adeleinr/Simplest way to have a mail server for my domain

## Simplest way to have a mail server for my domain
Best Solution - GoogleApps
Here's a summary of what I setup and how:

Signed-up at GoogleApps. The "Standard Edition" is just fine for me to get email service.
Next step is to validate your domain ownership by either posting a special file on a website running at the domain, or insert a special CNAME record in your dns entry
Once the domain is validated, the chat, docs, calendar and sites features will be active.
To enable Email, also need to configure the MX records for your domain
I have a domain registered at http://whois.com, but it was just pointing to a domain parking page, so I first had to add the "Managed DNS" service to my whois account and change my nameservers from the domain-parking addresses to the whois.com nameservers. Seemed to take about a day for this to propagate properly before I could proceed.
I added the special CNAME entry (as prompted by google) and told google apps to try and verify my domain ownership
Then simply had to add the MX records as prompted by google.
Presto - I'm sending and receiving mail from my own domain. Total cost - about USD3.88 for the DNS service I am using.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/114534/simplest-way-to-have-a-mail-server-for-my-domain
	Best Solution - GoogleApps
	Here's a summary of what I setup and how:

	Signed-up at GoogleApps. The "Standard Edition" is just fine for me to get email service.
	Next step is to validate your domain ownership by either posting a special file on a website running at the domain, or insert a special CNAME record in your dns entry
	Once the domain is validated, the chat, docs, calendar and sites features will be active.
	To enable Email, also need to configure the MX records for your domain
	I have a domain registered at http://whois.com, but it was just pointing to a domain parking page, so I first had to add the "Managed DNS" service to my whois account and change my nameservers from the domain-parking addresses to the whois.com nameservers. Seemed to take about a day for this to propagate properly before I could proceed.
	I added the special CNAME entry (as prompted by google) and told google apps to try and verify my domain ownership
	Then simply had to add the MX records as prompted by google.
	Presto - I'm sending and receiving mail from my own domain. Total cost - about USD3.88 for the DNS service I am using.

	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/114534/simplest-way-to-have-a-mail-server-for-my-domain