Accessing your GeITHost account in Gmail
- Log in to your Gmail Account.
- In the top lefthand corner, open the Settings by clicking the Gear icon, then click See all settings.
- Click Accounts and Import.
- Scroll down and under the Check mail from other accounts section, click Add a mail account.
- Enter the email address.
- For Username enter the full email address.
- Enter the Password for the email account. (Don't know the password? Here is how to Reset the Password.)
- Enter the POP Server. This will vary depending on if you choose to use the Always use a secure connection (SSL) option
- Without SSL: This will be your domain name preceded by "mail."
- With SSL:This will be your server hostname. Also, make sure the port is changed to 995.
- If you don't know your server's hostname, go to your control panel. On the left side, you will see a section called stats. Click the expand stats link if it is present. The hostname will be shown in the list of stats.
- Choose any additional options you may want. We recommend selecting Leave a copy of the retrieved message on the server for easy access to your mail on any computer.
- Click the Add Account button.
Outgoing Mail (SMTP)
- Choose " Yes, I want to be able to send mail as john@example.com"
- Choose if you will use this address as an Alias.
To learn more about Aliases in Gmail please see Google's Knowledge Base Article
- Click the Add account button.
- Choose to send "Send through example.com SMTP server"
- Enter the SMTP Server.
- Without SSL: This will be your domain name preceded by "mail."
- With SSL: This will be your servers hostname. If you don't know your servers hostname, go to your control panel. On the left side you will see a section called stats. Click the expand stats link if it is present. The hostname will be shown in the list of stats.
- Enter your full email address as the Username.
- Enter Password for your email account.
- Choose Port 25 (Non SSL) or 465 (SSL).
- Select Add Account.