Gmail has built-in functionality that allows you to check emails from external accounts using the POP3 email protocol. To add an email hosted here in your Gmail interface, follow the steps below:
Incoming Mail Configuration
- Sign in to your Gmail Account.
- Choose Settings, from the Settings drop-down under your profile picture.
- Go to Accounts and Import.
- Under the section Check mail from other accounts, choose Add a mail account.
- Enter your Email address (e.g. user@yourdomainname.com).
- Click Next.
- Username: enter your full email address (e.g. user@yourdomainname.com)
- Password: enter the password for the above email address
- POP Server: The Secure SSL/TLS server settings are listed in Site Tools > Email > Accounts > Manage Email Accounts > Actions > Mail Configuration > Manual Settings.
- POP3 port: 995
- Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server can be selected if you wish to save your messages on the server as well.
- Check Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail.
- Click on Add Account.
Continue with the SMTP server setup if you want to send mail from your email address:
Outgoing Mail (SMTP)
- Select Yes, I want to be able to send mail as user@yourdomainname.com
- Choose if you will use this address as an Alias.
- SMTP server: Use the same secure server as you did in the incoming settings configuration.
- SMTP port: 465
- Username: enter your full email address (e.g. user@yourdomainname.com).
- Password: the password for this email account.
- Check the Secured connection using SSL option as well.
- Click on Add Account.
Gmail will send you a verification email that you have to approve, so you can use the SMTP functionality.