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I have seen many blogger’s often use Gmail or yahoo mail even though they own a domain. Today in this article I am going to help them create their own mail id for their domain free with google app support. This article will work with most of the common domain registrar.
Initial part to make it working is to have your domain registered at google app,follow the steps below to register your domain for google apps
Steps to register at Google App
- Go to google app
- Click on Solutions–>Google Apps(Free)
- Then click on Get started
- Enter you domain name (Eg: techfreakblog.com) for which you want the mail id or the one you want to get Google app support and click on “get started”.
- Sign up providing all the correct details
- Next setup an administrator account
- Sign in to your domain at google.com/a/yourdomain with the administrator account
You will be asked to verify the domain name ownership
- Verify you are the owner of domain either by uploading html file through FTP or by changing cname records from your host
After verification you are now registered for google app.
- Go to google app dashboard
Activate Mail
By default email is not activated
- Click on activate e-mail in your google app dashboard
You will see a page telling you to change MX records
- Open a new tab/window and login to your host cpanel
- Edit MX records according to the following order in your cpanel
Google Apps MX settings
NOTE:Make records in the same order else it might not work
- Once you have done that successfully go to google app tab and click on “I have completed these steps”
That’s it ! within 24 hours Google will check the MX records after which your mail will be activated. I hope this tutorial will help you get your own personalized email address for your domain.
Do remember, having your personalized domain Email address, will help in branding and look more professional.
Do let us know if you have claimed your personalized domain Email address or not?
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May i know the use of buying it from google apps instead use your email accounts which your hosting offer
Whats the difference?
Manish this service is free !!!
Many hosting’s dont provide mail free and even if they do they give only 2 mail ids for a domain free . Here you can register up to 50 for free and the reliability of google as well !!
you missed one thing,for MX Records setting for any hosting you can simply go to https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/yourdomainname.com/SetupMXInstructions
under services setting<Email.
Thanks for the info mate !!
Thanks for this info Jagan.. My contact form was not working because of these MX Records
I Know that how to Create E-mail ID for Own domains. But, Very Helpful Tutorial for Newbie.
Most of the web hosts are providing unlimited email accounts. It’s always important to select a good webhost.
I am using google application to create email with my domain too.One of reason i used this application is that it can display vietnamese correctly
Every one has his own reasons mate ! google brand itself is enough to trust it !
Hmm thank you for this useful tutorial about email id creation using Google apps.
Hi Sandeep Singh, I am hemanth kumar from hyderabad. Thanks for providing detailed explanation about how to setup to google apps. Keep on going dude
Well, this was a very good step-by-step explanation and would definitely help the novice users as well as those who have not used it yet. I have been using it since last few months and so far it works great. Using Gmail, Yahoo etc. does not look professional and hence creating personalized email id using our own registered domain is always preferable.
Thanks for sharing Sandeep.
Thanks sekav that you liked it !!
You can create email for you domain with Live Domain.
I am using this great free service for my blog. Google Apps Email service is better than the one we get in cPanel.
Thats for sure and i guess you will have very complicated mailing service provided by hosts !!!
I have been using this for long…really a nice service from google. One thing you can redirect this long domain to small one as mail.yoursite.com by editing the cname to ghs.google.com.
That’s really good.. Thanks Ankita
I have done. Thanks for sharing.
I have discovered a tips is to have the dots (.), the back of Google Apps MX settings.
EX: ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
hii sandeep,
i had created domin ID but not able to verify it, tried twice but failed in verification. please give me easier way to verify domin ID with perfect steps.
Awaiting for your promt response.