Comments on: HOW TO: Setup Gmail for Hosted Domains

By: Shaer

Shaer — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:03:24 +0000

It is free, there is a premiere paid edition edition which is more easy searchable. The free standard edition is available at http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:57:07 +0000

Isn’t it free anymore?

By: ahmed omar

ahmed omar — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:32:49 +0000

Well,
I am using the GMAIL email services for my domain since 2 years and I ham happy with them. I would like to give a special thank for their SPAM filter which almost no errors in handling the coming messages. When I am using the email client, I am sure there are no missed emails. Also, I am using on both home and work machine whcih sync. using (recent) switch.

By: Juarez P. A. Filho

Juarez P. A. Filho — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:55:57 +0000

After 3 years and information is useful. Thanks! I’ll try update the article and send to you.

By: Camilo Sanchez

Camilo Sanchez — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:45:42 +0000

Great post!! it worked perfectly for me!!! good job! and thanks

By: luq

luq — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:42:25 +0000

thanks for the easy guide. just moved to mediatemple from godaddy to realize mail wasnt working and then i figured!

By: http proxy list

http proxy list — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:59:00 +0000

I have to say I just love Google! They really simplify my life with applications like this :)

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Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:05:00 +0000

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By: Pareen

Pareen — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:57:36 +0000

Is this tutorial for domains purchased/registered via (mt), or for domains whose sites are hosted on (mt)?

By: Chase McElroy

Chase McElroy — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:13:43 +0000

Has anyone figured out what to type in the two MX records on Netfirms, because what google says to type does not make sense and gets rejected when I try.

By: john

john — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:47:29 +0000

Thanks for these instructions. Here’s another set of instructions for setting up Gmail on MediaTemple with additional information on setting up CNAME validation:

http://siliconloop.blogspot.com/2008/11/gmail-google-apps-on-mediatemple.html

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:15:23 +0000

I noticed some users are having issues with php mail functions after setting up Google Apps. This is becuase they must disable mail locally. I have written a updated guide at http://knol.google.com/k/brandon-hubbard/creating-your-mx-records-cname-records/3dla21ghoafbk/1#

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Media Temple Review, 7 Days In | Code and Coffee — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:56:45 +0000

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By: tika-media

tika-media — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:44:09 +0000

Good post and thanks in advance!

By: ldbaldwin

ldbaldwin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:41:58 +0000

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this article. I am not sure WHY Google does not include MediaTemple in its list of a dozen or so hosting companies that they have documentation on but we all know that media temple is popular (enough) that someone over there at Google needs to work on that.
If it were not for your article, I would still be sitting here trying to help one of my design clients gain access to her email. I would like to know if I have your permission to repost parts of your blog post on my technical blog. Thank you.

By: Ian Payton

Ian Payton — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:58:37 +0000

I have sucsessfully used your tutorial to migrate to gmail for a client hosted by mediatemple

I now have a client hosted by netfirms that is also looking to do the same. The problem is that netfirms only alows 2 mx records and not the 7 that are required …. is there away around this?

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:28:01 +0000

Paul, thanks for the great writeup. You might want to give it a refresh as some of the settings have changed just a bit. You might want to cover of adding a CNAME entry so that you can access the webmail interface from mail.mydomain.com.

Essentially you modify the current mail.mydomain.com int a CNAME record for ghs.google.com.

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How To: Live the Cloud Life - PaulStamatiou.com — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:42:42 +0000

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By: Kalyan

Kalyan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:29:07 +0000

Paul – can you suggest on adding SPF records when using Google apps for domain for email handling?

By: dan

dan — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:47:10 +0000

thx. this helped me. Im on Media Temple DV server and I added the mx records to Plesk and couldnt figure out why its not working after 2 weeks. its stupid that yo uhave to add it in media temples CP instead of plesk.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:51:11 +0000

@Zack
1) you can access Google Apps Email accounts with POP or IMAP
2) DNS settings are a per-domain issue so changing the settings of one site won’t affect another.

By: Zack

Zack — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:57:53 +0000

Thank you so much for this information. I was hoping you could clear up a couple of things:
1- Can you use traditional POP email accounts if you switch to Google Apps?
2- If I’m hosting a number of sites on a (dv) server and I change the main site’s settings like you have above, will all other hosted sites be affected?

By: mirc

mirc — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:36:00 +0000

Hi Paul, I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to post these instructions – I found them to be extremely clear and helpful.

By: Erik Moe

Erik Moe — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:49:03 +0000

Actually, never mind. I was looking at the roll-your-own nameserver settings in Plesk. Media Temple’s main interface looks pretty much unchanged.

By: Erik Moe

Erik Moe — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:02:12 +0000

From the looks of this post it appears the process on Media Temple’s end has changed a bit since ‘06. I’m in the process of migrating to Media Temple and waiting for DNS to propagate. Ran across your article while trying to double check that I did it right. Might be time for an update or a note to fellow Googlers that things have changed a bit. For example, in the Media Temple interface on my (dv) account you must enter all each MX record one at a time. The periods are now pre-typed at the end of the entry field. Also, Google recommends 10, 20 and 30 for the three priorities, instead of 1, 5, and 10. But so long as they are in order it likely doesn’t matter.