Add New Address to gmail without SMTP (forwarding-only-address)

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If you want to use an alternative email address instead of your original Gmail address, you need to provide details for an SMTP server, which will be used to send the mail.

The first action you should do is → Settings → Accounts → Add another email address, like below

Add New Address to gmail without SMTP (forwarding-only-address)

Then you will see popup window like below

Add New Address to gmail without SMTP (forwarding-only-address)

When you click “Next Step,” you will see the following:

Add New Address to gmail without SMTP (forwarding-only-address)

 

If you have smtp server available, you can use it. Otherwise, please follow below

 

  1. For SMTP Server, put smtp.gmail.com

  2. For Username, your full Gmail address including @gmail.com
    Note that you should put your user account, including domain name, if you use personal domain name like foo.com

  3. For password, provide an App Password generated in Google Accounts at https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords
    The first action you should take is to put your application name. 
     

    Add New Address to gmail without SMTP (forwarding-only-address)


    In my case, I just use gmail-<domain name>. For example, if my domain name is foo.com, I just put gmail-foo.com like below:
     

    Add New Address to gmail without SMTP (forwarding-only-address)


    If everything goes fine, you will get your password like below:
     

    Add New Address to gmail without SMTP (forwarding-only-address)

  4. Leave Secured connection using TLS selected as is.

  5. Add Account

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