Email Forwarding
Receive email on your own domain and forward it to your existing inbox — or use incoming mail to fire triggers.
How it works
Tiny Metrics can receive email for your domain. You register the domain, point two DNS records at Tiny Metrics, and then create aliases such as [email protected] that forward to your real inbox. Setup has three steps:
- Register your domain in the dashboard.
- Add two DNS records to verify and route mail.
- Create aliases.
Step 1: Register your domain
Open Email in the dashboard sidebar and click Get started. The domain is taken from your project — if the project has no domain yet, set one in Settings first.
Note that a domain can only be registered to one Tiny Metrics account.
Step 2: Add the DNS records
After registering, the dashboard shows the two DNS records to add at your DNS provider:
| Type | Name / Host | Value | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| TXT | _tinymetrics-challenge.yourdomain.com | The verification token shown in your dashboard | — |
| MX | yourdomain.com | The mail server hostname shown in your dashboard | 10 |
The TXT record proves that you own the domain; the MX record routes incoming mail to Tiny Metrics. Once both records are in place, click Check records. DNS changes can take a few minutes to propagate, so you may need to check again shortly after. The dashboard shows each record as Detected or Not yet detected.
Step 3: Create aliases
Once both records are detected, the Aliases section becomes available. Each alias needs:
- Alias — the part before the
@, for examplehelloorsupport. - Delivery — either Forward to inbox, which forwards incoming mail to an address you specify, or Trigger only, which receives mail without forwarding it.
In forward mode, incoming mail is delivered to the address you enter and the original sender is preserved in the message headers.
Using email with triggers
Trigger-only aliases exist to feed triggers: mail is received, but instead of being forwarded it can fire a Discord message or an HTTP request. Click Create trigger next to an alias to get started, and optionally narrow down which emails count by matching on the recipient, sender, or subject — for example, notify your team whenever an invoice arrives.
Good to know
- Mail sent to an address without a matching alias is rejected.
- Deleting an alias also permanently deletes any email triggers scoped to it.
- DNS changes usually propagate within minutes, but can occasionally take longer depending on your provider.