Set Up Your Email Account on Gmail Web
This article explains how to add your email account to the Gmail Web interface. Once configured, you can send and receive emails through Gmail using a web browser on your desktop or laptop.
Prepare your email setup settings
Before you begin, ensure your email account is already created, configured, and verified as working. Gmail will only connect to an existing email account.
Complete the full email setup process first, including DNS configuration and webmail testing, using the appropriate Getting Started guide based on your email type:
- Getting Started With cPanel Email
- Getting Started With Plesk Email
- Getting Started With Titan Email
- Getting Started With Exchange Email
- Classic Freeparking Email Settings
Emails accessed via POP do not fully sync across devices. Messages, read/unread status, or deletions made on one device may not appear on others.
Add your email account to Gmail web
Once your email settings are ready, follow the steps below to add your email account to the Gmail web interface.
- Open a web browser and go to www.gmail.com.
- Sign in to your existing Gmail account.
- Click the gear icon (⚙︎) in the top-right corner, then select See all settings.
- Open the Accounts and Import tab.
- Under Check email from other accounts, click Add an email account.
- In the pop-up window, enter the email address you want to add, then click Next.
- Select Import emails from my other account (POP3), then click Next.
- Enter your password and POP3 mail settings.
- Tick the following boxes:
- Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server
- Always use a secure connection(SSL)
- Label incoming messages
- Click Add Account. A Your mail account has been added prompt box will appear.
- Select Yes, I want to be able to send mail as, then click Next.
- Update the Name field if you want, ensure that Treat as an alias is checked
- Click Next Step.
- On the Send mail through your SMTP server page, enter your SMTP server settings.
- Click Add Account.
Verify your email address
After adding the account, Gmail will send a verification email to the email address you just added.
- Open Gmail and look for the verification email sent to the newly added email account.
- Click the verification link in the email.
- On the confirmation screen, click Confirm.
- Allow some time for existing messages to load. Emails may not appear immediately after setup
- Send a test email to confirm that sending and receiving works correctly
You’re all set!
That's it! You should now be able to check, send, and receive emails from your added email account directly in the Gmail web interface.