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Custom-domain email separates simple forwarding from sending

jacobg.co 4 min read Editor score 6/10

Cloudflare Email Routing can forward incoming mail, but the excerpt says sending is the problem; the author compares hosted and self-managed options. The trade-offs are useful for engineers choosing low-cost email infrastructure.

What: The post compares options for using a custom domain for email, including Cloudflare Email Routing, Mailflare, and Purelymail.
How: Cloudflare forwards incoming mail; Mailflare uses Cloudflare for receiving and Resend for sending, while Purelymail offers SMTP and IMAP access.
Why it matters: Separating incoming forwarding from reliable outbound delivery helps engineers identify which email responsibilities a service actually handles.

Mailflare uses Cloudflare for incoming mail and Resend for outbound delivery. Sketched from the article's own text.

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