How to set up your email account on Gmail

Follow the steps below to send and receive your emails through Gmail.

1. Open gmail.com in your preferred browser
   
   
2. Click the settings cog icon (top right)
   
   
3. Click See all settings
   
   
4. Now Click the Accounts and Import tab
   
   
5. Look for Check mail from other accounts and then click Add an mail account
   
   
6. A small window will open asking for your email address.
   Enter your email address and then click next
   
   
7. If not already ticked select
   Import emails from my other account (POP3) and then click next
   
   
8. Enter the following details
   Username: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
   Password: YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD
   POP Server: pop3.stackmail.com 
   Port: 995
   
   Leave a copy of retrieved message TICK
   Always use a secure connection TICK
   Label message UNTICK
   Archive incoming UNTICK
   
   Click add account
   
   
9. Tick Yes, I want to be able to send mail as ...  and then click next
   
   
10. Enter your full name OR your business name
    
    
11. Make sure Treat as an alias has a TICK now click Next Step
    
    
12. Enter the following details:
    
    SMTP Server: smtp.stackmail.com
    Port: 465
    Username: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
    Password: YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD
    
    Secured connection SSL TICK
    
    
13. Now Click Add Account >>
    
    
14. You may be sent a confirmation email from gmail to the email account you are trying to set up. You can access this confirmation email by logging into our webmail
    
    webmail.mediacityway.com
    Username: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
    Password: YOUR EMAIL PASSWORD
    
    Open the Gmail Confirmation email and click on the confirmation link.
    A new page asking for your confirmation. Click the Confirm button. 
    
    
15. Your account is now set up and you can send and receive emails
    

Send from your new account

When replying to a message Gmail may set the send email address to your default gmail account rather than the account you have just setup. To change this, follow these steps:

1. Click the settings cog icon (top right)
   
   
2. Click See all settings
   
   
3. Click the Accounts and Import tab
   
   
4. Within Send mail as make sure Reply from the same address to which the message was sent is selected.
   
   
   When replying to a message:
   

   Reply from the same address to which the message was sent

   Always reply from default address (currently name@example.com)

We always recommend that you send an email from your email address to your email address as this ensures Gmail is sending and receiving your emails correctly.

Setup your custom emails on Gmail

UPDATE: 14th SEPTEMBER 2020

This post has been updated please visit https://blog.mediacityway.com/2020/09/set-up-your-emails-on-gmail.html

 Did you know that if Media City Way host your emails you can add your custom emails to your Gmail account. Follow the step by step instructions below:

1. Log into Gmail and click on the Gear icon, then select Settings. Go to the Account tab on the Settings page
   
   
2. Next to the "Check mail from other accounts (using POP3)" option, click on "Add a POP3 mail account you own".
   
   
3. Enter the mailbox's email address. and click Next to get to the settings page. The settings should be:
   
   Username: the entire email address
   Password: the mailbox password
   POP Server: mail.example.com (where example.com is your domain name)
   Port: 110
   
   If you want to use other mail clients to access the mailbox then you should tick the box for "Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server". Otherwise the box should remain unticked or your mailbox would fill up with email.
   
   
4. Click on Save. Gmail will now start downloading the emails from your mailbox.
   
   
5. Next to the "Send mail as" option, click on "Add another email address you own".
   
   
6. Enter your name as you would like it to appear to recipients and your email address. Untick the "Treat as an Alias box" box, then click Next.
   
   
7. You can either use the option for "Send through Gmail" or "Send through domain.com SMTP servers".
   
   If you select the latter option you will need to enter some extra settings:
   SMTP Server: mail#.extendcp.co.uk (where # is your mailserver number)
   Port: 465
   Username: the entire email address
   Password: Your mailbox password
   Secured connection using: SSL
   
   
8. You will be sent a verification email. Click on the link in the verification email and you will then be able to choose your email address when sending emails from Gmail.