Setting up Google Apps mail server

Go to Google Apps Standard Edition: http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

It should not be too difficult. Follow googles instructions and it should be fine.

You would have to configure your mx records. Google requires to validate domain so you will have to place html files into your ftp or change cname. Just do the html method. I find that quite straight forward.[1]

Then there is lots of mx records to add. just put in xxxx.com as name and googlemailservers as mx record. TTL 300, priority as defined.

Notes:

1. You might find if you use the html method, the file may not be displayed even when you uploaded the file to the right folder. 98% is you have permissions problems. in your command line do > sudo ls -ld /home/myuser/mydomain.com/public See if the group is www-data and your user is part of www-data group.