If you buy a domain name for your website, I think that you would like to create email accounts using that domain main to put on your website so that it will look professional to business.

However, registering an email account will cost you money. So, in order to avoid this expense, i would like to introduce you how to sign up eMails for Google Apps (Standard Edition), using the domain name you have registered with Godaddy.com, for example.

'Whether your business is moving everything to the cloud, just wants an affordable email solution or struggles to give employees access to critical information, Google Apps will help you stretch resources and work smarter', Google said.

First, What is a domain name? Usually it is the identifier associated with your organization's email address (like @ example.com). The domain you provide will be used for all your Google services. For example, if you choose example.com or mail.example.com, you will be able to create user accounts for john@example.com or jane@mail.example.com.

Second, here is the steps to sign up:

1. Go to http://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new

2. Enter your own domain name and click 'Get Started' button to follow the steps of 'Choose a domain name', 'Sign up' and 'Set up'.

3. Set up email delivery: Mail Exchange (MX) records control how incoming email is routed for your domain. Before Google can host your email, you'll need to change these MX records to point to its servers.

If your domain already has email addresses, please be careful changing MX records. To avoid disruption in email service, be sure to create the same set of user accounts with the control panel before changing your MX records.

If you're not ready to change your MX records yet, use the temporary email address (@example.com.test-google-a.com) assigned to your user accounts when you create them. The temporary email address will be deactivated once you change the MX records. You must also verify domain ownership before using any Google Apps. For me, I do not want to use Godaddy email service, but Google App. So, I immediately delete MX records.

1. Log in to your account at http://www.godaddy.com.

2. Open the Domains tab and select My Domain Names. You'll be directed to the Manage Domains page.

3. Click the domain that you'd like to use with Google Apps.

4. From the Domain Details panel along the right, select the + icon under the Total DNS Control list item. A sub-list will appear.

5. Click the entry titled Total DNS Control And MX Records. The Manage MX Records, and DNS Zone File panel will appear.

6. Click Launch Total DNS Control Manager. The DNS Manager window will appear.

7. Clear all existing MX Records by clicking Delete.

8. Click OK in the confirmation dialogue box.

9. Once you've deleted all existing records, click Add New MX Record. The MX (Mail Exchangers) Record Wizard will appear.

10. For each MX Record, enter information according to the data in the table below:

    • For the Select the Priority Value drop-down menu, enter the priority value.
    • For Enter a Host Name, leave the default setting to @.
    • For Enter Goes To Address enter the Google server name in the table below. Be sure to include the trailing dot at the end of each record.
    • For the Select TTL Value drop-down menu, enter 1 Week. This will appear as 604800 seconds within the DNS system.

    PriorityValue	HostName	Goes To Address (Mail Server)	TTL Value
    10	@	ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.	1 week
    20	@	ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.	1 week
    30	@	ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.	1 week
    40	@	ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.	1 week
    50	@	ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.	1 week

    
    

11. Click Continue.

12. Click Add to confirm each entry. The DNS Manager main page will reappear when you've finished.

4. Verify your domain ownership: To start using Google Apps services, you will need to verify ownership of the domain. You can do this later, if you like. This step is required because Google wants you to confirmed that the domain name you have just entered during the process is your possession. I suggest you to choose the 'Change your CNAME Record' option for more convenience.

This step also provides you with the unique string to create a new CNAME record for the example.com domain name and the 'Point the CNAME record to: google.com' as well.

5. Log on your Godaddy.com account, go to Domain manager, and see this:



6. Add CNAME Record:



7. Use the information in this table when you create your CNAME record in the step 2 above. Terms used to create CNAME records vary by host. Always use google.com for verification and ghs.google.com for custom urls.

Host Name/Alias	Value/Destination
Custom URL: pages	ghs.google.com
Verification: googlefffggghhh12345 (your unique string)	google.com

Your CNAME record is now configured to point to Google. Keep in mind that changes to your DNS settings may take up to 48 hours to propagate throughout the Internet.

After completing domain ownership verification, you can remove the CNAME record. However, for custom URLs, you must leave the CNAME record intact.

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