Posts Tagged GMail

If setting up a domain using gmail you can copy and paste the below records into the hosts file to save entering each one manually
@                       MX 10 aspmx.l.google.com.
@                       MX 20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.
@                       MX 20 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com.
@                       MX 30 aspmx2.googlemail.com.
@                       MX 30 aspmx3.googlemail.com.
@                       MX 30 aspmx4.googlemail.com.
@                       MX 30 aspmx5.googlemail.com.
calendar                CNAME ghs.google.com.
docs                    CNAME ghs.google.com.
gmail                   CNAME ghs.google.com.
groups                  CNAME ghs.google.com.
mail                    A gmail.com
sites                   CNAME ghs.google.com.
video                   CNAME ghs.google.com.

To set up your Outlook 2007 client to work with Gmail
1. Open Outlook.
2. For new setups, select Do not upgrade.
3. Click Yes.
4. Enter your display name, email address (including ‘@gmail.com’), and password. Google Apps users, enter your full email address, e.g. ‘username@your_domain.com.’
5. Select the ‘Manually configure server settings or additional server types’ checkbox.

6. Select Internet [...]

I have setup a couple of gmail accounts for clients as a central repository for various email accounts. Clients have complained they have not received some emails or they have been substantially delayed.
Looking at the gmail check mail settings for the pop accounts, sometimes it says mail has been checked 53 minutes ago, or some [...]

When setting up a personal domain on GMail this week, I encountered an interesting “feature” of the integration with Google Contacts and Google Talk.
Google Apps automatically adds all domain users to the Contacts list for all users.
If you’re setting up a mail system for a company, that’s OK. But if you’re doing it for [...]

Many people are familiar with GMail, the free webmail client provided by Google. What you might not know is that you can attach your own domain to it, thus not be stuck with an @gmail address.