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## Encrypted Email Storage
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## How secure is this?

Our service ensures your mailboxes are **only accessible by you** and are not stored in a shared database. We purposely designed our service so that it operates in-memory when you connect and **we don't even have access to your mailbox** at rest. If you forget your password, then you lose your mailbox and need to either recover with offline backups or start over.

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## How do I get started?

Simply go to My Account → Domains → Aliases, click Add Alias (or) Edit Alias, and then click the checkbox to enable IMAP Storage. You can even have both IMAP storage and forwarding recipients enabled at the same time.

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## What email clients can I use?

You can easily send and receive email with these popular email clients using our instructions (click here).

- Apple®
- Windows®
- Android™
- Linux®
- Desktop
- Chrome®
- Terminal

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## How does it work?

We use individual mailboxes encrypted with your password. Our service uses encryption-at-rest (AES-256), encryption-in-transit (TLS), and industry standard security procedures. We are also **100% open-source** and privacy-focused. At anytime you can download, view, export, backup, and/or delete your mailboxes – and **easily migrate to or from another email service provider**.

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## What are your storage limits?

If you exceed the default storage limit of 10 GB, then you can purchase additional storage as needed. Additional storage costs $3 per month per each additional 10 GB. Storage is shared across all of your domains and aliases, but you can impose limits if desired on a per domain and alias basis. Unlike other email providers, you do not need to pay for storage on a per domain or alias basis.

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# Free Email Forwarding for Custom Domains

## Private business email

## Custom domain email hosting

## Open-source email hosting service

Quick Start

- Whitepaper
- Enterprise
- Education
- Government

## Custom domain email hosting
### Free email forwarding and custom domain hosting that works everywhere.

#### Custom Domain Email Address

Establish credibility with you@yourdomain.com – professional email addresses that build trust.

#### Unlimited Email Accounts

Create as many domain names and email addresses as your team needs, without extra costs.

#### Generous 10 GB Email Storage

Ample space for all your important communications and attachments. Pay as you go.

#### Seamless Compatibility & Deliverability

Works flawlessly with Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and adheres to all 2024 email standards for optimal deliverability.

## Access your email anywhere

Our professional email solution offers universal compatibility, ensuring you stay connected from anywhere.

### iPhone & macOS

### Android

### Windows

### Any Email Client

## All-inclusive features

No additional fees for must-have features.

- 100% Open-Source Software
- Quantum-Resistant Encryption
- Advanced Email Security
- Reliable Email Sending & Receiving
- Email Archiving & Download
- Integrated Calendars & Contacts
- Bounce & Web Alert Notifications
- Developer-Friendly Email API
- Email Encryption & Message Signing
- Encrypted PGP Forwarding
- Intelligent Spam & Phishing Protection
- Email Standards Compliance
- Forwarding & Secure Delivery
- Safe Web Lookups & Data Protection
- Sandboxed Mailboxes
- Self-Hosted Docker Email
- Zero-Knowledge Architecture
- 99.99% Uptime

Free

Only supports email forwarding

$0/month for unlimited domains

Forward your domain's mail

- Unlimited inbound email
- Spam protection
- 50 MB attachment limit
- Send Mail As with Gmail
- Catch-all email addresses
- Multiple recipients per alias
- Send emails to webhooks
- Regular expression filtering

**Limitations**: Email forwarding only, which means you cannot send mail

Enhanced Protection

Send & receive as you@yourdomain.com

$3/month for unlimited domains

Get you@domain.com

- Everything in Free plus:
- Unlimited aliases ($0/user)
- 10 GB pooled storage
- Secure inbox privacy
- 9000+ outbound / month
- Email analytics & insights
- Send outbound SMTP email
- Developer API access

**Best for**: Individuals, freelancers, and small businesses

Team

For families, groups, and organizations

$9/month for unlimited domains

Create Team

- Everything in Enhanced plus:
- Unlimited team members
- Team permission management
- Shared organizational access
- Priority support requests
- Custom recipient verification

