Mail Exchange (MX) records direct email to servers for a domain. Multiple MX records can be defined for a domain, each with a different priority where the lowest number is the highest priority. If mail can't be delivered using the first priority record, the second priority record is used, and so on. To set up email with Google Workspace, you need to point your MX records to Google's mail servers.
A nickname is a user's alternate email address. A nickname is not a username, and it is not a separate email account.
Name server (NS) records determine which servers will hold and communicate DNS information for a domain. Generally, you should have primary and secondary name server records for your domain. If using Google Workspace, you may configure NS records with your registrar or domain hosting service that point to Google servers for DNS queries.
Gmail Offline beta is a Gmail app built to support offline access, allowing mail to be read, responded to, searched and archived without network access. After first start-up, Gmail Offline will automatically synchronize messages and queued actions anytime Chrome is running and an Internet connection is available. More than just an offline app, the streamlined user interface, based off Gmail’s popular tablet interface, provides extremely fast response time with a pure, email focused experience.
This is a legacy service originally provided by Postini to Google Workspace customers. This was made available only to customers who registered for Google Workspace before August 28, 2008. "Message Security for Google Workspace" is the new name.
An acronym for "Post Office Protocol". An application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern e-mail clients and servers support both. The POP protocol has been developed through several versions, with version 3 (POP3) being the current standard. Like IMAP, POP3 is supported by most webmail services such as Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.
An email, web security and archiving Company Google bought in 2007. It provided cloud computing services for filtering out spam and malware prior to message delivery, and offered optional e-mail archiving. Most of Postini's features are now offered natively in Google Workspace, and Google stopped offering Postini in 2012.
Refers to the primary domain of your Google Workspace account. You can add domain aliases to your primary domain.
Priority Inbox can help save you time if you’re overwhelmed with the amount of email you get. It attempts to automatically identify your important incoming messages and separates them from everything else. Gmail uses a variety of signals to prioritize your incoming messages, including who you’ve emailed and chatted with most and which keywords appear frequently in the messages you opened recently. Learn more.
Refers to administration rights of an administrator to manage Google Workspace services for a domain.
