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You don't really need a Google Apps account for this if you're using Google Domains as your registrar. You can choose to forward whatever email address you want directly via Google Domains.

https://support.google.com/domains/answer/3251241?hl=en

Of course it might involve manually fiddling with MX records if you're using a different registrar for your domain and forwarding (e.g. with Google Apps) might also be required.

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That's new, and did not exist when I setup my domain.

But if I understand that link correctly, if you do this you'll run into the "sent via Gmail" problem the parent poster alluded to, as Google Domains will not issue you a new SMTP username like with GApps. With my version, I'm actually sending mail via the GApps user (and my domain), not the Gmail one, and my Gmail account name is not revealed in the headers.

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