Domain Emails

Below are the instructions to setup your gmail account with domain names.
It will allow you to create and reply with your domain name in the from address.
Below assumes you already have setup your own domain name

Creating password for setting up Gmail with a domain name


Before setting up Gmail with domain name you will need to setup the security.

  1. login to google

  2. Go to "Manage your Google Account"/Security

  3. if you don't see "App password", you need to setup the 2-step Verification

  4. After setting up 2-step verification select "App password"

  5. Click on "Select App" and chose Other

  6. Type in a name example abcxyz.com

  7. Click on "Generate"

  8. You will be presented with a password which will be used in step 10 below

Setting you your Gmail to use domain name.


  1. Create domain

  2. Add Email forwarding for the domain.
    Example:
    Domain: abcxyz.com
    Forward the email john.smith@abcxyz.com to john.personal@gmail.com

  3. Login to your gmail account

  4. Go to Gmail Settings in the top right corner and select see all setting

  5. Select Accounts and Imports

  6. In the section "Send mail as: " click on "Add another email address"

  7. Enter name and the domain name email address eg john.smith@abcxyz.com then click next step

  8. Enter the smtp address "smtp.gmail.com" and port "587"

  9. Enter the username which is the full gmail address eg john.personal@gmail.com

  10. Enter the password. The password is from the "Manage your Google Account"/Security/App passwords

  11. Click on Add Account. Google will sent email to john.smith@abcxyz.com which should appear in the inbox of john.personal@gmail.com
    and ask you to put in the verification code.

  12. Enter the verification code and verify.

  13. Log out and log back into john.personal@gmail.com

  14. You can now create a new email and select the from address as john.smith@abcxyz.com