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I'm very new to all things web-development. I have a website registered with Route 53 and am using Amazon Web Services to host the content. I am trying to use Google Apps for Work to get email addresses using the domain, and it's asking me to edit the MX records. I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do and where I'm supposed to do it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Daniel Thorne
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  • Login to the Route 53 Console
  • Select your domain name and click "Go To Record Sets"
  • Click "Create Record Set"
  • Leave Name empty
  • For Type select MX
  • For Value copy and paste the following.

1  ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
5  ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
5  ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
10  ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
10  ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
Make sure that the domains end in a period "." to ensure it's treated as a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)

Source: https://support.google.com/a/answer/33915?hl=en

coagmano
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imperalix
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    Thank you imperalix - I was having the name with @, which was problematic – Bruno Carrier Jan 30 '16 at 08:17
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    I cant get past this error The record set could not be saved because: - The Value field contains invalid characters or is in an invalid format. – mindmyweb Jun 29 '16 at 04:35
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    @mindmyweb you have to copy past mx record names with begining numbers *1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.* *5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.* i tryed just now it wokred for me. before i was pasting to aws route 53 without begining 1,510,.. numbers – Armen Apr 09 '19 at 15:31
  • Is it one line for each value or is it the whole thing in one value? – Philip May 22 '23 at 15:38
  • Great! Thanks! Also note mentioning do not forget to put the "." at the end of ".com". Was an issue on my side. – Alex Seceleanu May 25 '23 at 06:55