How to Handle Custom Domains With Gmail

Most cheap domain hosts like GoDaddy are not actually cheap (there always has to be a catch huh!), the other ‘average’ priced hosts ($60 – $90) provide free domain transfer if required, free mail boxes with sufficient web space and more. GoDaddy for instance provides 10MB mailboxes with the package and requests an upgrade to ‘premium’ or ‘deluxe’ mail.

Considering the fact that the basic mail service provided is not really ‘there’ in comparison to Gmail or Y! Mail so you’ll probably go for an upgrade which is what you don’t need to do. Google Apps lets you sign up for a free account and it provides you mail for your domain (any domain, not necessarily bought via Google Apps) via their Gmail service. Well there’s a lot to say about which mail service is best, but I think Gmail has a close to perfect spam filter and its software is pretty fast as well. I am yet to receive a spam mail in my Inbox.

You can sign up for the standard Apps account and during registration you’ll have to select the ‘I already own a domain’ option. From there once the registration is complete. You can setup mail to be received via Gmail. You can check your mail from mail.google.com/a/yoursite.com with a great spam filter and a 6 something GB mailbox. Also, you can add upto 200 users to it which is a bargain considering that the service is free!

Setting the mail up so that it is handled by the Apps account is a walk in the park the provide step by step instructions on how to change your MX records at your current domain to make the domain compatible with your Apps account. Of course if you have any trouble setting it up you can leave a comment and I’ll be more than glad to help you out.

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  1. [...] enough with public mail providers giving unmetered mail storage and high capacities. You can read this post on how to handle your corporate mail with [...]

  2. Lawrance March 18, 2008 4:04 pm

    When we are dealing with cheap domain it is important to compare all the options before making a choice. A good spot to compare services is Review Place, so that they can provide better service.

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