: Buy a domain name (without hosting) and host emails on a different provider I bought a domain name on a registrar's website for a cheap price but it didn't include hosting. Now I realized

@Hamaas447

If you just register your domain, you cant transfer it, you need 60 days and you can transfer it. But, please dont worry as to host with hosting provider, you dont need to transfer your domain. What you need to do is please just point your domain to your provider name server. If you unsure about this, you can ask your hosting provider. Gud luck

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@Bryan171

All you need to do is point the MX record to the mail server that is hosting your mail.

For example in the Bind PRI file you add in the line:

yourdomain.com. IN MX 0 maildomain.com.

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@Merenda212

If you already own a domain name like yourname.com, you want to use your personalized email address--but you don't want to advertise to the world you're forwarding to and sending those messages from Gmail. While you can manage multiple email accounts inside Gmail by using forwarding, the POP fetcher, and different reply-to addresses, there's an easier way--especially for groups like your family or small business. Google Apps Standard Edition (formerly known as "Google Apps for Your Domain") can host your personal email at Gmail, but without tying you to a gmail.com address for free.

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@Steve110

Hosting account is usually a web server. To host email you need an email server. And no, you do not need to transfer the domain, only set MX DNS records to point to email server which will be used to recieve messages for your domain. You will also likely need to setup few extra DNS records (DKIM and SPF for authorization/spam preveintion). All this configuration is email service provider specific and they usually give quite details instructions on how to do it.

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