| Alternative | How it works | |-------------|---------------| | | Forward hello@yoursite.com to your Gmail. You can send from your custom address via Gmail’s “Send mail as” feature. | | Cloud email (Google/Microsoft) | Fully managed, no server maintenance, but you pay per user. | | Shared hosting email | Often included but has sending limits and lower deliverability. | | Transactional email services (SendGrid, Mailgun) – for outgoing only, not daily conversation. |

Instead of: yourname@gmail.com You get: yourname@yoursite.com email-yoursite.com

Type: TXT Name: @ Value: v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all If you want mail.yoursite.com to point to your provider’s webmail: no server maintenance