Sending mail from a forwarded email address using Gmail

Power and Pro accounts come with the ability to use an email forwarder when you also have a domain name. Here’s how to send using your email forwarding address.

Using Gmail, you can reply to mail sent to the forwarder (like info@yoursite.com) from the same address. Here’s how to setting up sending mail from a forwarded address using Gmail:

  1. Before beginning, contact us to let us know what address you’d like to use. We’ll also send over information like a password you’ll need to enter in a future step.

  2. Visit the Accounts & Import tab in the Gmail Settings (https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#settings/accounts)

  3. Under Send Mail As, click Add another email address you own

  4. Enter your name and your new forwarding address as the email address (example: info@yoursite.com)

  5. On the next screen, enter the following:

    SMTP Server: smtp.mailgun.org
    Username: your@emailalias.com
    Password: <enter the password we provide>

    Then click Add Account.

  6. Follow the instructions to verify your ownership of the address. (This email should be in your inbox.) Gmail will send an email to the forwarded address (example: info@yoursite.com) and you’ll want to click the confirmation link.

Now in the Gmail Compose window, when you hover over your Gmail address, you can now click it to change to send from your new alias.

How do I send mail from my new alias by default?

You can set Gmail to send from your new alias by default by visiting Gmail Settings > Accounts & Import, then click Make Default next to your new alias.

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