Network Solutions: Set up G Suite MX records

Important: If you purchased your domain from Google when you signed up for G Suite, you don’t need to set up Gmail. You can start using it now. If you’re signed in to your G Suite account, in the top right, click the App Launcher Appsand then Gmail Gmail.

You’re now ready to set up Gmail as your business email for your domain (and, if you haven’t already, verify your domain).

To do this, you need to sign in to your domain host and direct the email for your domain to the G Suite servers. It’s like registering your new address with the post office when you move so that your mail gets delivered to the right place. We’ll walk you through the steps.

Before you begin

  • Verify that you own your domain.

    Or, you can verify now with an MX record. We’ll show you how while you're setting up the MX records.

  • Create user accounts in G Suite for your team.

    If your team members already use email with your domain (their email address ends with your domain), you have to create their user accounts in G Suite before you change any MX record settings. Otherwise, they won't be able to send or receive messages with their business address in Gmail. 

  • If you’re in the Setup Wizard, go to the Add G Suite MX records instructions. If you don’t have the wizard open, sign in to the G Suite Setup Wizard. The wizard will help you tell Google to find your new MX records and direct your mail to Gmail.

Change your MX records to start using G Suite

Step 1: Sign in to your domain host

  1. Leave the G Suite Setup Wizard open.
  2. Open a new browser window and go to the Network Solutions® site in a new tab. Keep the Setup Wizard open in the first tab.
  3. On the Network Solutions homepage, in the upper right, click login.
  4. Under Log into Account Manager, enter the username and password you created when you purchased your domain from Network Solutions.
  5. From Log in to, select Manage All Services.
  6. Click Login.

    If you don’t know your account information, you can retrieve your username and reset your password or contact Network Solutions support.

Step 2: Go to your DNS records

  1. From the Network Solutions Account Manager, under My Domain Names, click Edit DNS.

    Edit DNS link

  2. Click Change Where Domain Points.

    Change Where Domain Points button

  3. Select Advanced DNS and click Continue.

    Advanced DNS option

  4. Scroll down to Mail Servers (MX Records) and click Edit MX Records.

    Under Mail Servers (MX Records), the Edit MX Records button is selected.

Step 3: Delete existing MX records

  1. If you have existing MX records in the Add/Edit Mail Servers (MX Records) table, check the Delete box next to all of them.

    The Delete checkbox is checked next to the two MX records in the Add/Edit Mail Servers (MX Records) table. The Save button at the bottom is selected.

  2. Scroll down and click Save.
  3. Click Save Changes to confirm the MX records deletion.

    On the Confirm Your Request window, the selected MX records are shown and the Save Changes button is selected.

  4. Click Return to Advanced DNS Summary.

Step 4: Add the G Suite MX records

To direct your email to your G Suite account, you have to add new MX records to your domain. These are the records that you need to add:
MX server address Priority
ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 1
ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 5
ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 5
ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 10
ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 10
Note: The values are the G Suite mail servers. We include 5 servers in case one fails or requires maintenance.
  1. Scroll down to Mail Servers (MX Records) and click Edit MX Records.

    Under Mail Servers (MX Records), the Edit MX Records button is selected.

  2. In the Add/Edit Mail Servers (MX Records) table, in the first open Sub-Domain field, enter *.
  3. In the TTL field, keep the default value of 7200 (seconds).
  4. In the Mail Server field, enter ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.

    Include the period (.) at the end of the MX record.

  5. Repeat steps 1—4, entering the remaining MX Server address values from the table above and setting the Priority values respectively.

    All 5 MX records are entered in the Add/Edit Mail Servers (MX Records) table. The Save button at the bottom of the table is selected.

  6. Skip this step if you already verified your domain by another method (such as TXT record, HTML file, or meta tag).

    If you need to verify your domain:

    1. Find the unique MX verification record provided by the G Suite Setup Wizard.
    2. Copy the entire record (ends in mx-verification.google.com) and paste it in the Value/Answer/Destination/Target column.
    3. Make sure the record's priority is set to Low or to 15 or greater.

    MX records table with the verification record at the top.

  7. At the bottom of the records table, click Save.
  8. Click Save Changes to confirm your MX records.

    On the Confirm Your Request window, all of the Google MX records are shown and the Save Changes button is selected.

Step 5: Tell Google to find your new MX records

  1. In the first tab or window, return to the G Suite Setup Wizard.
  2. Click through any confirming steps in the wizard.
  3. Click Verify or I have completed these steps to tell Google to look for your new MX records.

Congratulations! Your business email for your domain is now directed to the G Suite mail servers.

Note:

  • The records can take several hours to update, so you might not immediately get new email messages in Gmail. Until then, you'll continue to receive messages at your old email provider.
  • If you see the MX records setup validation in progress message in the Admin console for more than a few hours, make sure you entered the MX address records and priorities correctly in the DNS records stored with your host.
  • If you still need help changing your MX records, contact G Suite support.
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