Instructions on how to set up Google Apps mail

1. Go to http://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new

2. Click on administrator, I own or control this domain and click on “get started”

3. Fill in your information on this page

4. Fill in your user name and password and agree to the conditions and click “I accept and continue with setup”

5. Now you need to verify to Google that you do actually own the specified domain name. To do that you can either upload an html file to your server or change your cname record. Google will check this and this may take 48 hours to complete.

6. Now go back to the dashboard screen and click on activate email just under mail tab. This will take you an instructions screen on how to change your MX records. For this you will need access to your domain name (either at your hosting company or domain register)

7. Once that is done you are ready to go and you can use your email address online or set it up in email clients like Outlook or Apple Mail.