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BoxOfFrogs
Brass Contributor
May 23, 2022

How to setup email to a private domain from a 365 personal account?

I currently have an Office 365 personal account, but really haven't used it yet..  I just registered a domain name, call it "mydomain.com" with GoDaddy and want to use that as an email address (mailto:me@mydomain.com) using my Office 365 personal copy of Outlook.  

 

Do I need to setup the email on GoDaddy first?  Or can I just use my 365 account (mailto:me@outlook.com) to host my new domain and email?  I am experienced with Small Business 365, but never used the personal version.  I guess I'm looking for a KB article or some documentation on how to go about this.  Can you "add a domain" to the Personal version?  Do I need to set up (and pay for) email hosting in GoDaddy" then point the MX records to 365?  Anyway, I need a brief tutorial that lays this all out.

 

Thanks.

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  • Notsowise_Tom's avatar
    Notsowise_Tom
    Copper Contributor
    May 25, 2022

    BoxOfFrogs 

    You can use a custom domain also on personal account.

    Refer to this article for the configuration: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-a-personalized-email-address-in-microsoft-365-75416a58-b225-4c02-8c07-8979403b427b?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us 

     

    Hope it helps!

    • BoxOfFrogs's avatar
      BoxOfFrogs
      Brass Contributor
      May 26, 2022
      Thank you! Now, while I seem to have the new email address in there, and while I can send it email and receive it, I cannot see how I make it my default "From" address. The address it sends email from is still the address of my account in 365. If I click on "From" the "me@mydomain.com" is not there.

      I have waited 24 hours for propagation, but still nothing.

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