Google Apps provides powerfull tools for a domain as e-mail and document sharing. This procedure describes how to set up Google Apps for your domain. This procedure describes only the e-mail settings.
Signing up for Google Apps
To sign up for Google Apps you have to take three steps.
Step 1 - Fill in your domain name
- Click here to add your domain.
- Select the first option "Beheerder: ik ben de eigenaar of beheerder van dit domein".
- Fill in your domainname. Example: yourdomain.com
Step 2 - Questions about yout and the company
After you have submitted the form you have to fill in another form. You have to answer some questions about yourself and the company you are addding a domain for.
Step 3 - Settings
Fill in the third form.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Gebruikersnaam | administrator |
| Wachtwoord | [Google Apps Password] |
| Bevestig wachtwoord | [Google Apps Password] |
Verifiing your ownership of the domain
When you added your domain to Google Apps you have to verify that de domain is yours. To do so, follow the next steps.
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In the control panel you see a warning about verifiing with a link. Click that link. Example of the link:
https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/yourdomain.com/VerifyOwnership - Select "Uw CNAME record wijzigen" and do not click 'Controleren'
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Log on to our windows server (rdp) and create a new CNAME Record:
- Go to Control panel / Administrative tools / DNS
- Right-click your domain and click "New alias(CNAME)..."
Field Value Alias name The unique text the google site has prompted. Example: googleffffffffd1704269 Fully qualified domain name google.com
- When you have added the CNAME record you can click 'Controleren' on the Google Apps site. This process can take 48 hours.
Creating a new e-mail account
- Click on the tab "Gebruikersinstellingen".
- Click on the link "Een nieuwe gebruiker maken"
- Fill in a first, a last name and a username.
- Leave the default temporary password settings.
Adding MX records
Log on to our windows server and goto 'control panel / administrive tools / DNS' and select your domain.
- Remove all existing MX records.
- Add all MX record, by right-clicking your domain and click "New Mail Exchanger(MX)..."
- Use the MX records from the following table. Add them in the same order as shown in the table.
MX server address Priority ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 10 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 20 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 20 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30 ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30 ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30 - Go to the Google Apps Control Panel.
- Click on the tab 'Service-instellingen', 'E-mail'
- Click on the link 'Instructies voor het activeren van e-mail'
- Click on the link 'MX-records wijzigen'
- Select the default 'intructies voor Hostingbedrijf' and click 'Ik heb de procedure voltooid'.
Changing the URL for e-mail
Log on to our windows server and goto 'control panel / administrive tools / DNS' and select your domain.
- Right-click and select "New Alias(CNAME)..."
- Enter the name: 'mail'
- Enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name: 'ghs.google.com'
- Go to the Google Apps Control Panel.
- Click on the tab 'Service-instellingen', 'E-mail'
- Click on the link 'URL wijzigen'.
- Choose the second option. Example: mail.yourdomain.com
