This article describes how to add your Hostens mailbox to “Gmail.com”.
1. Log in to your current “Gmail” account and select “Settings“:
2. Select “Accounts and Import” and press “Add a mail account“:
3. Fill in your full e-mail address and press “Next“:
4. Select “Import emails from my other account (POP3)“ and press “Next“:
5. Fill in all necessary information:
Username: your full e-mail address;
Password: password of your mailbox;
POP Server: “your_server.hostens.cloud”
Port: 995
Mark “Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail“.
If you mark “Leave a copy of the retrieved message on the server.” you will be able to see your messages that you sent, if you do not mark the sent message will be deleted.
If you mark “Label incoming messages:” then you will able to see a separate list of messages for this mailbox.
Please take a note, that your Email should be already created in your Control Panel. Also if you are not sure, what is your hostname (for example, lime.hostens.cloud), you can check it in your Client Area by pressing on your hosting services.
Configuring “Send mail us:”
If you want to reply from your additional mailbox, then you need to configure sending parameters.
1. Log in to your “Gmail” account -> select “Settings” -> “Accounts and Import” -> “Add another email address“:
2. Fill in the name that the email recipient will see and the full email address. When you add another address to your Gmail account for sending messages, Gmail typically treats it the same as your original Gmail address (as an alias for that address). But if you’re sending on behalf of another user, you might want to uncheck the Treat as an alias box, then press “Next step”:
3. On the next page fill in:
SMTP server: “your_server.hostens.cloud”
Port: 587
Username: full email address
Password: your mailbox password
Check “Secured connection using TLS” and press “Add account“:
4. Add verification code that was sent to your mailbox and press “Verify“:
5. Now you will be able to choose, from which mailbox you want to reply:
