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How to send and receive Wesleyan e-mail from your Gmail account

1. After opening your Gmail e-mail, click on Settings in the upper right hand corner, next to your username.

   

2. Select the Accounts tab and click on Add another mail account.

   

3. Enter your e-mail address in the form of username@wesleyan.edu under Email address.

   

4. Input the following mail settings:

   • Username: Your Wesleyan username
   • Password:Your Wesleyan password
   • POP Server: username.mail.wesleyan.edu
   • Port: 110
   If you would like to have a copy of your e-mails saved in your Wesleyan webmail account (i.e. at webmail.wesleyan.edu) check Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server. If you would only like a copy to be saved in your gmail account, leave the box unchecked.
   Check Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail. This will ensure that all e-mail sent from your webmail account to your gmail account is sent over a secure connection.
   If you would like to give all messages sent from your webmail to your gmail account, check the box next to label incoming messages… and choose from the scroll down list (or creat a new option, under New label…
   If you would like to automatically place all your e-mails from your gmail account into a separate folder (and skip your inbox folder entirely), check the box next to Archive incoming messages (Skip the Inbox). Otherwise, leave the box unchecked.

   

5. You are then given the option of also allowing yourself to send e-mails from your Wesleyan account on your gmail account.

How to send (but not receive) Wesleyan e-mail from your Gmail account

1. After opening your Gmail e-mail, click on Settings in the upper right hand corner, next to your username.

   

2. Select the Accounts tab and click on Add another email address.

   

3. Enter your first and last name under Name and your e-mail address in the form of username@wesleyan.edu

   

4. Click on Send Verification and then go to Wesleyan e-mail account and open the e-mail labeled Gmail confirmation from Gmail team. Click on the link under please click the link below to confirm your request

   

5. When you send e-mails in the future, you will be able to scroll down and select between your Wesleyan and gmail accounts in the From section.

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