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Set Up Cold Email Inboxes in Google Workspace

Follow these steps if you chose Google Workspace. If you chose Zoho Mail, go to Set up Zoho Mail instead.

1. Create the administrator account​

Sign up for Google Workspace using your first cold email domain and one of the email addresses you planned (for example [email protected]).

This is your administrator account. It is also one of your cold email inboxes.

During sign-up, Google detects that your domain is on Cloudflare and offers to add the verification and MX records for you. Accept this, as it saves time.

2. Add your other cold email domains​

In the Google Admin console, go to:

  1. Account > Domains > Manage domains
  2. Check your first domain is listed as the Primary domain (for example trybluecake.com)
  3. Select Add a domain and add each other cold email domain as a Secondary domain
  4. Follow the steps to verify each domain

This lets you manage all your cold email domains from one place.

3. Add the inboxes​

In the Admin console, go to Directory > Users > Add new user.

Add each email account you planned, on every domain. Then for each user:

  • Add a profile photo
  • Use a strong, unique password. I recommend a password manager such as Bitwarden, which is free.

4. Add DMARC report addresses​

DMARC sends daily reports about your emails to an address you choose. Add a dmarc-reports@ address for each domain as an alias of your administrator account, so all the reports arrive in one inbox.

  1. In the Admin console, go to Directory > Users and select your administrator (for example [email protected])
  2. Select User information > Alternate email addresses (email alias)
  3. Add an alias for each domain, for example:
    • dmarc-reports@trybluecake.com
    • dmarc-reports@getbluecake.com
  4. Select Save

Emails to these addresses now arrive in [email protected]. You will use them when you set up DMARC.

Next step​

Authenticate your domains with MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC.