Email Setup Guide with Cloudflare & Resend

This guide walks you through setting up a professional email address (yourname@swarlet.com) using Cloudflare Email Routing and Resend. Emails sent to this address will forward to your personal Gmail, and you’ll be able to send emails from yourname@swarlet.com using Resend’s SMTP service.

The setup

Create a Gmail Account
- Use the naming format: yourname.swarlet@gmail.com (replace yourname with your actual name).
- Why? This acts as your “inbox” for forwarded emails from yourname@swarlet.com.

Step 1: Request Cloudflare-Routed Email

Contact the Swarlet Team
- Ask them to create a Cloudflare-routed email address for you.
- Provide them with:
  - The forwarding Gmail address or email you have created (yourname.swarlet@gmail.com).
What Happens Next?
- The team will configure yourname@swarlet.com to automatically forward emails to your Gmail.
- and they will create the resend API key and share the API key and the STMP data with you

Step 2: Configure Gmail or any other mail provider to Send / receive Emails

In this example we will implement it using Gmail but the steps should be similar on other providers

Add Your Cloudflare Email to Gmail
- Log in to yourname.swarlet@gmail.com.
- Go to Settings → Accounts and Import → Send mail as → Add another email address.
Enter Email Details
- Name: Your full name (e.g., Jane Doe).
- Email: Your Cloudflare email yourname@swarlet.com
- Treat as an alias (keep checked)
- Click Next Step
Configure SMTP Settings
- In the Next form the SMTP server, fill in:
  SMTP Server: [Provided by Resend]
  Port: 587
  Username: [Provided by Resend]
  Password: [Your Resend API Key]
  TLS: Enable (keep checked)
  Click Add Account.
Verify Ownership
- Gmail will send a verification code/link to yourname@swarlet.com.
- Check your Gmail inbox (yourname.swarlet@gmail.com) for the forwarded code/link.
- Enter/Click the code/link to complete setup.

Step 3: Add a Profile Image to Your Email

Create a Google Account for Your Professional Email
- Go to accounts.google.com.
- Click Create account → For myself.
- When prompted for a Gmail address, select Use my current email address instead.
- Enter yourname@swarlet.com
Verify Email Ownership
- Google will send a verification email to yourname@swarlet.com.
- Check your yourname.swarlet@gmail.com inbox for the forwarded verification link.
- Click the link to confirm ownership.
Upload Profile Image
- After verification, go to your google account and with this email yourname@swarlet.com.
- Navigate to Personal info → Profile → Profile photo.
- Upload your desired image, this image will be used for your email and everything else.

Important Notes

Sending Emails: When sending emails from Gmail, always select yourname@swarlet.com as the “From” address, you can make this the default as well from the mail as when we added the email.

example

Receiving Emails: All emails to yourname@swarlet.com will appear in yourname.swarlet@gmail.com Inbox.
When you sign up with team tools make sure to sign up with your Gmail account: yourname.swarlet@gmail.com it acts like your yourname@swarlet.com and you will be able to sync Gmail events.