If when replying to those emails, you don't want the people to ever see your Gmail, you have to import your SMTP settings. Once you've completed this, your email will automatically be imported into Gmail.

Label incoming messages: - This will automatically label the email from your new email address inside of Gmail so you know where it was sent from.Īrchive incoming messages - This will skip the inbox and automatically archive the mail. I don't recommend doing this as it will chew your disk space and not help you keep a clean inbox.Īlways use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail - You always want to do this! Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server - This will actually make a copy of the email and leave it on your hosting account. That will send you an email for you to confirm that will allow sending as. Click Next, leave Send through Gmail selected, click Next, then Send Verification. Enter your info and uncheck Treat as Alias. Under Send Mail As, click Add another email address you own. The alias email address can also be a gmail address, it doesn’t have to be a custom domain. Click the cog in the upper right corner and choose Settings, then the Accounts tab. You can set up to 99 different send mail as and or alias email addresses. As the name suggests, you are telling Gmail that you want others to see the alias email account when you are. This depends on whether or not you are using G Suite. The best answer Ive found so far is from Reddit: ELI5: What does checking/unchecking 'Treat as an alias' do in gmail In a (compressed) nutshell, leave Treat as an Alias box ticked if you only really use one address, and the other is just for receiving, AND you basically want everybody to know your main address. Port - This is also defined in that same blue box Your primary Gmail can be a custom domain or a gmail address. POP Server - This is defined in the blue box inside of cPanel Password - This is the password to your email account

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