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How to use own personalised email address with gmail.com

Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:56:59 +0000

In this article we learn how to use our personalised email e.g. joe@example.com in gmail.com. In our approach we assume that you already have another gmail account, say joe@gmail.com. After you finish the setting described bellow you will be able to use both emails under single gmail account.

There are two ways an email is used:

receiving emails
sending emails

Receiving emails

Setting up personalised emails to be received in gmail.com has surprisingly nothing to do in gmail.com itself. This magic must be done where your domain example.com is hosted. The best option is the set an email forwarding from joe@example.com to joe@gmail.com. Please consult this with your domain hosting provider.

Sending emails

All you need is to add joe@example.com as another "Send mail as" account. Then, when you compose a new message you can simply choose the "From" email of your choice. Just click on "From" field and a list of registered personalised emails is shown.

This is how you set it all up:

click on Settings icon (top right corner in gmail)
click on Settings menu item
click on Accounts and Import tab
scroll to section Send mail as:
click on Add another email address link
new window will open. There you enter your name and the personalised email joe@example.com
keep the Treat as an alias box checked on
click on Next Step

Now the tricky part starts. You must specify a server used for sending your emails. Typically it would be a google's server but Google has added lately new security which makes it difficult.

You have two options now:

a. allow access for "less secure apps". Follow google how to do it
Then use smtp.gmail.com as SMTP server and your gmail username and password.

b. Use your own SMTP server. If you have own custom email other then gmail then you might have a hosting with it. With hosting there usually go also email accounts and associated SMPT server. Ask you hosting provider to get one for you.

git clone/pull/push including all dependent submodules

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:32:17 +0000

git clone --recursive -j8 https://user@bitbucket.org/path

Use the same also for pull and push

git push --recurse-submodules
git pull --recurse-submodules

Answered: Gmail: add another email address: Authentication failed. Please check your username/password and Less Secure Apps access

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:36:11 +0000

Google has added new security feature. This is if you wonder why this did work before and doesn't work now.

The feature is about "less secure apps".

You have two options now:

allow access for "less secure apps". Follow google how to do it
Then use smtp.gmail.com as SMTP server and your gmail username and password. Keep the "alias" option on.
Use your own SMTP server. If you have own custom email other then gmail then you might have a hosting with it. Hosting is not mandatory part for custom domain but if you have a web then you have a hosting. With hosting there usually go also email accounts and associated SMPT server. Ask you hosting provider to get one for you.