If you are a gmail user, you can import a domain email account to your gmail inbox. you can use gmail search mail function to do this. In this way, the emails sent to your domain email will appear in your gmail mailbox.
follow the steps below.
before you start, make sure you have these things in place:
- domain name
- domain email address
- email client configuration settings. you can find all the configuration information here.
- gmail account. if you don’t have one, you can create one at https://accounts.google.com/signup
steps:
1. sign in to your gmail account.
2. in the upper right corner, click the gear icon settings.
3. a dropdown menu will appear. select settings.
4. go to the accounts tab.
5. Click add an email account in the check email from other accounts section.
6. enter the email address of your domain.
7. click next step.
8. enter the username of the account. the username is the full email address.
9. enter the password of your email account.
10 Enter the pop server information for the account. you can get the pop server information from the pop3 configuration section here.
Make sure you enter the correct mail server and port information. When using secure ssl/tls settings, select port 995 from the dropdown menu. When using a non-ssl configuration, select port 110 from the port dropdown menu.
11. choose from the options:
- leave a copy of the retrieved message on the server check this box if you are accessing your emails on another email client or device. if you deselect this option, emails from your domain email account will be deleted and will only be accessible via gmail.
- always use a secure connection (ssl ) when retrieving mail check this box if you are using secure ssl/tls settings. uncheck this box if you are using a non-ssl configuration.
- label incoming messages check this box if you have more than one account set up in gmail. doing this makes it easier to keep track of emails.
- archive incoming messagesleave this box unchecked if you don’t want all emails from your domain’s email account are automatically archived.
12. check that all your settings are correct and click add account.
13. After importing your domain’s email account, you will be prompted for an option to be able to send emails with this address. By clicking yes, you will be able to compose emails in gmail but send them as the domain email account.
14. enter your name and click next step.
15. enter your smtp server information. this is the outgoing email configuration for this article. make sure you enter the correct mail server name and the correct port number. When using secure ssl/tls settings, select port 465 from the port dropdown menu. When using a non-ssl configuration, select port 25 from the port dropdown menu. do not check the box to use your domain’s email as an alias. doing so will send all your emails using your gmail address.
16. enter your email address as your username and then the password of your domain email account.
17. check the secure connection using ssl option if you are using the secure ssl/tls configuration.
18. click add account.
19. enter the confirmation code that you should have received on your domain email account.
20. click verify.
after importing your domain email account to gmail:
1. go to settingsfrom the gear icon menu in your gmail.
2. go to the accounts tab again.
3. in the send mail as section, click the set as default link next to the domain email address. doing so sends all email through your domain’s email address by default.
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