HowBits

**Guide Updated on Jun 8th, 2012.

The most common issue that I run into with Godaddy is their email system. For the lowest service you are only allowed to send out 250 emails a day, each email is considered a "Relay SMTP sent email". Once you go past that, well you can't send out email again until it resets sometime in the evening. Another common issue is not being able to receive emails, and various pop3 and imap issues.

So to summarize what this article is about, it's how to switch over to a much better email server, which is Google Apps Standard which is free to use and easy to setup, effectively getting rid of Godaddys email relay problem and various issues with email receiving problems. I promise this fix does not mess with with php email script, such as WordPress sending out user confirmation emails.

Here is the walk through – Complete with pictures. This is very easy to do just takes a small amount of time.

So lets start from the beginning. Registration

1. Sign up for Google Apps Free Standard Addition – Link Updated on 5-29-09
2. Put in your domain Name – No you are not transferring your domain, this is just branding your email address to your website example – you@yourwebsite.com. You don't have to fill in the organization info unless you really want to

Time To start with the Tutorial

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