How do I use my website email account through Gmail? : AusWebDesign Help Desk AusWebDesign Help Desk Welcome Login Sign up Home Solutions How can we help you today? Enter your search term here... Search Login or Signup to submit a new ticket Check ticket status Solution home General FAQ How do I use my website email account through Gmail? Print Modified on: Tue, 18 Nov, 2014 at 11:00 AM Adding a POP account in gmail 1. Log in to Gmail or create an account if you do not have one. 2. Click on the Gear icon in the top right corner and choose Settings. 3. Click on the Accounts and Import tab. 4. Click Add a POP3 mail account you own. POP account settings 5. You will get a pop-up prompting you for your email address. Enter your email address from the Email accounts section of your Control Panel, then click Next. 6. Enter the details for your account as follows: E-mail Address: your email address (e.g. contact@yourdomain.com) Username: your full email address (e.g. contact@yourdomain.com) Password: the password you used when creating the email account in Bigcommerce POP Server: your Bigcommerce mail server, which you can find in the account details section of your email account Port: 995 Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server: check this if you want to leave your emails in your POP server after Gmail has copied them Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail: Yes, select this option Label incoming messages: this label will appear next to messages in Gmail Archive incoming messages: this will make a backup copy of the emails in Gmail 7. After entering your details, select Add Account button. 8. Select Yes, I want to be able to send mail as, then click Next Step. 9. Enter the name that you want the email to be marked as coming from, then click Next Step. 10. Enter the SMTP settings for the account you are adding then click Next Step. 11. Click Send Verification. The verification email may take up to half an hour to arrive in your Gmail account's inbox. 13. Open the confirmation email, you can either Click the link in the email to verify or you can Copy the code. 14. If you copied the code from the email, Paste it into the box, and click Verify. Did you find it helpful? Yes No Send feedback Sorry we couldn't be helpful. Help us improve this article with your feedback. Related Articles Home Solutions Cookie policy We use cookies to try and give you a better experience in Freshdesk Support Desk. You can learn more about what kind of cookies we use, why, and how from our Privacy Policy. If you hate cookies, or are just on a diet, you can disable them altogether too. Just note that the Freshdesk Support Desk service is pretty big on some cookies (we love the choco-chip ones), and some portions of Freshdesk Support Desk may not work properly if you disable cookies. We’ll also assume you agree to the way we use cookies and are ok with it as described in our Privacy Policy, unless you choose to disable them altogether through your browser. Help Desk Software by Freshdesk Support Desk