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  • 13-01-2013 9:49pm
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    IpreDictDeatH
    Registered Users Posts: 267 ✭✭


    Can anybody explain to me what i need to do to set up a business email e.g. info@businessname.ie ? Do i need to pay for a host, and domain seperately? How does it link up with windows mail etc.?

    Thanks.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    You'd need to get domain registration and hosting

    You can get both from the same company more often than not :)

    (Disclosure - I've obviously got a vested interest)

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    BigGrayKettle
    Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭BigGrayKettle


    Once you've got your domain name, you could set yourself up with Google Mail for business (free for 1-5 users I think), or Microsoft Exchange/Office 365 (annual fee per mailbox).

    The Microsoft option will integrate quite easily with MS Outlook, and I am sure you can integrate Gmail quite easily too.

    By editing your MX records, you can point your domain to either of these services, thus giving you info@businessname.ie etc.


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    Duckjob
    Registered Users Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭Duckjob


    If you only want to use the domain for email, and you use a free email service then you don't need to buy hosting, just the domain registration. Up until December you could use Google Apps (Free version) to host your email but then Google pulled the free product. We use ZohoMail which is free for up to 3 addresses.

    In broad outline, the procedure to set up domain email on a 3rd party mail service is-
    - Register your domain
    - Register your domain with the email service (you'll need to complete a process to prove that you own/control the domain)
    - Configure your domain so that the mail (MX) record points to the servers of the email service (this information should be available from the website of the email service)
    - On the email service, setup the required mailboxes/passwords
    - Setup email clients (PCs/laptops/mobile devices etc) to collect from the mailboxes.


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