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title: "Give Your Spouse the Gift of a Couple's Email Domain"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/give-your-spouse-the-gift-of-a-couple-s-email-domain-otr7sieln
source_url: https://mtlynch.io/couples-email-domain/
type: article
source: "Michael Lynch"
published: 2025-08-26T15:18:31.839Z
updated: 2025-08-26T15:18:55.159Z
tags: ["productivity"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 56
comments: 10
language: en
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# Give Your Spouse the Gift of a Couple's Email Domain

**[Michael Lynch](https://daily.dev/sources/mtlynch)** · 8 min read · 56 upvotes · 10 comments

## Summary

A guide to setting up a shared email domain for couples, allowing both partners to receive emails sent to either person's address at their custom domain. The setup involves purchasing a domain, connecting it to email accounts, and configuring forwarding rules. Benefits include keeping both partners informed on vendor communications, shared account management, and spam prevention through per-service email addresses. The author recommends choosing easily spelled domain names and provides specific setup instructions for Gmail and Fastmail.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@mhjim** · 13 upvotes

> wife? what's that?

**@mythobyte** · 12 upvotes

> No offense, this sounds like a bad idea on so many levels.
>
>
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> ![IMG_2776](https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--QGUyiHlp--/f_auto/v1756255639/ugc/content_d09ea759-ed76-4c8f-a480-219228a618bb?_a=BAMClqZW0)

**@tsumanu** · 12 upvotes

> My email follows Zero Inbox policy
>
> My wife email is burning dumpster with more spam and ads than actual emails
>
> Sorry but this idea for me is just terrible

**@mannyverma** · 4 upvotes

> This is a terrible idea.

**@spencerflagg** · 3 upvotes

> easily achieved with simplelogin.io
>
> did that for wedding vendors

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