TL;DR: The thing that pushed me to figure this out was a $72 invoice. Six bucks a month sounds trivial until you're running three projects and suddenly you're paying Google $18/month just so your emails don't come from a Gmail address. 📖 Reading time: ~26 min What's in this article The Problem: You Want yourname@yourdomain.com Without Paying $6/Month Per Seat What You Need Before You Start Step 1: Enable Cloudflare Email Routing on Your Domain Step 2: Create Your Email Route (Forwarding Rule) Step 3: Generate a Gmail App Password for SMTP Step 4: Add a Send-As Address in Gmail Step 5: Fix Your SPF Record So Emails Don't Land in Spam Step 6: Test the Full Loop The Problem: You Want yourname@yourdomain.com Without Paying $6/Month Per Seat The thing that pushed me to figure this out was a $72 invoice. Six bucks a month sounds trivial until you're running three projects and suddenly you're paying Google $18/month just so your emails don't come from a Gmail address.…