This article describes the steps and suggestions to configure Google Apps recommended MX records.
To use Gmail with Google Apps, you must set up your domain's MX records to direct mail flow to Google mail servers, If you are not sure how to configure MX records, we recommend you to contact your I.T experts.
You set up MX records using the administration tools at your domain host, not the Google Admin console.
Before you begin:
- You need to enable your email service and add users to your account, for more information click here
- Once you're ready to go live with Gmail, redirect your domain's MX records to Google servers
- If you're deploying Gmail alongside your existing mail service, such as for a pilot, check these advanced delivery options
Before you start updating the Google's generic settings, check if you can find your domain hosting provider specific steps
- Sign in to your domain's account at your domain host
- Open page to update your DNS settings (The page might be called something like : DNS Management, Name Server Management, or Advanced Settings.)
- Locate the MX records for your domain, you may already have one or more MX records resembling
Name/Host/Alias
Time to Live (TTL) Record Type Priority
Value / Answer / Destinatio Blank or @
86400 MX 10 mail1.example.com Blank or @
86400 MX 20 mail2.example.com
- Update the existing MX records to point to Google mail servers by entering these
Name/Host/Alias
Time to Live (TTL*)
Record Type
Priority
Value/Answer/Destination
Blank or @
3600
MX
1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
Blank or @
3600
MX
5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
Blank or @
3600
MX
5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
Blank or @
3600
MX
10 ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
Blank or @ 3600 MX 10 ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM
- Delete any MX records not pointing to Google servers, or give them a lower priority than the Google server records.
- Save your changes and wait until they take effect.