Setting up Google Apps(e-mail) for a domain

Signing up for Google Apps

To sign up for Google Apps you have to take three steps.

Step 1 - Fill in your domain name

1. Click here to add your domain.
2. Select the first option "Beheerder: ik ben de eigenaar of beheerder van dit domein".
3. 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.

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.

1. 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
2. Select "Uw CNAME record wijzigen" and do not click 'Controleren'
3. Log on to our windows server (rdp) and create a new CNAME Record:
   1. Go to Control panel / Administrative tools / DNS
   2. 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

4. 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

1. Click on the tab "Gebruikersinstellingen".
2. Click on the link "Een nieuwe gebruiker maken"
3. Fill in a first, a last name and a username.
4. 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.

1. Remove all existing MX records.
2. Add all MX record, by right-clicking your domain and click "New Mail Exchanger(MX)..."
3. 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

4. Go to the Google Apps Control Panel.
5. Click on the tab 'Service-instellingen', 'E-mail'
6. Click on the link 'Instructies voor het activeren van e-mail'
7. Click on the link 'MX-records wijzigen'
8. 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.

1. Right-click and select "New Alias(CNAME)..."
2. Enter the name: 'mail'
3. Enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name: 'ghs.google.com'
4. Go to the Google Apps Control Panel.
5. Click on the tab 'Service-instellingen', 'E-mail'
6. Click on the link 'URL wijzigen'.
7. Choose the second option. Example: mail.yourdomain.com