Most people don’t know this, but you can receive email from up to 5 other email accounts with just one Gmail account. Not only can you receive email from your other accounts, but you can also send email from your Gmail account using your other account(s) and use that address as the \u201cReply to\u201d address.<\/span><\/p>\n This is a great way to keep all of your email accounts in one place. Plus, we think Gmail\u2019s spam filters are the best and most accurate spam filters anywhere.\u00a0 So, using Gmail to access mail from your other accounts is a great way to keep spam out of your inbox. We use Gmail to filter spam from all our email accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s easy to set up Gmail to check mail from your other accounts, and it makes a lot of sense for a lot of you who have multiple accounts. If this sounds good to you, here\u2019s how to get started.<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Login to your Gmail account, click on Settings (it looks like a little gear in the top right corner of Gmail).<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Now click \u201cSettings \u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n 3. In Settings click on \u201cAccounts and Import\u201d. Next, choose \u201cAdd another email address you own\u201d (this is about half-way down on the page).<\/span><\/p>\n Gmail makes it an easy 2-step process to configure a POP3 mail account. In the first step, Gmail will ask you for the email address you want to add. In the next step, you\u2019ll be asked for the password and the POP3 server address for the account. All this information is already available in your Outlook, Thunderbird, or other email programs). Just look in your account settings. Once you\u2019ve added the required information, click Add Account and Gmail will attempt to retrieve messages from your the account you added. If everything is set up correctly, messages from your other account will appear in your Gmail account. You\u2019ll be able to reply to them using that account\u2019s address, or with your Gmail account address.<\/span><\/p>\n If you choose to add pop accounts to Gmail, you\u2019ll also get the ability to back up your old messages. To do this, go to Settings (in Gail), and click Forwarding POP and IMAP. In the POP Download section select either Enable POP for all mail (this will download everything) or Enable POP for all mail that arrives from now on. You can choose to keep or delete mail from the server after it\u2019s been downloaded. If you want to use Gmail to backup your email in your email program, do not select the \u201cDelete mail from the server\u2026.\u201d option. Your email client is most likely already set up that way. So always check your email with Gmail first, then your email program. If you check it with your email program first, the messages will be deleted from the server after you download them \u2013 and they\u2019ll be nothing left for Gmail to download \u2013 hence you won\u2019t have a copy of all messages on Gmail as a backup.<\/span><\/p>\n If you need help setting up Gmail in your email program, click the \u201cConfiguration Instructions\u201d link to find out how to set up your favorite email program for Gmail. Gmail\u2019s instructions are very clear and easy to follow.<\/span><\/p>\n We highly recommend that you choose a strong password for your Gmail account or any account you set up online. Using weak passwords is the number one reason for data theft. Most people, when they\u2019re password has been guessed called it being hacked, but hackers don\u2019t bother with individuals \u2013 they\u2019re after corporations, banks, governments, etc., not small potatoes like you and like me. So use a strong password for your Gmail account(s) and all other online accounts. Don\u2019t make it easy for thieves to steal your important data.<\/span><\/p>\n One more thing: \u00a0Not only can you access your ISP mail accounts with Gmail, but you can also set up Gmail to retrieve messages from Outlook.com (email addresses ending in Outlook.com, Hotmail.com, MSN.com, Live.ca, or Live.com) or Yahoo Mail. All you need are the server settings (available from Outlook.com and Yahoo). Keep in mind, we still strongly recommend you don\u2019t use Yahoo Mail as Yahoo’s security remains questionable (in our opinion).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Access Your Other Email Accounts With Gmail Many people have written to us about setting up Gmail to check other email accounts. It’s a great way to keep all your email in one place – and it’s a great way to keep most spam out of you inbox. 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