Sometimes it can be advantageous to use Google Apps to manage your domain email. The current allowance of 50 accounts per domain, and 7GB space per mailbox is impressive.
To start, you need to sign up with Google Apps - the Standard Edition is free - http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html
Follow the instructions for setting up your account. You will then need to modify the MX records for your domain.
For our Windows hosting customers:
Delete any existing email accounts, email forwarders or MRA Addresses in the Helm or Websitepanel Control Panel.
Open the DNS Zone Editor for your domain in the Helm or Websitepanel Control Panel
Remove any existing MX record entries, and any "mail" A record entries.
Add new MX records according to the following:
| Record Type | Record Name | Record Data | Preference |
| MX | @ | ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 10 |
| MX | @ | ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 20 |
| MX | @ | ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. | 20 |
| MX | @ | ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. | 30 |
| MX | @ | ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. | 30 |
| MX | @ | ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. | 30 |
| MX | @ | ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. | 30 |
For our Linux hosting customers:
Delete any existing email accounts, email forwarders or Mailing lists in Cpanel.
Click on MX Entry
Under Email Routing select and then click on Change
Delete the existing MX record if it exists
Add new MX records according to the following:
| Preference | Destination |
| 10 | ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| 20 | ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| 20 | ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| 30 | ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. |
| 30 | ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. |
| 30 | ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. |
| 30 |
ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. |
Fon non-hosting customers (domain management only):
Ensure that your domains nameservers are set to:
dns1.name-services.com
dns2.name-services.com
dns3.name-services.com
dns4.name-services.com
dns5.name-services.com
Click on DNS Management
Enter new DNS Zone records as follows:
| Host Name | Record Type | Address |
| @ | MX (Mail) | ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| @ | MX (Mail) | ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| @ | MX (Mail) | ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. |
| @ | MX (Mail) | ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. |
| @ | MX (Mail) | ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. |
| @ | MX (Mail) | ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. |
| @ | MX (Mail) | ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. |
Once this is done, contact us to set the record priorities for you, as this is not currently possible via the client area.
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