This guide shows you how to connect your cPanel-based email (e.g., you@yourdomain.com) to Gmail so you can send and receive messages from your custom address—right inside your Gmail inbox.
🛠 What You’ll Need: #
- Your full email address (e.g., you@yourdomain.com)
- Your email password
- cPanel access (optional, for confirming settings)
✅ Step 1: Find your info in cPanel #
If you already know your mail server settings, skip this step. Otherwise:
- Log in to your cPanel.
- Go to Email Accounts > find your email address > click Connect Devices.
- Scroll down to see the Manual Settings. Keep this open—you’ll need the incoming and outgoing server info.
📥 Step 2: Add the Email for Receiving Mail (via POP3) #
- In Gmail, click the ⚙️ gear icon (top right) > See all settings.
- Go to the Accounts and Import tab.
- Scroll to Check mail from other accounts and click Add a mail account.
- Enter your full email address (e.g., you@yourdomain.com) and click Next.
- Choose Import emails from my other account (POP3) and click Next.
Settings to enter:
- Username: your full email address
- Password: your email password
- POP Server: usually
mail.yourdomain.com - Port: 995
- ✅ Check Always use a secure connection (SSL)
- ✅ Optional: Label incoming messages
- ✅ Optional: Leave a copy of the message on the server (if you want to access your emails elsewhere too)
Click Add Account.
📤 Step 3: Set Up Sending Mail (via SMTP) #
After adding the account, Gmail will ask:
“Would you also like to be able to send mail as you@yourdomain.com?”
Choose Yes and click Next Step.
Settings to enter:
- Name: What you want recipients to see (e.g., “Rivka from Web of Creativity”)
- Email address: your full email address
Leave Treat as an alias checked.
Click Next Step.
SMTP Settings:
- SMTP Server: usually
mail.yourdomain.com - Port: 465 (SSL) or 587 (TLS)
- Username: your full email address
- Password: your email password
- ✅ Use a secured connection (choose SSL for port 465, TLS for 587)
Click Add Account.
🔐 Step 4: Verify #
Gmail will send a confirmation code to your domain email.
Go to Webmail (e.g., yourdomain.com/webmail) or your email app to grab the code.
Paste it into the Gmail popup to complete setup.
✅ All Done! #
Now you can:
- Read incoming mail from your domain inside Gmail
- Send messages using your custom address via the Gmail interface
To make your domain email the default for sending:
Go to Settings > Accounts and Import > under Send mail as, click make default next to your custom address.
