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Google Apps For Domains

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Nahmeanz

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Jul 11, 2007
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What is the best way to setup my email that is hosted by Google Apps for Domains?
 
sparkomatic said:
If you're running iOS4, set it up like an Exchange account. That's how I have mine setup and it works great.
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Do you have any instructions on how to do this? Also, will my Google hosted email be pushed to my iPhone 4?
 
+1 on the Exchange account.

I've got it setup so sync contacts, calendar and mail easily enough...

IMAP is fine, although Exchange will work behind HTTP/HTTPS-only proxies.
 
This is how I set it up:

Email: username@domain.com
Server: m.google.com
Domain: blank
Username: username@domain.com
password: password
Description: Domain

It looks like everything setup correctly but when I go into my Inbox it says "Cannot Get Mail: The connection to the server failed."
 
I found Google Sync to be sporadically unreliable. It would work fine for 6 months then for a month it would have up and down reliability.

When the iOS4 came out I switched my Google Apps for Domain to regular Gmail because I also wanted threaded message view.

Using Exchange in my testing (aka Google Sync) was not giving me threaded messages. I think that only works though Gmail setup.
 
No I don't have Google Apps Premium, is it worth the upgrade to set up my email through Exchange vs. setting it up through Gmail on the iPhone? Are there features I would be missing?
 
You can add the account as a normal gmail account, it's painless. Don't bother with exchange.
 
i was wondering the same thing... and figured it out...

when managing your domain, there is a setting to enable active sync... check that and your configuration settings for activesync will work..

remember its when managing your domain and not your email account
 
FreeLunch1 said:
i was wondering the same thing... and figured it out...

when managing your domain, there is a setting to enable active sync... check that and your configuration settings for activesync will work..

remember its when managing your domain and not your email account
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Again, is this specific to the paid version or can the free version do it as well?
 
btownguy said:
Again, is this specific to the paid version or can the free version do it as well?
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Something tells me that's just the paid version. I'm on the paid and have that option. And, I think that's why I ended up going with the paid.

On a plus, it's $50/year as opposed to doing hosted Exchange where there's usually a higher charge per year.
 
sparkomatic said:
Something tells me that's just the paid version. I'm on the paid and have that option. And, I think that's why I ended up going with the paid.

On a plus, it's $50/year as opposed to doing hosted Exchange where there's usually a higher charge per year.
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free version
 
Will this allow you to sync with Outlook on the desktop using an Exchange profile with Google Apps on your own domain as well?
 
Without a doubt, as exchange. Just enable the google mobile sync option in the control panel first. I've used this with my personal domain for a while. Works great. Even has the wife's seal of approval.
 
Thanks guys, everything works perfectly after I enabled Google mobile sync.
 
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