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Want to add email to your custom domain through Google Apps? This page explains how to do it. You can find directions for other email providers on our main Add Email page.

1. Set up your account with Google Apps
2. When you reach the point that Google prompts you to verify your domain, click Confirm that you own the domain*
3. Click Continue in the pop-up box
4. Click the dropdown menu to Select your domain registrar
5. Select Other from the bottom of the list
6. Copy the code that begins with google-site-verification
7. Keep the Google dashboard open, and also open your WordPress.com site dashboard in another browser window or tab
8. Go to Store -> Domains
9. Click on the link Edit DNS
10. In the large blank area, enter TXT followed by the code you copied in step 6 above. It should look like this example (but with your own code after the equal sign):
11. Click the Save DNS Records button
12. Wait a few minutes, then return to the Google dashboard
13. Click the Verify button at the bottom of the screen
14. At the Congratulations page, click Continue
15. In your WordPress.com dashboard, return to Store -> Domains and click Edit DNS
16. Paste in the following standard Google mail records (below the TXT record that you saved earlier):
    • MX 5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
    • MX 5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
    • MX 1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
    • MX 10 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
    • MX 10 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
    • TXT v=spf1 include:aspmx.googlemail.com ~all
17. Click the Save DNS Records button

Your email will begin working in a few hours.

* If you have previously verified your domain with Google Apps, this verification step might not be necessary, in which case, you can simply add the MX records as described.