Is it possible to have emails at a registered domain without hosting?

The hosting for my website will expire at the end of this month. I don't really wish to stay with my current host – their interface stinks and I don't use the hosting part of the service, anyway.

I'd like to keep my email address there, though – I fully understand that without hosting, I won't be able to keep email on the server (as there would simply be no server to keep it on). Before I can decide on how to move forward with my domain, I need to know:

Can I configure my DNS record such that emails sent to [email protected] are redirected to [email protected]?

Sorry you can't. While you can point the MX record to google's mail server it will get rejected since Google doesn't not recognize the domain. You can host your email using Google's Apps, its used to be free but its $50/year now. Other email hosting service will also work but I don't know if there is any free ones available.

You may also consider moving your domain registration elsewhere, some domain registration company, like 1and1, offers free email hosting service and forwarding with domain purchase so you don't need separate web hosting for your email.

Another way is to get a cheap VPS server(as low as $5-$10/year), setup web server, email server etc.. and do everything yourself.