Redirect mail to Gmail
We have set up Google Apps to receive mails for our (main) domain (how to forward email to Gmail). Now we want to set up many email addresses for all other web sites we have got in our portfolio and redirect these mails to Gmail.
Google Apps confirms - you can create user email addresses and aliases at any of your domains.
- “Any” here means maximum 600 domains.
- Setting up one redirect takes ca 10 minutes.
- Google Apps rejects domain names and aliases that contain prohibited words. A prohibited word is “microsoft”.
Words like “apple”, “sex”, “porn”, “rock-and-roll” are considered being OK words.
Log on to Google Apps account.
Add a new domain
tab Domain settings > Domain names > Add a domain or a domain alias > Add another domain > Continue and verify domain ownership > Upload an HTML file to your server > click Verify > success, Continue > Dashboard.
As the verification file is the same for all domains it would be clever to supply all domains with one go.
Add MX records at DNS
All MX and domain key records are the same for all domains on that Google Apps account.
tab Domain settings > Domain names > Activate domain > “Upload an HTML file to your server Already verified using this method.” > Verify > Continue
tab Domain settings > Domain names > Set up MX records > at DNS enter MX records >
- Subdomain=“@”
- Type=“MX”
- TTL=“3600”
- Preference=“1”
- Host=“ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM”
- Subdomain=“google._domainkey”
- Type=“TXT”
- TTL=“3600”
- Host=“v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=FUGfSUew6xcchg45vgRXCrDFfxdgDFgR4454Df0GCSqGS...USolQIDAQAB”
I have completed these steps > F5 > Active
Add an email alias
tab Organization & users > click on the name > Add a nickname > Save changes
Test
Send a test email. Redirect mail to Gmail works. Done. Next one.
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