Find instructions below for setting up the option to "send as" a different email address from your Gmail inbox.
Overview
If you are a person with multiple email inboxes you use for school or work, you may find that it is helpful to be able to send email from one or both of them as if it were coming from the other email address. To set that up, follow the instructions below.
Please note that the steps below work for setting up other @mtholyoke.edu accounts as an account you can send as from your @mtholyoke.edu account. Additional steps/complications arise when trying to send as a non-mtholyoke.edu account.
Steps
First, initiate the process
- Open Settings in your email inbox by choosing the gear icon and then See all settings
- Go to the Accounts tab
- Under the Send mail as heading, choose Add another email address.
- You will see a pop-up window where you may enter your alternative name and email address
- When you're ready, choose Next Step
- Google will need to verify your ownership of the alternative email address/alias; Select Send Verification and follow the instructions in the message sent to your chosen address
