Google Web Apps - Configuring DNS MX Records
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Hello all,
I'm having some trouble setting up my mail to work with Google Web Apps. For those of you that don't know what this is, it allows you to use your own domain with Google mail, and still have your old Outlook functionality by enabling POP access. It's a no brainer since you get 2GB of disk space plus the ability to have all your mail when on the move!
(Check it out here: https://www.google.com/a/)
Anyhow. I'm having trouble with my MX records. I use 123-reg for all my domains and I need to change the MX records but keep the name servers (NS), the same. Is this possible?
When I do an NS lookup, I get the following which is not what I want:
The MX records should read:
I've set them up just as google says I should, but it hasn't made any difference to my records.
Any ideas???? I'm a little lost on how to proceed.....
I'm having some trouble setting up my mail to work with Google Web Apps. For those of you that don't know what this is, it allows you to use your own domain with Google mail, and still have your old Outlook functionality by enabling POP access. It's a no brainer since you get 2GB of disk space plus the ability to have all your mail when on the move!
(Check it out here: https://www.google.com/a/)
Anyhow. I'm having trouble with my MX records. I use 123-reg for all my domains and I need to change the MX records but keep the name servers (NS), the same. Is this possible?
When I do an NS lookup, I get the following which is not what I want:
NS Lookup said:
DNS server handling your query: localhost
DNS server's address: 127.0.0.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
rennie.me.uk mail exchanger = 10 nj-mail-0411.worldhosted.com.
Name: rennie.me.uk
Address: 208.255.91.15
rennie.me.uk
origin = ns1.uplinkearth.com
mail addr = admin.uplinkearth.com
serial = 2006052100
refresh = 10800
retry = 3600
expire = 604800
minimum = 600
rennie.me.uk nameserver = ns1.uplinkearth.com.
rennie.me.uk nameserver = ns2.uplinkearth.com.
DNS server's address: 127.0.0.1#53
Non-authoritative answer:
rennie.me.uk mail exchanger = 10 nj-mail-0411.worldhosted.com.
Name: rennie.me.uk
Address: 208.255.91.15
rennie.me.uk
origin = ns1.uplinkearth.com
mail addr = admin.uplinkearth.com
serial = 2006052100
refresh = 10800
retry = 3600
expire = 604800
minimum = 600
rennie.me.uk nameserver = ns1.uplinkearth.com.
rennie.me.uk nameserver = ns2.uplinkearth.com.
The MX records should read:
Google MX Records said:
ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 1
ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 5
ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 5
ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 5
ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 5
ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 10
I've set them up just as google says I should, but it hasn't made any difference to my records.
Any ideas???? I'm a little lost on how to proceed.....
tinman0 said:
ok, brain in gear. i'm talking bollox.
no, you need to change the name servers to the 123Reg ones for the change that you've made at 123Reg to start working.
apology for the gibberish earlier.
no, you need to change the name servers to the 123Reg ones for the change that you've made at 123Reg to start working.
apology for the gibberish earlier.
Ah....but what about my web server hosted elsewhere? I've got my hosting at ns1.uplinkearth.com and ns2.uplinkearth.com, and I want this to remain the same. I just want my mail routed elsewhere. Any idea how i'd do this? Or do I have to ask ULE (Uplinkearth), to make the MX record changes for me on their end?
beanbag said:
tinman0 said:
ok, brain in gear. i'm talking bollox.
no, you need to change the name servers to the 123Reg ones for the change that you've made at 123Reg to start working.
apology for the gibberish earlier.
no, you need to change the name servers to the 123Reg ones for the change that you've made at 123Reg to start working.
apology for the gibberish earlier.
Ah....but what about my web server hosted elsewhere? I've got my hosting at ns1.uplinkearth.com and ns2.uplinkearth.com, and I want this to remain the same. I just want my mail routed elsewhere. Any idea how i'd do this? Or do I have to ask ULE (Uplinkearth), to make the MX record changes for me on their end?
i'd ask Uplink to make the change to be honest - alot less hassle than changing ns details.
beanbag said:
tinman0 said:
ok, brain in gear. i'm talking bollox.
no, you need to change the name servers to the 123Reg ones for the change that you've made at 123Reg to start working.
apology for the gibberish earlier.
no, you need to change the name servers to the 123Reg ones for the change that you've made at 123Reg to start working.
apology for the gibberish earlier.
Ah....but what about my web server hosted elsewhere? I've got my hosting at ns1.uplinkearth.com and ns2.uplinkearth.com, and I want this to remain the same. I just want my mail routed elsewhere. Any idea how i'd do this? Or do I have to ask ULE (Uplinkearth), to make the MX record changes for me on their end?
If you can't change your MX records via your control panel then you will prob have to get your hosting providers to make the change on your behalf.
It's no problem to keep your webhosting where it is, as long as you don't mind having a URL for webmail that is https://www.google.com/a/yoururl.com/ rather than http://mail.yourdomain.com
I just set up a forward on mail.mydomain.com to go straight to the google apps mail url
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