Setting up Google Apps for a domain (email)

[Scam]

Righto. I've signed up for Google Apps and need a bit of help. As it stands i have 3 email addresses with my domain (currently hosted elsewhere) but i want to transfer these over. These are [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected].

Now, when i first logged in i created 3 separate users with those 3 email addresses. With one of those being the administrator. But i just noticed i can simply add a 'nickname' for my main email address:

'A nickname is another address where people can email Robert.'

Can i just create nicknames 'mail' and 'scam' onto my main 'rob' account to receive my email for all those addresses, once i've changed the MX records?

Also, is there anything else i need to do to set it up for email?

Should this all work once the MX records are changed and propogated? I want to use Thunderbird/pop3 initially (together with gmail/webmail for when i'm not at my PC), but might look into imap in the future. I'm fine with setting up Gmail for either.

Thanks for any pointers, i'm kinda winging it here but i dont want to be email-less!

 

[Scam]

Hmn could a mod copy this into the Networks forum? Probably should have posted this in there?

 

[Mujja]

Yes, just add as many nicknames as you need to your main account.

You can also set Gmail to set the 'reply to' email to be the same as the address the email was received on. e.g. if an email is sent to rob or scam, when you reply the receiver see's the email as coming from rob or scam. Won't work if you use another client via POP3/IMAP though as the 'reply to' is set by the client.

Also, set your email and calendar dns to your google apps page so you can access you mail and calendar on mail.mydomain.net and calendar.mydomain.net etc.

 

[Scam]

Righto. I'm all set up with imap Gmail. It's nice to have everything sync'd.

I have one question though, i have an @gmail.com account that i have set my domain email to fetch via pop3 -- i did this in the gmail settings. Is there any way to set up Thunderbird to allow me to send mail from this @gmail address instead of my domain address?

EDIT: Scrap that last question. I've managed to set up another identity with my 'old' @gmail.com address and now that i've set it up to use the smtp server logged in from that account, the sender shows as my @gmail.com address. Sweet!

Now this leads me to another question. How do i set Thunderbird up to do as Gmail will do, and automatically reply as the address which an email was sent to?

 

[Mujja]

If you're using Gmail with IMAP have a read of this for some tips on how to make use of the filters and labels in Gmail. Skip the first half which is about Windows Mobile.

You last question, that's a Gmail feature only feature as far as I'm aware. I did say that in my last post. There may be mail clients which also support the feature, there might even be a plugin for Thunderbird. Let me know if you find anything.

 

[Scam]

Ah yes. I've just found this extension which sounds like it might do the trick. I'll give it a whirl tomorrow when i'm a bit more awake