- Log in to your account at
https://manage.ixwebhosting.com.
- Click Manage below the Hosting Account
section.
- On the left side, click the domain you'd like to use with Google Apps.
- Next to Mail Service, click On to disable the
default MX records.
- Next to DNS Configuration, click EDIT.
- If you've already created custom MX records, be sure to erase all existing
records before adding Google's server information.
- Click Add DNS MX Record.
- Enter the following:
|
Name |
Data |
Data(second box) |
|
leave blank |
1 |
ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM |
- Click Submit.
- Repeat steps seven through nine for the following MX record entries:
|
Name |
Data |
Data(second box) |
|
leave blank |
5 |
ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM |
|
leave blank |
5 |
ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM |
|
leave blank |
10 |
ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM |
|
leave blank |
10 |
ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM |
|
leave blank |
10 |
ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM |
|
leave blank |
10 |
ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM |
Congratulations! Your MX records are now configured to point to Google. Keep in
mind that changes to MX records may take up to 48 hours to take effect.
A CNAME record is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS)
that's stored by your domain host. With Google Apps, you'll need to create a
CNAME record if you want to customize a service URL for one of your
Google Apps services—for example, to access your Gmail sign-in page with the URL
mail.your_domain.com instead of mail.google.com/a/your_domain.com.
You create a CNAME record with your domain host, not with Google. See
above for instructions specific to your domain host. If your host isn't listed
there, follow the general instructions, below.
Creating a CNAME record does not disrupt your current mailflow or affect
other services.
- Sign in to your account at your domain host's website and go to the site's DNS
management page (which might also be called something like Name Server
Management). You might have to enable advanced settings for your account to
access this page. For help, contact your domain host directly.
- If applicable, delete any CNAME record for a URL prefix that already exists. For
example, if you're creating a CNAME record for mail, delete any
existing CNAME records for mail.
- Create your new CNAME record by entering a Host Name/Alias and
Value/Destination (the exact terms may vary by host) as shown
below.
|
Host Name/Alias |
Value/Destination |
Your URL prefix
Example: mail |
ghs.google.com |
Once you do this, your CNAME record points to Google. (Note, however, that
changes to your DNS settings can take up to 24 hours to propagate throughout the
Internet.) You can check the status of your CNAME record, as described below.
