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Setting up Gmail for POP3 and SMTP

Setting up Gmail for POP3 and SMTP

You can use the Gmail interface to send and receive emails using an email account you create with your domain. By setting up your domain’s email address as a POP3 and SMTP account in your Gmail account, you can use Gmail as an email client (much like you would use Outlook, Mac Mail, or Thunderbird).

When you are a Jolis customer, your emails are securely stored on our servers, eliminating the need to set up another email client. However, if you want to host your email on Gmail servers (instead of ours), follow our guide on How to Use Google Apps to Host Your Email.
(Not a current customer? Our Clustered Hosting is perfect for those people who want to be more hands-off without sacrificing performance.)

Before You Begin

You will need your POP and SMTP settings to complete this tutorial. You can find your email settings on your dashboard
If you previously created an email forwarder to your Gmail account, you will need to remove it. You can't receive emails if there’s a forwarder in place
We recommend using the secure (TLS) settings. Using TLS email settings is more secure as it encrypts the data while in transit


Retrieved from https://support.google.com/mail/answer/21289?hl=en? on April 19, 2020

If you have multiple email accounts, you can check them all in Gmail. Gmail's Mail Fetcher feature first imports all your old messages to Gmail and then continues to bring in new messages sent to your other account. You can add up to 5 accounts, including Gmail and other email providers.

  • Open your Gmail account.
  • At the top right, click the gear Settings.
  • Select Settings.
  • Select the Accounts and Import tab.
  • In the "Check mail from other accounts (using POP3)" section, click Add a POP3 mail account you own.
  • Enter the full email address of the other account, then click Next Step.
  • Enter your password.

Now you have a few options to choose from.
Here's our recommended settings:

  • Leave a copy of retrieved messages on the server - Uncheck the box.
  • Always use a secure connection (TLS) when retrieving mail - Keep checked. For some accounts, you may need to uncheck this option.
  • Label incoming messages - Check the box if you'd like to easily see which emails in your inbox came from this account.
  • Archive incoming messages - Don't check. Only check if you don't want to see new messages from the other account in your inbox.

If you are having SMTP TLS connection errors, please use the below settings

SMTP Host 	- 	mail1.jolis.net
SMTP Port 	- 	587
Username 	- 	Enter your Jolis email address
Password 	- 	Enter your email address password
Encryption 	- 	TLS/AUTO

Click Add Account.

If you get an error message while getting set up, click the Show error details link to find out more about what's not working.

For other errors, visit our Problems with Mail Fetcher troubleshooter. Once your account has been added successfully, you'll be asked if you want to be able to send mail as this address. This lets you compose messages in Gmail, but have them appear to be sent from your other email account. Gmail will check your other account for new emails periodically. You can see when the other account was last checked from the "Accounts and Import" tab.