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Wow. No one here mentioned the obvious.

Transfer your domains to Google Domains. Use the free email alias feature to rewrite your custom domain users into Gmail users (or wherever else). Configure Gmail to send from your custom domain.

I do this. It works spectacularly.

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Can you really configure to send from the forwarded address? From the faq[0] page: "When you need to both receive and reply to emails from a custom address, and unlock other professional features, upgrade to Google Workspace."

[0]https://domains.google/learn/how-to-use-email-forwarding/

I've done it just fine without Google workspace and people get my mail just fine.

Can I do this for multiple accounts? Do you k ow if there is a description of this solution online somewhere?

Yes, but you have to manually set up each account (eg. name1@example com) you want to send mail from to verify that you own the account.

Would it work for others in my family, without me being able to read all their emails?

Yes, each email alias can be set to forward messages to a different address.

There's a limit of 100.

https://domains.google/learn/how-to-use-email-forwarding/

Does this prevent the whole custom@domain.com via name@gmail.com thing?

I'm not sure what you are talking about so I don't think it's a problem as my emails look normal in gmail and it doesn't show anything weird.

You might want to go over some of your email/message/security headers and look for anything unexpected (e.g. actual email address, device names, locations, etc.). The web-interface won't display most of what you'll find in there, with good reason.

Finding a way to access those headers from gmail will be a challenge though. Don't think I've ever found that button in the same place twice!

I don't think that this will enable you to send emails that conform to the DMARC standard (using DKIM and SPF). Might be ok for a side project, but in my opinion not enough for a small business.

Yes

There's a special reason to use Google Domains or it's just an example? Don't most registrars have web forwarding and mail sending features?

I don't know other registrars offerings, but OP was particularly concerned about using Gmail (or something like it) and having good deliverability, which makes Google Domains + Gmail the right solution in my mind.

Which SMTP server do you use for sending? Are you able to use Gmail's SMTP servers with your setup?

Yes, gmail's. You set a SPF record authorizing it.

Plenty of people would rather stick to dealing with ICANN's pricing directly via CloudFlare.

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