygmail@gmail.com to username@gmail.com just to be sure Gmail wasn't the issue and the message immediately came through.
Any ideas what to do?
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Thanks @RayHAz
The missing piece of the puzzle was that I had not yet set up MX-records. Which I just did and it is working now.
I ended up switching over to safteynames__dot__com - they offer professional email for $1 and it's much easier to set up than this hack. You can simply create a forwarder with them to your gmail inbox and then add the account of your personal domain as an alias. Support is great too.
Hey, @nilsdecker,
I've used Email forwarding a lot, and I've not had any issues. It can take a few minutes for the GoDaddy backend to process the forwarding setup. After you've waited a few minutes... is it still not working?
FYI, I've been using the "old" panel since the time it was THE only panel. Tried a cPanel setup once... it's not bad -- but not what I'm familiar with.
Ray
Thanks @RayHAz
The missing piece of the puzzle was that I had not yet set up MX-records. Which I just did and it is working now.
Hi, can you elaborate more on what you did to solve the problem? I'm at the same stage but can't figure out which MX-records to change or where. Thanks!
Yeah me too. I posted this same question weeks ago and haven't got an answer. I don't know how to change the MX settings or what to change them to to get them to work for my gmail forward.
I struggled with this issue for over two months now. The solution, and the only solution that worked for me, is to add
I ended up switching over to safteynames__dot__com - they offer professional email for $1 and it's much easier to set up than this hack. You can simply create a forwarder with them to your gmail inbox and then add the account of your personal domain as an alias. Support is great too.
I had the same issue trying to forward mail from info@mydomain.com to another email hosted on gmail, and I solved it by setting the MX records on mydomain DNS settings.
How to do this:
After you have setup Email Forwarding, go to the My Domains page on the Godaddy website.
In the My Domains page, locate your domain name (e.g. mydomain.com) in the list of domains and click on the 3 dots next to the domain name. Select the Manage DNS option. This will take you to the DNS Management page for your domain (You can also access the DNS Management page through the Domain Settings page and click on the Manage DNS link at the bottom of the page).
On the DNS Management page you will see a list of different Records. Click the ADD button at the bottom of the Records section.
A dialogue window will open, and the Type field will display. select MX from the Type dropdown list. This will display more fields to complete.
Add the following record:
For the Type field: MX
For the Host field: @
For the Points To field: mailstore1.secureserver.net
For the Priority field: 10
For the TTL field: 1 hour
Then click save. And the dialogue window will close
Add another record by clicking the ADD button again.
Add the following:
For the Type field: MX
For the Host field: @
For the Points to field: smtp.secureserver.net
For the Priority field: 0
TTL: 1 hour
Click save and the dialogue window will close.
Give it a few minutes ,and then send an email to your new domain email address(e.g. info@mydomain.com) from another email address (not the email address you are expecting to receive the forwarded messages), and you should now see that the message you sent is forwarded to the email address you wanted to receive the forwarded messages.
Hope this helps someone 🙂
Hi, In case I want to forward email to a gmail account, I have the same issue, it doesnt bounce but also doesnt arrive? In case I have to add anything, can anyone assist in what I need to do?
I just recommend you pay for gsuite or find another provider that can support that setup (see my previous response). The hassle of getting it to work with the chances of breaking it are too high. Check out safetynames.com and see if they can help you out.
I am having a similar issue (but maybe in reverse). We set up "admin@mydomain.com" and then converted it to my employee's name: "name@mydoamin.com." We would like to get rid of "admin@mydomain.com" now, but we can't seem to. We are finding it confusing for her (and our clients) to have two accounts. There is no longer a listing in Office 365 for the "admin" account, only the employee's name.
I am trying to manually forward my existing Godaddy webmail emails one by one to my yahoo email but after a couple of emails I forwarded to my Yahoo email, the GoDaddy webmail freezes and won't forward anymore.
What the HELL is going on? 😉
Any help would be appreciated folks....
Sincerely,
Mr. Frustrated.
I transferred MX records from Wix to Godaddy a few days ago for my newly bought domain kapl.co, but when i try to send emails to my domain mail from my gmail account, it returns an error saying that address not found or can't receive mail. I talked to a support person via the online chat and he was very sure that it will propagate in 48 hours, however, it's been more than 48 hours and it still doesn't work.
Hi @kapl. Thanks for being part of GoDaddy Community! In looking at your domain right now, it seems you've pointed your domain toward Zoho mail. Just to clarify, if you want to use GoDaddy email forwarding plans, you would need to have GoDaddy Workspace Email MX records. I'm guessing you've decided to move on but I thought I'd clarify that just in case you still wanted it to work.