# Hosting - Email

**URL:** <https://answers.netlify.com/t/hosting-email/18717>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [July 12, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/hosting-email/18717 "2020-07-12T14:38:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hanygaja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/hanygaja/32/8311_2.png) [@Hanygaja](https://answers.netlify.com/u/Hanygaja)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/hosting-email/18717/1 "2020-07-12T14:38:41Z")

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Hi, I have created my website and i have added to the contact form the netlify tags and i am able to receive the emails on netlify. moreover, i have bought a domain name from [domain.com](http://domain.com) since i couldnt find it here on netlify because its .eu. So my question is how and where could i host my website and how to receive an email to a business email instead of netlify email page.

Looking forward for a quick reply.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![gregraven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/gregraven/32/23821_2.png) [@gregraven](https://answers.netlify.com/u/gregraven)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/hosting-email/18717/2 "2020-07-12T16:07:57Z")

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@Hanygaja You’ll have to use an external e-mail service such as Gmail, ImprovMX, ProtonMail, or any of the many other separate e-mail services. Once you set up an account with one of them, that service will provide you with DNS entries that will direct your mail to your account.

More information here:

> [@\[Support Guide\] How can I receive emails on my domain?](https://answers.netlify.com/t/support-guide-how-can-i-receive-emails-on-my-domain/178/42):
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> Hi @luke. It is by far the simplest out-of-the-box solution that I’ve found for configuring a custom email server from scratch. Plus, it comes with NextCloud and Let’s Encrypt which means you have your own little cloud running with little to no-effort. There are some things that may need customization and I’m planning to do a blog post on it soon. For example, my domain is with Google domains. My website for that domain is hosted on GitHub pages (I had to move from Netlify because of DNSSEC but…

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**Author:** ![luke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/luke/32/39_2.png) [@luke](https://answers.netlify.com/u/luke)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/hosting-email/18717/3 "2020-07-13T05:00:04Z")

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Hi, @Hanygaja, @gregraven answered the email question.

Regarding pointing the custom domain to the site at Netlify, there are two ways:

- [using Netlify DNS](https://docs.netlify.com/domains-https/netlify-dns/)
- [using all other DNS services](https://docs.netlify.com/domains-https/custom-domains/configure-external-dns/) (aka “third-party DNS” or “external DNS”)

If there are other questions about any of this, please reply anytime.