A friends business email goes through to his gmail account, but he also pays for an email account with his web host. Is it necessary to keep paying for this email account, does he need it if the email goes through to gmail?
EDIT: What I know is, they both receive and send emails from @theirdomain.com via their Gmail. They have their domain registered with a seperate company than the web host and have access to their DNS records there. With the hosting company they pay for email in addition to their hosting plan.
My friend wants to avoid the extra cost of the email account if possible, and I thought it wasn’t required to have an email with your your webhost if setting up the DNS records properly, but not 100% sure. We wanted to get independent advice before proceeding, since the host has an incentive for my friend to stay on the email plan.
I get the feeling we need more info.
There are many specifics that would help, but honestly it seems like he should ask the webhost?
In theory, there is no reason why it should be necessary. But if the domain was purchased through the webhost then there could be any number of criteria attached to this. He should just ask.
thanks for the info, I’ve updated my posted with a bit more info and why we are asking on here
As others have said, if the domain is managed outside the webhost then there is no reason to pay for the webhost email.