Send/Receive Email Using Gmail

Want to have your email all in one place?

Setting Up Email Through Your Gmail Account

To setup your Gmail Account to use your business email, you must already have the email account created in your Control Panel. You will need the following information when following the step by step instructions below.

Required Information

• Username: user@yourdomain.com (your full email address)
• Password: use whatever password you were assigned
• POP Server: mail.yourdomain.com (replace yourdomain.com with your domain name)
• SMTP Server: mail.yourdomain.com (replace yourdomain.com with your domain name)

1. Log into your Gmail account
2. After your inbox loads, click on the “Gear” icon in the top right corner, and click the “See all settings” button.
3. Under the “Accounts and Import” tab, find the “Check mail from other accounts” row. Click the Add a mail account link.
4. A new window will open, enter the email address that you would like to add to your account. Click Next.
5. Select the option to “Import emails from my other account (POP3)” and click Next
6. Enter the Username (your full email address) and Password for the account you are adding.
7. For “POP Server”, enter mail.yourdomainname.com replacing yourdomainname.com with your actual domain name.
8. Change the port number to 995 from the default 110.
9. There are 4 check boxes that should be unmarked by default, check the box to “Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail.” and the remaining ones should remain unchecked. Click Add Account. 
10. Under the “Accounts and Import” tab, find the “Send mail as” row. Click the Add another email address link.
11. Enter your Name and Email Address
12. Be sure to have “Treat as an alias” checked and Click Next Step
13. In the “SMTP Server” field, enter in mail.yourdomainname.com replacing yourdomainname.com with your actual domain name.
14. Enter in the Username (email address) and Password for the email address you are adding. The port number listed by default is 587, you should not have to change this. Also be sure to have “Secured connection using TLS” checked before proceeding.
15. Click “Add Account”.
16. Google will then verify that the credentials you entered are correct. Once the credentials are verified, Google will send a verification email to the address that you are adding to Gmail. Open the email account you are adding (via Webmail, refer to webtekcc.com/support/webmail)
17. After you log into your email account through Webmail, you should see a verification email from Google. Open the email and click the verification link. Verification must be confirmed before you can use this email address in Gmail.

After successfully completing the steps above, you’re are now ready to send and receive mail through your Gmail account.  If you get stuck along the way or have additional questions, don’t worry, we can help!  Contact our Support team for further assistance.