If you own another email address, you can send email from that address. For example:
- Yahoo, Outlook or other non-Gmail address
- Your work, school/university or business domain or alias, such as @yourschool.edu or youralias@gmail.com
- Another Gmail address
Tip: You can send emails from up to 99 different email addresses.
Step 1: Add an address that you own
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- In the top right, click Settings See all settings.
- Click the Accounts and import or Accounts tab.
- In the 'Send email as' section, click Add another email address.
- Enter your name and the address that you want to send from.
- Click Next Step Send verification.
- For school or work accounts, enter the SMTP server (for example, smtp.gmail.com or smtp.yourschool.edu) and the username and password on that account.
- Click Add account.
Step 2: Confirm the address
- Sign in to the account that you added.
- Open the confirmation message that you received from Gmail.
- Click the link.
Step 3: Change the 'From' address
- In the message, click the 'From' line.
(If you can't see this, click on the space next to the recipient's email.) - Select the address to send from.
- Check your Spam or Bulk Mail folders for a message from send-as-noreply@google.com.
- If you're trying to add your work or school account, ask your administrator to configure your domain alias and email alias.
If your recipient uses Outlook or another email service, they might see something like, 'From yourname@gmail.com on behalf of othername@otherdomain.com'.
Your recipients might also see your original @gmail.com address if you:
- Set up an out of office reply
- Create a filter with automated response
- Have a full mailbox and your recipient is notified
If you don’t want to send emails from an alias or if the alias is invalid, you can remove the email or alias. If you send an email from an invalid alias, you get a bounce email.
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- In the top right, click Settings See all settings.
- Click the Accounts and import tab or Accounts tab.
- In the 'Send email as' section, next to the email address you want to remove, click Delete.
Tip: If you get a bounce email from a valid email address and need to reverify it, you need to delete the 'Send email as' email address, then add it again.
Always send from a different address
If you want to always send from your other address, you'll need to change both your default 'From' and 'reply-to' addresses. If you only change the 'From' address, replies will go to your original Gmail address by default.
To always send email from a different address or alias:
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- In the top right, click Settings See all settings.
- Click on the Accounts and import or Accounts tab.
- In the 'Send email as' section to the right of the address you want to use, click Make default.
When you send a message, replies will go to your original Gmail address by default. To choose a different address, follow these steps.
- On your computer, open Gmail.
- In the top right, click Settings See all settings.
- Click the Accounts and import or Accounts tab.
- In the 'Send email as' section, click Edit info next to your email address.
- Click Specify a different 'reply to' address.
- Add a reply-to address.
- If necessary, click Next Step.
- Click Save changes.
'Couldn't reach server', 'TLS negotiation failed' error
If you see one of these error messages, you might need to select a different port number and authentication type. Make sure you have used the correct outgoing mail server for your provider. You might need to contact your third-party email provider for the correct settings.
We recommend that you send your email via a secure (encrypted) connection.
However, if your other email service doesn't support these secured connections or doesn't use a valid certificate, you can choose port 25, then select the Unsecured connection option that appears.
If you do this, your information won't be encrypted for your protection.
Use Gmail aliases
An easy way to sort your email is to add categories after your username.
For example, messages sent to the following aliases will all go to janedoe@gmail.com:
- janedoe+school@gmail.com
- janedoe+notes@gmail.com
- janedoe+important.emails@gmail.com
Step 1: Choose aliases
Think about how you want to sort your email, then choose an alias for each category. For example:
- Use yourname+work@gmail.com for work emails.
- Use yourname+news@gmail.com to sign up for newsletters.
- Use yourname+shopping@gmail.com to create an account with an online retailer.
Step 2: Filter your messages
Create filters to take automatic actions, such as:
- Adding a label or a star
- Forwarding to another account
- Archiving or deleting
If you use Gmail with your work or school/university account, you can send from a group alias. To receive the verification email to send from a group alias, you need to give delegates access to the group.
You'll need access to the group's permissions to change access for other members.
- Open Google Groups.
- Click My groups.
- Under the group name that you want to send from, click Manage.
- On the left, click Permissions Posting permissions.
- In the 'Post' section, click the Down arrow .
- Select Anyone on the web.
- Click Save.