Using a desktop computer or a laptop, log into your Gmail account. If you don’t have one, create a free account.
1. Select the gear icon in the upper right hand corner, next to your profile picture.
2. Under “Quick Settings,” select “See All Settings.”
3. Select the tab “Accounts and Import” from the menu along the top of your screen.
Scroll down to “Check mail from other accounts” and select “Add a mail account.”
4. Enter the email address you would like to add, e.g., yourname@yourdomain.com and select Next.
5. The default option should be “Import emails from my other account (POP3).” Make sure the option is selected, and select Next.
6. Enter the mail settings:
- Username—normally, this is your full email address, but sometimes it’s only the part that comes before
@.
- Password—the password that you set when creating your custom email address.
- POP Server and Port— this information comes your email host.
- Select “Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail.”
- Select “Label incoming messages: yourname@yourdomain.com”
- Select “Add Account.”
7. You should see a window that says “Your mail account has been added.” Make sure the selection is “Yes, I want to be able to send mail as yourname@yourdomain.com” Select “Next.”
8. On the next screen, make sure the selection is “Treat as an alias.” Select “Next Step.”
9. Configure Gmail so that you can send mail using the email account you just added:
- SMTP Server and Port—from your email host
- Username—normally, this is your full email. address, but sometimes it’s only the part that comes before
@. - Password—the password that you set when creating your custom email address.
- Make sure that “Secured connection using TLS is enabled.
- Select “Add Account.”
10. Check your gmail account for a confirmation email to verify your new email address. Select the confirmation link in that email and then select “Confirm”.
11. Go back to your Gmail Settings screen where you left the “Accounts and Import” tab open. Scroll down to the “Send mail as:” section and find the options for “When replying to a message:” Select this option: “Reply from the same address the message was sent to.“
You are ready to use your new email address! To send an email using your new address, open a new message. Go to the “From” field and select yourname@yourdomain.com from the drop down menu.
