Linode & Akamai Email DNS Tutorial 2026

Setup custom domain email with Linode & Akamai in minutes. Free email forwarding, SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 configuration. Includes video walkthrough and DNS verification tool.

  • Written byforwardemail.studio Team
  • Published9/1/26
  • Time to readLess than 5 minutes
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Go to Linode & Akamai

Step 1

Go to Linode & Akamai → log in → DNS settings
→ scroll down to Step 2

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Step 2

Add these records to yourdomain.com: and click Verify
(Scroll to the right to see entire table)
Name/Host/AliasTypePriorityAnswer/Value
NoneMX0mx1.forwardemail.studio
NoneMX0mx2.forwardemail.studio
NoneTXTEdit user@gmail.com to your email:forward-email=user@gmail.com
Need a TTL value? Make it as close to 3600 (60 minutes) as possible.
Need to configure more aliases on the free plan?
See Options A to G in our FAQ
Verify
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