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Wondering if anyone has experience setting an email while hosting a site with Netfliy? I registered a domain name using google domains and pointed the name servers to Netlify that is hosting a Gatsby static site. I would like to set up an email on a shared hosting account (I’m using hostpapa).
The Netlify DNS is set up and the site is live. I have tried adding setting the A records to the hosting IP, and MX records to mail.domain… to Netlify DNS and Google Domain records... I guess the questions might be where should the name servers point first... In both cases, the nameservers are still pointed to Netlify where the site is hosted and I get the following error:
Please transfer the domain to this servers nameservers or have your administrator add one of its nameservers to /etc/ips.remotedns and make the proper A entries on that remote nameserver.
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Netlify does not provide email service. But no worries! You can choose a service yourself, and then set up the DNS records required by that email provider at Netlify.
GoDaddy: DNS ManagementLogin to your GoDaddy account and select All Domains from the Domains dropdown. Click on the custom domain you would like to use for your Netlify Site. Scroll down to additional settings and click on Manage DNS. This will populate the custom domains Records.
You can now purchase a new custom domain directly through Netlify — skipping the complicated DNS setup entirely and automatically requesting a wildcard Let's Encrypt certificate so your site will be HTTPS enabled.
For setting up an email when using Netlify nameservers (DNS zone), you have to follow the instructions provided by your email provider.
This typically requires you to enter MX records into the DNS zone on Netlify. If you're using GSuite, go to "Synthetic Domains" on the google domains site and copy everything in there to the DNS zone of Netlify. You can ignore the warnings saying that you have to use google's names servers. As an example, this is my setup for email provided by GSuite:
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I use Yandex.connect and Netlify make my personal mail service.
You can check the official doc. https://yandex.ru/support/connect/dns/mx.html?lang=en
Or see my steps:
https://connect.yandex.com
set Domains on Yandex 
set DNS on Netlify
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