Domain name need to be hosted before setting up forwarding email feature?

[gotaboutabuck]

Hello, does my godaddy domain name need to be "hosted" before I can set up the godaddy "email forwarding" feature (to my gmail account via mailgun)?  I'm inquiring because I would like to set up professional email with my domain name but I'm not ready to set up the live website yet. Thanks.

[Heather · Accepted solution]

Hello @gotaboutabuck!

Thank you for posting. Your domain doesn't need to be hosted to setup a forwarding address. You'd just need to follow these instructions to create the address.