Goolgle Apps Message Security System Requirements

Google Message Filtering

For Inbound Mail Filtering (messages received by your users)
Domain You must have your own domain name for your email, not a shared or third-party domain. For
example, your email address should be similar to your_name@your_domain.com, not
your_name@hotmail.com.

Access to MX Records You or your email administrator must be able to change your DNS MX records (used to
direct your mail flow). If you own your domain, you should be able to change your MX records by working
with your domain name provider or ISP. Our activation instructions will walk you through this process.

Mail Servers & Service Providers Supported Mail Servers: The service supports all common mail servers,
including Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Domino, Postfix, Sendmail, Macintosh OS X Server, and Novell
Groupwise.

Supported Service Providers (hosted email): The service is also compatible most ISPs and domain name
providers that host the email for your own domain. The service is not compatible with providers that don't
release mail server information, or don't allow you to change the MX records with their hosted email service.
Currently known providers that are incompatible with the service include 1and1.com and XO Communications.

Google Apps: Google Apps Standard Edition already includes Gmail with spam and virus filtering. The Message
Filtering service is not recommended for use with Google Apps Standard.

Google Message Security

For Inbound Mail Filtering (messages received by your users)
Domain You must have your own domain name for your email, not a shared or third-party domain. For
example, your email address should be similar to your_name@your_domain.com, not
your_name@hotmail.com.

Access to MX Records You or your email administrator must be able to change your DNS MX records (used to
direct your mail flow). If you own your domain, you should be able to change your MX records by working
with your domain name provider or ISP. Our activation instructions will walk you through this process.

Mail Servers and Service Providers Supported Mail Servers: The service supports all common mail servers,
including Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Domino, Postfix, Sendmail, Macintosh OS X Server, and Novell
Groupwise.

Supported Service Providers (hosted email): The service is also compatible most ISPs and domain name
providers that host the email for your own domain. The service is not compatible with providers that don't
release mail server information, or don't allow you to change the MX records with their hosted email service.
Currently known providers that are incompatible with the service include 1and1.com and XO Communications.

Google Apps: The Message Security service is not recommended for use with Google Apps Standard as
outbound filtering is not supported. We recommend you consider Google Apps Premier, which includes Policy
Management and Message Recovery, powered by Postini. Contact sales for further information.

Google Message Security

For Inbound Mail Filtering (messages received by your users)
Domain You must have your own domain name for your email, not a shared or third-party domain. For
example, your email address should be similar to your_name@your_domain.com, not
your_name@hotmail.com.

Access to MX Records You or your email administrator must be able to change your DNS MX records (used to
direct your mail flow). If you own your domain, you should be able to change your MX records by working
with your domain name provider or ISP. Our activation instructions will walk you through this process.

Mail Servers and Service Providers Supported Mail Servers: The service supports all common mail servers,
including Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Domino, Postfix, Sendmail, Macintosh OS X Server, and Novell
Groupwise.

Supported Service Providers (hosted email): The service is also compatible most ISPs and domain name
providers that host the email for your own domain. The service is not compatible with providers that don't
release mail server information, or don't allow you to change the MX records with their hosted email service.
Currently known providers that are incompatible with the service include 1and1.com and XO Communications.

For Outbound Mail Filtering (messages sent by your users)
Domain You must have a static IP (not a dynamic IP) for your domain.
Mail Servers and Service Providers Supported Mail Servers: You or your email administrator must have
administrative control over your own mail server to set up your outbound mail to flow through the service.
The service supports all common mail servers, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Domino, Postfix,
Sendmail, or Novell Groupwise.

Supported Service Providers (hosted email): At this time, we do not support webmail server (such as Yahoo!
Domains) for your domain's email. If you do not own your own mail server, we recommend you consider
Google Apps Premier, which Policy Management and Message Recovery, powered by Postini.

Google Message Discovery
For Inbound Mail Filtering and Archiving (messages received by your users)
Domain You must have your own domain name for your email, not a shared or third-party domain. For
example, your email address should be similar to your_name@your_domain.com, not
your_name@hotmail.com.

Access to MX Records You or your email administrator must be able to change your DNS MX records (used to
direct your mail flow). If you own your domain, you should be able to change your MX records by working
with your domain name provider or ISP. Our activation instructions will walk you through this process.

Mail Servers and Service Providers Supported Mail Servers: The service supports all common mail servers,
including Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Domino, Postfix, Sendmail, Macintosh OS X Server, and Novell
Groupwise.

Supported Service Providers (hosted email): The service is also compatible most ISPs and domain name
providers that host the email for your own domain. The service is not compatible with providers that don't
release mail server information, or don't allow you to change the MX records with their hosted email service.
Currently known providers that are incompatible with the service include 1and1.com and XO Communications.

Google Apps: The Message Discovery service is not recommended for use with Google Apps Standard as
outbound filtering is not supported. We recommend you consider Google Apps Premier, which includes Policy
Management and Message Recovery, powered by Postini.

For Outbound Mail Filtering and Archiving (messages sent by your users)
Domain You must have a static IP (not a dynamic IP) for your domain.
Mail Servers and Service Providers Supported Mail Servers: You or your email administrator must have
administrative control over your own mail server to set up your outbound mail to flow through the service.
The service supports all common mail servers, including Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Domino, Postfix,
Sendmail, or Novell Groupwise.

Supported Service Providers (hosted email): At this time, we do not support webmail server (such as Yahoo!
Domains) for your domain's email. If you do not own your own mail server, we recommend you consider
Google Apps Premier, which Policy Management and Message Recovery, powered by Postini.

For Full Mail Archiving (captures inbound, outbound and intradomain messages)
Mail Servers Supported Mail Servers for Message Archiving
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Standard or Enterprise Edition (detailed requirements)
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition (detailed requirements)
Microsoft Small Business Server with Exchange Server 2000 or 2003 Standard Edition (detailed requirements)
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (detailed requirements)
Lotus Domino 6 and 7

Notes:

If you want to use the journaling option with Exchange Server Standard Edition, you must have at least two of
these servers on your network. You must reserve one server exclusively for receiving journaled messages.
This reserved server cannot contain any user mailboxes. Activation support is required at an additional cost
and available with purchases of $1500 USD annual or more.

If you want to use the journaling option with Domino, activation support is required at an additional cost, and
is included only with purchases of $1500 USD annual or more.