> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.hosting.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Setting up Gmail to access your hosting.com e-mail account > Set up your hosting.com email in Gmail with our step-by-step guide. This article demonstrates how to set up Gmail to access a hosting.com e-mail account. With Gmail access, you can view and manage both incoming and outgoing messages for your hosting.com account from the Gmail interface. To set up Gmail to access a hosting.com e-mail account, follow these steps: 1. Make sure you have already created at least one e-mail account for your domain. If you have not done this, please see [this article](/docs/e-mail-accounts) to learn how to create an e-mail account using cPanel. 2. Log in to the Gmail account. 3. Click the Gmail settings icon, and then click **See All Settings**:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-gmail-settings.png) > 📘 Note > > The user interface displayed in these images may differ slightly from the version you have installed. 4. Click the **Accounts and Import** tab:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-accounts-import-tab.png) 5. On the **Accounts and Import** tab, in the **Check mail from other accounts** section, click **Add a mail account**:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-gmail-add-mail-account.png) 6. In the **Email address** text box, type the hosting.com e-mail address that you want to access from Gmail (for example,[*gmail@example.com*](mailto:_gmail@example.com_) ), and then click **Next**:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-gmail-email-address.png) 7. Click **Import emails from my other account (POP3)**, and then click **Next**:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-import-emails-pop3.png) 8. In the **Username** text box, type the full e-mail address of the hosting.com account (for example, [*gmail@example.com*](mailto:_gmail@example.com_) ):\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-mail-settings.png) 9. In the **Password** text box, type the password for the hosting.com account. 10. In the **POP Server** text box, type *mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name. 11. In the **Port** list box, select **995**. 12. If you want to keep copies of messages on the hosting.com server, select the **Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server** check box. > 📘 Note > > If you do not select this option, Gmail will download messages and automatically remove them from the hosting.com account. 13. Select the **Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail** check box. 14. If you want to apply a label to messages, select the **Label incoming messages** check box and select a label. 15. If you want to automatically archive new messages, select the **Archive incoming messages (Skip the Inbox)** check box. 16. Click **Add Account**. You should receive a **Your mail account has been added** message. If you do not receive this message, verify the information you provided in steps 6 to 11, and then try again. 17. You can now retrieve messages from the hosting.com account. * If you want to be able to send messages for the account from Gmail, click **Yes** and go to the next step. * If you do not want to send messages for the account from Gmail, click **No**, click **Finish**, and then you are done. 18. If you selected **Yes** in the previous step, you must configure the outgoing mail server settings. Click **Next**. 19. In the **Add another email address you own** dialog box, in the **Name** text box, type the name you want to appear on messages that you send from the account:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-send-name.png) 20. If you want to treat the account as an alias, select the **Treat as an alias** check box. > 👍 Tip > > For detailed information about what this option does, please see [https://support.google.com/a/answer/1710338](https://support.google.com/a/answer/1710338). 21. To specify a different reply-to address, type it in the **Reply-to address** text box. 22. Click **Next Step**. 23. In the **SMTP Server** text box, type *mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-smtp-server.png) 24. In the **Port** list box, select **465**. 25. In the **Username** text box, type the full e-mail address of the hosting.com account (for example, [*gmail@example.com*](mailto:_gmail@example.com_) ). 26. In the **Password** text box, type the password for the hosting.com account. 27. Select the **Secured connection using SSL** option. 28. Click **Add Account**. You should receive a confirmation message:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-success-verification.png) 29. Check the inbox of the hosting.com account (for example, [*gmail@example.com*](mailto:_gmail@example.com_) ). There should be a message from Gmail that resembles the following:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-sample-verification-email.png) 30. In your web browser, go to the link shown in the message. The following message appears:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-verification-1.png) 31. Click **Confirm**. The following confirmation message appears:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-verification-2.png) 32. You are now ready to send email for your hosting.com account through Gmail. To do this, when you compose a message select the correct identity in the **From** list box:\\ ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-gmail-sender-identity.png) ## Related articles * [E-mail messages do not forward to Gmail accounts](/docs/e-mail-messages-do-not-forward-to-gmail-accounts) * [Integrating Professional and Pro Plus Email Hosting accounts with Gmail](/docs/integrating-titan-mail-accounts-with-gmail)