GoDaddy: Set up Google Apps MX records

• Verified that you own your domain.
• Created user accounts for your team in Google Apps.

  If your team members already use email with your domain, you have to create their user accounts in Google Apps before you change the MX record settings for your domain. Otherwise, they won't be able to send or receive messages with their business address in Gmail. You can create accounts for new users later.

1. If you're still signed in to your Admin console, skip to step 2.

   If you signed out of your Admin console, sign in again by going to admin.google.com and entering your Google Apps email address (this email address ends with @yourcompany.com and is not an @gmail.com address) and your password.

2. At the top of the Admin console, also called the dashboard, click Set up Gmail.

   

   If you don't see the Setup Wizard, you can still set up your MX records directly from your Admin console. To do so, first click Domains, and then click Add/remove domains. Next, click Set up Google MX records for your domain. Select your domain host from the drop-down list to see the instructions on how to set up your MX records.

   

3. Click Set up email to confirm.

    

   

    

4. You should now see the Log in to your domain host's website step in the Google Apps Setup Wizard. Continue to step 1 of the Setup Wizard instructions.

    

   

1. Click the link in the wizard to open your domain host sign-in page in a new tab.

   Note: If the wizard doesn’t provide a link to your domain, click here to open the GoDaddy® site in a new tab. The Setup Wizard remains open in the first tab.

2. Sign in to GoDaddy.

   If you don’t know your username and password, you can reset your password or contact GoDaddy support.

3. In the Google Apps Setup Wizard, check the I have successfully logged in box.

    

   

1. In the GoDaddy site, scroll down to Domains and click Manage.

    

   

    

2. Click the domain name you want to verify with Google Apps. In this example, we'll use the domain td-gd.com, but you'll see your own domain name instead.

    

   

    

   You're now in the GoDaddy domain control panel.

3. Click the DNS Zone File tab.

    

   

    

4. In the Google Apps Setup Wizard, check the I have opened the control panel for my domain box.

    

   

1. Scroll down the page until you reach the MX records portion of the control panel.
2. Click the Trash icon next to each record to delete it. Delete all of the existing records. Don't worry, you'll be adding new MX records to point your email to your new Google Apps Gmail account in the next step.

    

   

    

3. Click Save Changes when all of the MX records have been deleted.

    

   

    

4. In the Google Apps Setup Wizard, check the I have deleted existing MX records box.

    

   

To direct your email to your Google Apps account, you have to add new MX records to your domain. These are the records that you'll need to add:

1. At the top of the page, under Zone File, click Add Record. 

    

   

    

2. From the Record type drop-down list, select MX (Mail Exchanger).

    

   

    

3. Enter @ in the Host field.

4. In the Points To field, enter the first MX Server address from the table above (ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM). 

5. In the Priority field, enter the corresponding priority from the table above. In this case, enter 1.

6. Leave the TTL field with the default of 1 Hour.

    

   

    

7. Click the Add Another button.

8. Repeat steps 3-6 for the other four MX records listed in the table.

9. Click the Finish button. You will be prompted to save all 5 of your added MX records.

    

   

    

10. Click Save Changes. You'll see your new MX records in your control panel.

     

    

     

11.  In the Google Apps Setup Wizard, check the I created MX records with these values box.