How to Set Up Google Workspace Email With Your Domain

Using Google Workspace (Gmail) With Your Hosting Account

You can use Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) to handle your email while keeping your website hosted with Ultra Web Hosting. This gives you the familiar Gmail interface with your own domain name (you@yourdomain.com) while your website continues to load from our servers.

Step 1: Sign Up for Google Workspace

Visit workspace.google.com and sign up using your domain name. Google will walk you through verifying ownership of your domain.

Step 2: Verify Your Domain

Google will ask you to add a TXT record to prove you own the domain. In cPanel:

1. Go to Zone Editor
2. Click Manage next to your domain
3. Click Add Record and select TXT
4. Paste the verification string Google provided
5. Save and go back to Google to verify

Step 3: Update Your MX Records

This is the critical step that routes your email through Google instead of our mail server.

1. In cPanel, go to Email Routing
2. Select your domain and set it to Remote Mail Exchanger
3. Go to Zone Editor and remove any existing MX records for your domain
4. Add the Google MX records (Google provides these during setup, but the primary ones are):

• ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM (priority 1)
• ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM (priority 5)
• ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM (priority 5)
• ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM (priority 10)
• ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM (priority 10)

Step 4: Add SPF and DKIM Records

To make sure your emails do not end up in spam, add Google SPF and DKIM records:

• SPF: Add a TXT record with the value v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all
• DKIM: Google Admin Console > Apps > Google Workspace > Gmail > Authenticate email. Copy the DKIM record and add it as a TXT record in Zone Editor.

Important Notes

• After switching to Google Workspace, do not create email accounts in cPanel for the same domain. This can cause delivery conflicts.
• Your website, FTP, databases, and everything else hosted with us will continue working normally. Only email routing changes.
• MX record changes can take up to 24 hours to propagate. During this time some emails may still arrive at the old mail server.

If you need help with any of these DNS changes, open a support ticket and our team will configure the records for you.