How to Use Gmail for a Custom Domain
We can use Google's Gmail service to power our custom domain email communication. It offers a unique feature through which we can add multiple custom domain addresses right within our Gmail account.
While composing an email, we can easily select the required custom email addresses from the drop-down menu. I've used it in my earlier days of blogging before switching to Google Apps.
It's a simple process which can be completed in less than 5 minutes. Here's how to do it.
Step 1: Go to ImprovMX email forwarding service.
Step 2: Copy the following MX records and add them to the DNS host records of your domain name.
Step 3: Add the domain name and the Gmail address where you want the addresses to be used. Thereafter, click the verification button. A sample set-up is shown below.
Step 4: Now, open your Gmail inbox and go to 'Settings → Accounts and Import → Send mail as:' option. Here you can configure as many custom domain email addresses as you want. A sample working setup is shown below.
The ImprovMX service catches all the email addresses sent to your domain name and forwards them to your Gmail account. Step 4 ensures you can easily send emails to your target audience using your configured custom domain addresses.
