Using Google Workspace MX Service

[lutherbaker]

Hi,

I have a google workspace with just one built in account. I have associated my domain with the workspace but I would like to create several email addresses that aren't associated with the workspace. I am curious what my options are with Google Workspace MX services.

If someone sends an email to random@mydomain.com, I assume it will reach the google MX service ... but I am not sure what it does with it. Will that email be stored? Can I connect to the MX service directly each morning and "Pop" emails off or use IMAP?

Or, can I create a gmail account random123456@gmail.com and configure (from within the workspace) to route random@mydomain.com to random123456@gmail.com without creating or paying for an additional workspace account?

I'd also like to SEND from these email accounts ... would the Google Workspace MX service allow me to send from a local client? Or, from the gmail account? And if so, how would I make sure the "from" address is "random@mydomain.com" and not the gmail address.

Or, are there other options I might want to try?

Thank you in advance!

[StephenHind]

@lutherbaker you have several options but probably the most straighforward is to make Google Groups for those email addresses and then you can add your one account Workspace account to the group to receive the mail and also add to your account that address as a send to address.

[lutherbaker]

Thank you Stephen.

If I wanted to assign jim@mydomain.com, sheryl@mydomain.com, and julie@mydomain.com, is the idea here that all of those address would be a sort of "alias" under my workspace account?

If so, I think that means the mail would actually come to me and not go to them. And I'm not sure how they'd get it either ... I'm not sure how they'd connect IMAP or POP mail that came to my account.

You mentioned "several options" ... I am curious if there might be something like <URL Removed by Staff> that is available through a Google Workspace. I think that is what I really want. I'd like to point my MX records to Google and then I'd like Google Workspace to simply house them for me and let me use some sort of client to look at them.

I'm just getting started and I have a few friends that are willing to help with my business idea but I don't suddenly have $20 per person to add proper workspace accounts for each of them so I really just want standard MX email service capabilities until I get a bit bigger.

[StephenHind]

@lutherbaker oh what you're trying to do is avoid paying for licences for users: there are no options to provide something like that; every option there is will be comprfomised either in the service you will have or the security of your Google Workspace.

As an example you could forward the wemails to a Gmail account but then they could not send as the email address as that erequires to sign in as that account.  There's no way get the email in separate mailboxes via email because you're not paying for separate mailboxes.

I can't recomed anything other than doing it properly and buying user accounts. If you want to use Workspace, or you need to look at Send email to two email systems with split delivery - but then you need a different email system you need to pay for, so I don't know how much you'd actually save.