How to Setup Google as mail server

You can setup Gmail as your primary email provider for your website. For this you need to get registered with Google Apps.

Once you get registered then you can change the MX records of your websites to use Gmail for communication.

In cPanel server’s you can find the option “MX Entry” in your cPanel itself. You can clear all the MX record entries there and add them with the Google Apps Mail MX.

For achieving this follow the simple steps mentioned below,

Step 1.

login to cPanel

Step 2.

Choose the option “MX Entry” from cpanel.

Step 3.

Then select the option “Remote Mail Exchanger” and click on change button

Step 4.

In the “Add New Record” area you need to add the following MX entries according to the priority as shown below,

MX Records Priority

ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 1

ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 2

ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 3

ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM 4

ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM 5

ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM 6

ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM 7

It may take 24-48 hours for the propagation.