Many bloggers who owns a domain name, are not aware of the fact that they can create free email with own domain name. For example, I have ShoutMeLoud.com as my domain name and I created admin@shoutmeloud.com for my official work. Creating a domain specific email address adds more into credibility and looks more professional. For any blogger it is important to use an official email address @domainname for professionalism. How many of you have custom domain name, but using a public email address like @gmail @yahoomail.
How to Create Free Email with own Domain :
You can get your custom domain email address for free from Googleapps. The process of getting your custom domain email address is simple. Here are few steps which you need to follow to get your personal domain email address.
There are 4 steps in the process of getting personalized free Email with your own domain:
- Sign up for Google apps
- Verify your domain
- Create Personalized Email ID
- Change DNS for Google apps
1. Go to Google Apps page, Select option as administrator and Enter your domain name.
Make sure you don’t add a www as a prefix or trailing slash (/) as prefix.
2. Click on Get started, and in the next page enter the details about your self.
3. On the next page create a user under your domain. My preference would be, you can create a user id with name admin and later on add different user name as contact@yourdomain
4. Next 2 options are verification method, I have selected the first option, because in this we can verify the domain ownership by simply uploading a file.
5. On the next page, you will get the file name and text you need to copy into that file. After creating that file , upload it into your server using any free FTP client.
Using this method, you can get an Email id under your domain name. A personalized domain name Email is very essential for professionalism of any blog.
Once this is done, you need to check with your Host and update the MX record to point it to Google Apps server. Once you change the MX record, it takes 4-24 hrs to propagate and you will be able to send and receive Email using your personalized Email address created using Google apps.
Do let us know if you have created personalized free Email with your domain name? What are the possible benefits you can think of creating professional domain Email address?
Article by Harsh Agrawal
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I’m a bit confused. Wouldn’t it be easier to create an email account from your hosting cPanel? Unless if this post means something else…
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You can create very easily from cPanel. But here we are using Gmail application to be used for our own domain. Means you can get micheal@yourdomain.com with the complete Gmail interface with all those features available in Gmail.
Also your inbox size will be too large than having in cPanel
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Thanks for replying.
@Michael With Google apps you will have more control and along with Email you will have access to other Google tools aswell.
Harsh,
Thank you for your post on GoogleApps. Everything was straight forward. The only issue I ran into was creating a test HTML in order to set up web hosting on my end. I own the domain but didn’t fully understand where in the manager settings I needed to go to change the DNS. Every time I tried to log on through an FTP site, the register company would time out. Therefore, I just added the CNAME per google and everything worked out. Again, thank you for your wisdom!
B
Gmail is really one of the best mail services. I have been using it for quite sometime but after reading your article i have configured it on my domain. The mail transaction really easy and quick, everything has gone right for me. Thanks for sharing this nice article
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That’s Great Manpreet. I’m glad it helped you. Welcome to Shoutmeloud
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just want to ask…. is this free from google??
coz… i had set forwarding mail from my domain cpanel to my existing email add.
if its free and secure… nothing like it..!!
Hi…
I have just purchased a domain and would like to set up my personal email using Google Apps. I dont really have a web-site as yet and hence I am not able to complete the verification. Please help me proceed with the next steps.
Thanks in Advance
Regards,
Sangeeta
Thanks, it’s really helpful for new bloggers, even m using it on one of my blog.
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Yes, i have personalized email of type @domainname.com! Just for Name sake.. But, I use @gmail.com since i am using it from long run!
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Hi,
Will u send me the link to make mail id with own domain ?
I want to knw more abt it.
Thnx in advance.
One of the best service if you have free hosting space for your mailbox.
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I use DreamHost for my blogs and I got Google Apps along with my domain hosting.
I love the services because they are exactly the same as Gmail and other Google services.
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Thanks Harsh For this . I really needed one.
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Great guide thank you.
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Thnx Harsh
Would surely try it today and get back to you
Thanks Harsh! I knew I had a few domains I got from Google (really registered with Enom) and I enjoy Gmail @mydomain there, but I didn’t know I could do it with the domains I’m hosting elsewhere. You don’t have to change an MX record or anything to get the mail to go to your domain? This is excellent!
