Creating email addresses with your domain purchased from Yola This tutorial will take you through the steps of setting up your own email addresses with your Yola-bought domain and either Google Apps (Gmail) or Windows Live (Hotmail). Both Google Apps and Windows Live offer a free email service and you will be able to create a number of email addresses. Please note: If you have transferred a domain to Yola and we are now your domain registrar (not purchased one from Yola directly), please send an email to support@yola.com requesting assistance. Unfortunately, the DNS settings are not currently accessible for transferred domains. If you have pointed your domain to Yola, you will need to contact your domain registrar to setup your email accounts. Contents (click on a link if you want to jump to that point): How to get to your domain (DNS) settings Google Apps (Gmail) Setting up your Google Apps account and editing your MX Record FAQs Windows Live (Hotmail) Setting up your Windows Live account and editing your MX Record FAQs How to get to your domain (DNS) settings Once you have purchased your domain from Yola (see this tutorial: Buying your domain from Yola), follow the steps below to setup your email account. This tutorial is only about setting up your email addresses, if you would like more information managing the DNS settings of your domain, please take a look at this tutorial: DNS for your Yola domain. 1. Login to your Yola account and make sure you are on the "My Sites" page. 2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and tick the box next to "Enable advanced domain settings".
3. You will be scrolled back up to the top, click on "Advanced domain settings". 4. On the page that opens, click on "[Details]" next to the domain that you would like to add email addresses. 5. Underneath "DNS Entries", click on "[Edit this?]" You will see information open with the DNS settings of your domain.
[Next: setting up your email with Google Apps (Gmail). Click to jump to Windows Live (Hotmail)]. Setting up your Google Apps account and editing your MX Record The Google Apps basic package is free and you will be able to create more than one email address (for example, info@yourdomain.com, contact@yourdomain.com, orders@yourdomain.com, john@yourdomain.com and so on). If you don't want to use Gmail's web interface, you can configure the settings so email downloads to your email client on your computer (see information in the FAQ's below). For more information on Google Apps, here is a link to Google Apps FAQ: Google Apps. 1. Google Apps settings will be automatically added to your domain, you will only need to go to Google Apps to create an account and verify the domain ownership. Verifying your domain means that you need to paste a code that Google provides into the box next to "Google App Set-up (CName)" in the Advanced DNS Settings on your Yola account. 2. To get your Google Apps account setup, choose the Standard Edition or Premier Edition depending on your needs. 3. In Google Apps, click on the "Get Started" button to get started!
4. Select "Administrator" and type in your domain. 5. Fill in the form and click on continue.
6. Complete step 3 (accept the Terms and Conditions) and click on continue. 7. On the next page, choose the second option "Change yourdomain.com CNAME record". Click on the Continue button.
8. Copy the code provided on point 2, in this tutorial it is "google57c17780156d5dd8". Do not close the window because you'll need to come back here in a minute. 9. Go back to your Yola account and paste that code into the area next to "Google App Setup (CName)" and click on "Add". (If you're not sure how to get to this point, there are steps earlier in the tutorial). Adding the Google Apps CNAME will automatically generate the MX Records on your account. If they don't appear immediately, wait for a minute or so and they will be added to your settings.
10. Go back to your Google Apps account and click on the "Verify" button that was visible on the same page as the Google Apps CNAME you've just added to your DNS settings. Google Apps will verify your domain and this may take anything up to 48 hours to complete (usually a lot quicker). 11. You will be directed to a Google Apps Setup Guide page. You can go through it now or later to understand how Google Apps works. If you want to leave it for now and continue with setting up your email, click on "Skip this Guide". 12. Back on your Google Apps Dashboard, click on "Activate email" underneath the Email
link. 13. You will be directed to a page that asks you to setup your MX Records. The MX Records were already added when you add the CNAME and you can click on "I have completed these steps" at the bottom of the page. 14. The next page will be your Dashboard again. You'll see "Updating" next to your Email link and it may take up to 48 hours for Google Apps to verify your domain (usually quicker than that). If Google Apps doesn't verify your domain, you'll need to check that the settings
were added correctly or you can send an email to support@yola.com so that we can check it for you. 15. To create email accounts - click on "create new users" or click on the "User accounts" tab. 16. Fill in the necessary info and click on "create account". More info and steps on this link: Google Apps Help. 17. Your users can access their email accounts at: http://mail.google.com/a/mysite.com with "mysite.com" being your domain name. 18. You can administer your Google Apps account at: http://google.com/a/mysite.com with "mysite.com" being your domain name. FAQ's I don't want to use Google Apps, can I use another email service? Definitely! The MX records added in the DNS console can be deleted and you can add your own. I don't want to use the web interface on Gmail, how do I download it to my email client on my computer? Google Apps has all the steps on this link.
Setting up your Windows Live account and editing your MX Record Windows Live is free and you will be able to create up to 500 email addresses (for example, info@yourdomain.com, contact@yourdomain.com, orders@yourdomain.com, john@yourdomain.com and so on). This link has a quick overview on how Windows Live works: Windows Live. 1. Click on "Get Started". 2. Enter your domain and select "Set up Windows Live Hotmail for my domain". Click "Continue".
3. The next page will ask you whether you would like to sign in using (a) an Existing Windows Live ID or (b) create a new Windows Live ID eg. you@yourdomain.com (I chose to login using my existing Hotmail account). 4. Once signed in, you'll be directed to a page called "Review settings and accept agreement", accept the terms. 5. You will then be directed to page with information on your settings. Copy the MX server
code (it will look something like this: 294477533.pamx1.hotmail.com). 6. Back on the Advanced DNS Settings of your domain, next to "Add a new DNS Record Type:", choose "MX" from the dropdown list and click on "Add". (If you're not sure how to get to this point, there are steps earlier in the tutorial). 7. Add the following: Add the MX Record (eg. 294477533.pamx1.hotmail.com) to the field with the heading "Value" The Priority can remain "1" The Name can remain blank 8. Click on the Green check mark (tick) so that the setting is saved on your domain.
9. Back on your Windows Live account, click on "Refresh" at the top of the page. Don't be alarmed if it doesn't change immediately, it may take a few minutes for your domain to be verified with the MX Record. Once done, click on "Add" to add accounts and follow the steps to setup your email accounts.
FAQs Where do I check my mail? Sign in at http://mail.live.com with your new e-mail address, e.g. info@yalezo.com. I don't want to use Windows Live, can I use another email service? Definitely! The MX records added in the DNS console can be deleted and you can add your own.