Google Apps for your domain- MX record setup

Hi -

Using the DNS control panel, I am trying to update my MX record to allow my mail to be managed via the Google Apps for your Domain system. However, whenever I enter the appropriate Google MX Server, the control panel reports 'Domain Name is invalid.'

I have gotten this setup on a number of other hosting providers, but this is my first attempt with my DiscountASP account.

Has anyone else set this up here successfully?

-Rob

 

The instructions from Google have a list of different servers to put in with decreasing priorities. I was just trying to enter the first one into the 'Destination' field in the Control Panel. So, I was entering ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.

Here are the complete instructions from Google. As I said, I've used these a few times before with cPanel hosts and have gotten it to work just fine. I really appreciate the help!!

Rob
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1.

Sign in to your domain hosting company's website using the username and password associated with your domain.
2.

Navigate to an MX record maintenance page. MX records are special DNS (Domain Name Service) records, and are often located under sections titled 'DNS Management,' 'Mail Server Configuration,' or 'Name Server Management.' You may need to turn on advanced settings to allow editing of these MX records.
3.

Delete any existing MX records before entering new MX records.
4.

For each MX record, enter information according to the entries in the following table.

You may not be allowed to enter the priority values exactly as they appear in the table below; in that case, simply ensure that the server addresses are prioritized in the same order as they appear in the table. (i.e. The priority ranking [1, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5] should work just as well as [1, 5, 5, 10, 10, 10, 10] so long as you keep the addresses in the right order.)

If you're asked to specify the type of each record you're adding, enter 'MX'.

MX records often require the specific format of DNS records, including a trailing dot ('.') at the end of any full-qualified domain names (e.g. 'server.example.com.')

Set any TTL values to the maximum allowed.
MX Server address Priority
ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 10
ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 20
ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM. 20
ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30
ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30
ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30
ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM. 30
5.

Change the SPF record to fight SPAM (optional)

You may define the SPF record to authorize only certain IP addresses to send email for your domain. This will prevent spammers from sending unauthorized email under a forged address from your domain.

 

Ughhhhhh..... I just put the server names in without the trailing dot and it has accepted them. I am going to set the servers up and do some testing.

Rob

 

Sorry I came into this late, but for the benefit of anyone searching in the future there are a couple of threads that deal with this:

http://community.discountasp.net/default.aspx?f=9&m=17893
http://community.discountasp.net/default.aspx?f=9&m=13014