Pointing an MX record to a 3rd party mail server
> To route email to a third-party email service, create MX records that associate your mail server (for example, mail.example.org) with a hostname provided by the third-party service.
Where would one put this hostname in the record? All I see is a field for a subdomain in the form.
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The MX record should contain the hostname (not an IP address) of the mail server that handles the mail. You haven't said what DNS service you are using, so you are on your own as to how to make the actual entries. In the linode DNS manager you would create an MX record and put the name of the mail server (provided by Google in your case) under "Mail Server", and leave the Subdomain blank unless you really are trying to direct mail for a subdomain.