**Best for**: Collaboration across families, teams, and organizations

Enterprise

For education, universities, alumni, healthcare, government, and custom implementations

$250/month for unlimited domains

Contact us to schedule a call

- Everything in Team plus:
- Unlimited API requests
- Terms of Use exception for 3rd parties
- Dedicated customer support chatroom
- Enterprise contract agreement sent via DocuSign
- Onboarding assistance and real-time engineering support

## Frequently Asked Questions

##### What's the difference between Enhanced Protection and Team plans?

Enhanced Protection ($3/month) is perfect for individuals who need professional email with sending/receiving capabilities, 10GB storage, and API access. Team plan ($9/month) adds collaborative features like team member management, shared organizational access, and priority support - ideal for families, groups, and businesses.

##### Can I send and receive emails with the Free plan?

No, the Free plan only supports email forwarding. You can receive emails at your custom domain and forward them to your existing email address, but you cannot send emails directly from your custom domain or store emails on our servers.

##### Who should choose the Team plan?

The Team plan is perfect for families sharing a domain (like @smithfamily.com), small businesses with multiple employees, organizations needing shared email management, or any group that requires collaborative access to email accounts with proper permission controls.

##### What does 'unlimited domains' mean?

All plans include unlimited domains at no extra cost. Whether you have 1 domain or 100 domains, you pay the same price. This makes our service extremely cost-effective for users managing multiple websites or businesses.

##### Do you charge per user/alias like other services?

No! Unlike other email services that charge per user or alias, we include unlimited aliases in our Enhanced Protection and Team plans. Create as many email addresses as you need (info@, sales@, support@, etc.) without additional fees.

##### Can I upgrade or downgrade my plan anytime?

Yes, you can upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time. When upgrading, you'll get immediate access to new features. When downgrading, changes take effect at your next billing cycle, and you'll retain access to paid features until then.

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## Trusted by millions

Leading organizations and businesses worldwide rely on our secure and reliable email service.

### US Naval Academy, Government of South Australia, Government of Dominican Republic

### Netflix Games, Disney Ad Sales, Fox News Radio, RCD Hotels

### The Linux Foundation, jQuery, Ubuntu, LineageOS, Canonical

### Carnegie Mellon, Cambridge, UMD, UW, Tufts, Swarthmore

Ready to join these organizations?

Quick Start

- Whitepaper
- Enterprise
- Education
- Government

Happy Customers

Happy Customers

DHH

@dhh

Congrats for fully launching Forward Email – a forwarding service for email that doesn't keep logs or store emails, and which works with ARC to ensure signed forwards don't trip email filters 👏. I'm a happy user! ❤️

Creator of Ruby on Rails, Founder & CTO at Basecamp & HEY

abhi nemani

@abhinemani

Have now switched email forwarding from MailGun to ForwardEmail.net . Simple and painless (and free!). Just some DNS changes, and it just works. Thanks

Government Technology Advisor, Sacramento and Los Angeles

Andrew Escobar (Andres)

@andrewe

This is so dope. Thank you. forwardemail.net

Fintech Explorer and Open Finance Advocate

Ullrich Schäfer

@stigi

Thanks so much for forwardemail.net ! It solves a real problem for our little org!

Mobile Lead at Pitch, Formerly at Facebook and Soundcloud

Andre Goncalves

@andregce

So they made this cool app that forwards email from your own domain to your Gmail inbox. There is even a catch all option, so sales@, support@, etc all goes to your own inbox. Check it out! It's free! forwardemail.net

Computer Engineer, Software Developer

Phil

@philcockfield

Thanks for your forwardemail.net . What you've done is a beautiful thing! Your FAQ just smacks of integrity, and is just the thing I need.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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## Apps

- Apple®
- Windows®
- Android™
- Linux®
- Desktop
- Chrome®
- Terminal

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## Developers

- Technical Whitepaper
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- Open Source

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