Knowledgebase

1. Click the gear icon  in the upper right, then select Settings.
2. Open the Accounts and Import tab. (For Google Apps domains, open the Accounts tab.)
3. In the Check mail using POP3 section, click Add POP3 email account.
4. Enter the full email address of the account you'd like to access, then click Next Step.
5. Gmail will populate sample settings,
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   Click Save Changes. Once your account has been added successfully, you'll have the option of setting it as a custom From address. This allows you to compose messages in Gmail, but have them appear to be sent from your other email account. Click Yes to set up a custom From address.

Set Up a Custom "From" Address

1. Click the gear icon  in the upper right, then select Settings.
2. Select the Accounts and Import tab (or Accounts tab, if you're using Google Apps).
3. Under Send mail as, click Add another email address.
4. In the 'Email address' field, enter your name and alternate email address.
5. Choose one of two options:
   • Use Gmail's servers to send your mail (this is easier to set up)
   • Use your other email provider's SMTP servers

If you choose to use Gmail's servers:

6. Click Next Step >> and then click Send Verification. Gmail will send a verification message to your other email address to confirm that you own it.
7. Open your other account and either click the link in the message Gmail sent or enter the confirmation code in the Accounts section of your Gmail settings.

If Gmail sends a verification email and you didn't receive the it, the message was probably caught by a spam or bulk mail filter in your recovery email system. Try checking your Spam or Bulk Mail folders for a message from account-verification-noreply@google.com to see if the email ended up in there.

Your Gmail address will still be included in your email header's sender field, to help prevent your mail from being marked as spam. Most email clients don't display the sender field, though some versions of Microsoft Outlook may display "From yourusername@gmail.com on behalf of customaddress@mydomain.com." For this reason, if you don't want 'on behalf of' to appear in any of your messages, we recommend using the SMTP servers of your other email provider.

If you choose to send mail through another domain's SMTP servers:

6. Enter the SMTP server (e.g. smtp.domain.com), your username on that domain, and your password for that account. You may also need to adjust your port setting or SSL3 setting to 465.



7. Click Add account >>
8. Open your other account and either click the link in the message Gmail sent or enter the confirmation code in the Accounts section of your Gmail settings.