How To Set Up Google Apps Email

For about a year now I have been deliberating about setting up my email on Google apps. Most of my business is run using Google apps so I am a convert to an extent but I was worried about moving my mail. I guess I have just got used to Outlook. I need not had worried as setting it up was so easy.If you have decided to move over to Google Apps but are nervous about the set-up, this article should help you through the process.Step one – Fill out the application First up you need to fill out the application. If you are a family, private user or non-profit organisation you can use Google apps for free. Businesses can Beauty Nail Tips have a trial period and then the cost is ￡50 per person per year. Put this in your browser to navigate to the page to start filling out the application: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html.The first step asks you to add your domain name. If you don’t have one you can buy one through Google and they will set everything up for you. Once the domain is added you click “get started” and you will be taken to a form to fill out. If the info is accepted you will be taken to your dashboard.Step Two – Activate your emailNow you can use the URL Google automatically makes for you but you can RC Animals Wholesale also make up your own. To activate the email you will need to go to the email setting page where you will get two options, one “create user accounts” or “change MX records”.Create User AccountsIf you have a few email accounts for your domain this is where you set each up. So if you have emails such as info@, contact@ and yourname@ this is where you input the username, first name, last name and password.Change the MX recordsThis is where I thought it would get tricky but it was quite simple. MX records shows which company handles and delivers your emails so you will need to change these details to Google so Google can handle All kinds of led lights the email. There are simple instructions from Google to help with this. You simply just choose your hosting service from the dropdown list and from there you will get instruction of what to do next. Basically you have to go to your hosting control panel and delete all MX records and put the following in their place:Priority: 1 to: ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COMPriority: 2 to: ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COMPriority: 3 to: ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COMPriority: 4 to: ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COMPriority: 5 to: ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COMPriority: 6 to: ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COMPriority: 7 to: ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COMMany domains use cPanel and the editing of MX records can be found under the heading of MX Entry. IF you are not sure where to change your MX records you will have to contact your hosting provider. If they don’t allow these changes to be made you will have to move hosts. Once these records have changed you will have to wait 24 hours before all the mail is delieverd in a timly fashion.And that’s it done. You now can access your mail from any browser on any computer, or mobile device anywhere in the world.