TL;DR: The thing that pushed me to figure this out was a $72 invoice. Six bucks a month sounds trivial until you're running three projects and suddenly you're paying Google $18/month just so your emails don't come from a Gmail address.

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What's in this article

The Problem: You Want [email protected] Without Paying $6/Month Per Seat

What You Need Before You Start

Step 1: Enable Cloudflare Email Routing on Your Domain

Step 2: Create Your Email Route (Forwarding Rule)

Step 3: Generate a Gmail App Password for SMTP

Step 4: Add a Send-As Address in Gmail

Step 5: Fix Your SPF Record So Emails Don't Land in Spam

Step 6: Test the Full Loop

The Problem: You Want [email protected] Without Paying $6/Month Per Seat

The thing that pushed me to figure this out was a $72 invoice. Six bucks a month sounds trivial until you're running three projects and suddenly you're paying Google $18/month just so your emails don't come from a Gmail address.…