How to make use of Google mail services
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[edit] Account Creation
New Signup
Existing Account
1. Create an account for each existing email address in your domain.
2. Ensure you've created the same user accounts in Google Apps Control Panel as you have in your existing cPanel acount.
3. To activate Google Apps services you must verify that you own your domain.
- Select the Verify domain ownership from within the Dashboard.
Also, be sure to create existing nicknames and email lists in your control panel prior to setting up email with Google Apps. In case you make a typo or forget to add an address, you can create a catch-all address to receive mail that doesn't match an existing alias.
- The Google GMail service offers email client access for retrieving and sending emails through your Gmail account. However, for security reasons, GMail uses POP3 over an SSL connection, so make sure your email client supports encrypted SSL connections.
- Incoming Mail Server: (POP3) pop.gmail.com (SSL enabled, port 995)
- Outgoing Mail Server: use the SMTP mail server address provided by your local ISP or smtp.gmail.com (SSL enabled, port 465)
[edit] Configuring MX Records
WebHost Manager (WHM) Required.
1. Log in to WebHost Manager (WHM), and go to Edit DNS Zone.
2. Enter/update the following MX records.
YOURDOMAIN.TLD. IN MX 1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
YOURDOMAIN.TLD. IN MX 5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
YOURDOMAIN.TLD. IN MX 5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
YOURDOMAIN.TLD. IN MX 10 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
YOURDOMAIN.TLD. IN MX 10 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
YOURDOMAIN.TLD. IN MX 10 ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
YOURDOMAIN.TLD. IN MX 10 ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
- Be sure to include trailing dot (.) at the end of any full-qualified domain names (for example, server.example.com.)
- Save your changes. Your MX records are now configured to point to Google. Keep in mind that changes to MX records may take up to 2 hours to propagate due to caching.
I don't have Access to WHM
- In the event you do not have access to WebHost Manager (WHM) you may merely issue a support ticket requesting the above MX Modifications.
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