This article demonstrates how to set up Gmail to access an A2 Hosting e-mail account.
To set up Gmail to access an A2 Hosting e-mail account, follow these steps:
Click the Accounts tab:
In the Check mail from other accounts section, click Add a mail account:
In the Email address text box, type the e-mail address that you want to access from Gmail (for example, [email protected]), and then click :
In the Username text box, type the full e-mail address of the A2 Hosting account (for example, [email protected]):
If you want to keep copies of messages on the A2 Hosting server, select the Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server check box.
Click Your mail account has been added message. If you do not receive this message, verify the information you provided in steps 6 to 10, and then try again.
Click No, and then click Finish.
Remember that sending outgoing messages from Gmail for an A2 Hosting account does not work. If you click Yes, you receive the following error message:
Functionality not enabled. You must send through example.com SMTP servers when you send as [email protected] However, this functionality is not available for your account.
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