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Create new MX records for Google Apps Amazon Route 53


I'm very new to all things web-development. I have a website registered with Route 53 and am using Amazon Web Services to host the content. I am trying to use Google Apps for Work to get email addresses using the domain, and it's asking me to edit the MX records. I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do and where I'm supposed to do it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


Solution

    • Login to the Route 53 Console
    • Select your domain name and click "Go To Record Sets"
    • Click "Create Record Set"
    • Leave Name empty
    • For Type select MX
    • For Value copy and paste the following.

    1 	ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
    5 	ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
    5 	ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
    10 	ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
    10 	ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
    Make sure that the domains end in a period "." to ensure it's treated as a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)

    Source: https://support.google.com/a/answer/33915?hl=en