Connecting GMail to Your Abivia Mail Account Print

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If you prefer to access your mail through Google Mail, it is possible to connect your Abivia Mail account to GMail directly. Here's how:

First, in GMail, click on the settings icon. That's the middle gear icon in the top right corner of your GMail Home page:

Google settings icon

This gets you to Quick Settings. Click on the "See All Settings" button:

Here you want the "Accounts and Import" tab:

Illustration of Accounts and Import tab selection

Under "Check mail from other accounts", select "Add a mail account":

This will pop up a new window asking you for the email to add:

Google add account screen

Click Next. You will see a preselected option "Import emails from my other account (POP3)" Click Next again and get the credentials screen:

Google credential entry screen

The SMTP server should be mail.{put your domain here}, so mail.example.com or mail.example.ca etc. Your username is the full email address. The port number should be 995. Google will try to connect to your mail server and if successful will send you a confirmation message:

GMail connection verification message

That's it. Your Abivia mail should now show up in Google Mail.

 

 

 


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