How to Add Email Accounts to Gmail
Gmail allows you to use its interface to send emails from other emails you own, as well as downloading emails from other POP/POP3 accounts. Provided are instructions for both.
Send Mail As – Use Gmail to Send From Your Other Email Addresses
Gmail allows you to send messages with another of your email addresses listed as the sender instead of your Gmail address. This feature makes it easier to manage multiple accounts from the Gmail interface.
1. It is important that you’re able to sign in with the address you’d like to add. You’ll need to access the other account in order to verify the email is yours before Gmail will let you send add it.
2. Login to your Gmail account and click on Settings (top right corner). Under the Accounts tab, go to the Send mail as: section and click the Add another email address you own link. A pop-up window will be displayed (you may need to disable your pop-up blocker); this will prompt you to add Name and Email Address. For Name, enter what you want to appear on the “From” field when you send out emails, it can be your full name or company name. In the Email Address field, enter the email address you want to send from.
3. Click Next Step, then click Send Verification. You’ll receive a verification email to complete the process. You can either click on the link on the confirmation email or enter the verification code on the pop-up box. You’re not able to choose your newly added email from the drop-down menu on the “From” field on your Gmail account. To edit the name or reply-to address for an existing entry, click Edit next to the address on your Accounts tab. To delete an address, just click Delete.
How to Add Email Accounts to Gmail
Google, allows you to add other email accounts that you own into their service, as long as the other email account support the Post Office Protocol (POP, also referred to as POP3). Gmail can download emails from other accounts automatically once they have been added.
1. First, login to your Gmail account and click on Settings (top right corner). Under the Accounts tab, go to the Get mail from other accounts section and click the Add a mail account you own link. A pop-up window will be displayed (you may need to disable your pop-up blocker); enter the email address of the account you want to add and click the Next Step button.
2. In the screen to follow, you need to provide additional information in order to download email messages from this account. Again, you can only add email accounts that are POP enabled. Enter your username, password, POP server address along with port number (this field will likely pre-fill on it’s own). If you are not sure of some of these, please consult your email service provider. There are also a few options to select before adding the account – choose whether you want Gmail to keep a copy on the original server, use SSL, archive or label incoming messages automatically. When you’ve finished, click on the Add Account button.
3. Gmail will attempt to connect to your email server using the information you’ve provided. You will receive a verification email in order to finalize the process. Click on the link provided and you’re all set! You now have added an additional email account to Gmail!