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yup,this is also nice way to setup mail box with this application.
nice info for beginners bloggers like me!!!
i am using both 2 domain for gmail and for 2 m using squirrel!1
both have their up down !! points
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That is a good way to do it. I do the same thing through cpanel and then go through google , but there are a lot more steps. This method definitely simplifies it.
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Has anyone tried this??I don™t think that these steps are fully sufficient to have gmail on your domain.Its true that when you upload an html file like that you will get an email address like name@yourdomain.com and you can access it at https://www.google.com/a/yourdomain and send emails
But have you tried sending an incomming email to that address??? Google Cant hack into your domain to grab all incoming emails .[They can offcourse send]..
You will have to change the MX Entry to let google do that..
And if you want to access gmail at
mail.yourdomain
they you will have to setup a CNAME record with the Name mail and value ghs.google.com
I think this is the total way..
Correct me if i am wrong!!
By the way i think you have even done the CNAME part for this blog shoutmeloud.
There is another alternative to adding the CNAME.. What the CNAME does is give google the power to access the subdomain.And what google does is that they will redirect this subdomain to your custom gmail url.. Why let google do that?You can do that manually by using an htaccess redirect of redirect mail.yourdomain to https://www.google.com/a/yourdomain
In order to active email you need to modify your MX record.
Whatever aneesh said is right.
already using it………..
that’s a really good tool….but the setup seems quite tricky…i hate uploading files
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Hostgator provides email@yourdomain.com with every shared account. That’s kinda really cool. And moreover there is no other host like Hostgator from my experience !
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I also use hostagtor and it is really a good host!!.. But i should say that every host(atleast most of them) will provide you with emails like email@yordomain and that email can be accessed via your Cpanel via a Squirrel mail interface(there are other alternatives also)..
Here we are talking of giving the entire email handling to google apps.So that you can get a gmail like interface for your personalised email.You can also login to google talk with this new email.
If you are on hostgator,just ask the hostgator guys to setup google apps for you..Thery will change the CNAME and MX’s for you.. Now you just need to signup via the link given in the post and verify yourself using the CNAME method instead of the html upload method..
With Google Apps, we get 50 free email ids! Am I correct? Has this offer changed?
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Not working for me.. When I put my Blog URl there it shows an error saying the domain is already in use
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great tuts dude….
thanks.. but im still using blogspot…
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I already have a website and a few emails set up for it. Wanted to create more emails. Is it possible in it? What are the cons of creating free emails in it?
I have been trying to figure out how to do this forever, since godaddy charges to set up an email with them. awesome, glad i found this post.
Thanks Harsh, I was searching for this feature from a long time …….. Thanks ShoutMeLoud
I’m glad Rajan that it helped you. Thanks for dropping by and adding a comment.
Hi,
I’m Jason . I need to set up few email id’s with my domain.
Such as contact@virtualcorporates.com.
So please guide me.
Can i get it for free?
Jason from where have you bought your domain so that I can point you in right direction.
Regards
Harsh
hey harsh…
you are right about this thing.. i am also using the google apps.. program but then also i am not using my professional id… so after reading your post.. i am thinking to use that email id..
thanx and regards…
vrunda
Hey ,
This site is under construction.
well i have tried to do the google app with my email thingi.
But, i am not able to see Total DNS control in my godaddy ->domainname-> advance details section.
Now how will i be able to incorporate it.>?
Hi Harsh,
I registered my domain through a vendor (vooju.com) in Singapore but did not use their hosting service and they do not provide me with any email account too. There seem to be no way that I can change MX information when i log in to my domain. What should I do? Thanks.
Hey KM
Just in case if you are planning to use any Hosting, you can ask them to do it for you.
For example if you host with Hostgator, you can ask them in live chat support and they will do it for you within no time. Hope this will help.
Great guide. thank you.
can this be done with blogspots?
i want to make my blog personalized.
hope to get ur answer Mr Harsh.
Kin yes you can… All you need to do is grab a domain name from anywhere and configure it using Google apps..!!
It will be usefull for those who have no domain. I have a blog running and i can make as many mail ids as i can .
Hi all,
I am trying to set up the the goole apps for my free website and can not get further than step 2.
The frustrating part is that I can find nowhere in Google to ask how to fix this.
Does anyone have experience with this? Help would be highly apreciated.
Thanks
Serge