How To Use Gmail with Your Domain

 How to Use Gmail as an Email Client for Your Custom Domain with Hespia Control Panel.

If you’ve registered your cus­tom domain with HostFraser.com, EcoCPanel.com, or EcoCPanel.co.uk, this guide will help you use Gmail as your email cli­ent. With Gmail, you can send and receive emails using your cus­tom email address (e.g., your_name@your_domain_name.com) while bene­fit­ing from Gmail’s robust fea­tures.

Unlike the major­ity of domain name pro­viders HostFraser.com, EcoCPanel.com and EcoCPanel.co.uk includes the power­ful, easy-to-use Hespia Con­trol Pan­el with FREE email func­tion­al­ity. This is the Domain Man­ager plan which includes:

• 512 MB mail stor­age
• Max­im­um of 3 email accounts
• Unlim­ited num­ber of domains can be registered.

By integ­rat­ing your cus­tom domain email with Gmail, you can over­come lim­it­a­tions and main­tain a pro­fes­sion­al email func­tion­al­ity — send­ing and receiv­ing as ‘@your_domain_name.com’.

There are obvi­ous cost bene­fits — Gmail is free, and also many not so obvi­ous oper­a­tion­al gains to be had.

Benefits of Using Gmail with Your Custom Domain

• Cent­ral­ized email man­age­ment for con­veni­ence.
• Access to Gmail’s power­ful tools, such as spam fil­ter­ing and advanced search.
• Pro­fes­sion­al brand­ing by send­ing emails from your cus­tom domain.

How?

Step 1: Configure Your Email in the Hespia Control Panel

1. Log into the Hespia Con­trol Pan­el for your host­ing pro­vider.
2. Set up your email account:
   • Nav­ig­ate to the “Email Man­ager” sec­tion.
   • Click “Cre­ate Email Account.”
   • Enter your desired email address (e.g., your_name@your_domain_name.com) and set a pass­word.
3. Retrieve mail serv­er set­tings:
   • Incom­ing and out­go­ing mail serv­ers for HostFraser.com: mail.hostfraser.com. (For oth­er regis­trars, refer to your con­trol pan­el for details.)
   • Note the fol­low­ing Mail Serv­er set­tings:
     • Incom­ing Mail Serv­er (POP or IMAP): mail.hostfraser.com
     • Out­go­ing Mail Serv­er (SMTP): mail.hostfraser.com
     • Ports:
       • POP3: 110 (stand­ard) or 995 (SSL)
       • IMAP: 143 (stand­ard) or 993 (SSL)
       • SMTP: 587 (TLS) or 465 (SSL) — 25 or 2525 (stand­ard)

Step 2: Link Your Email Account to Gmail

1. Open Gmail and log into your account.
2. Go to the Gmail set­tings:
   • Click the gear icon in the top-right corner.
   • Select “See all set­tings.”
3. Add your cus­tom email account:
   • Nav­ig­ate to the “Accounts and Import” tab.
   • Under “Check mail from oth­er accounts,” click “Add a mail account.”
   • Enter your email address (e.g., your_name@your_domain_name.com).
4. Choose either POP or IMAP for incom­ing mail:
   • POP Set­tings:
     • Use this if you want emails down­loaded to Gmail and option­ally deleted from the serv­er.
     • Incom­ing Mail Serv­er: mail.hostfraser.com
     • Port: 995 (SSL enabled)
     • Check “Leave a copy of retrieved mes­sages on the serv­er” to retain emails on the serv­er.
   • IMAP Set­tings:
     • Use IMAP if you want emails syn­chron­ized across devices and stored on the serv­er.
     • Incom­ing Mail Serv­er: mail.hostfraser.com
     • Port: 993 (SSL enabled)
5. Con­fig­ure out­go­ing email set­tings:
   • Under “Send mail as,” click “Add anoth­er email address.”
   • Enter your name and email address.
   • Use the SMTP serv­er set­tings:
     • Out­go­ing Mail Serv­er: mail.hostfraser.com
     • Port: 587 (TLS) or 465 (SSL)
     • Enter your user­name (your_name@your_domain_name.com) and pass­word.

POP vs. IMAP: Which Should You Use?

• POP (Post Office Pro­tocol):
  • Down­loads emails to Gmail and option­ally removes them from the serv­er.
  • Ideal for free­ing up serv­er stor­age space and for access­ing emails from one device.
• IMAP (Inter­net Mes­sage Access Pro­tocol):
  • Syn­chron­izes emails across devices and keeps them stored on the serv­er.
  • Best for users who access emails from mul­tiple devices.

Gmail Storage Limits

• Free Gmail accounts: Provide 15 GB of stor­age, shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Pho­tos.
• Upgrad­ing Gmail stor­age:
  • You can pur­chase afford­able addi­tion­al stor­age through Google One plans start­ing at $1.99 per month for 100 GB.

Advantages of Using Gmail for Custom Domain Emails

• Com­bines Gmail’s power­ful inter­face with your cus­tom domain’s brand­ing.
• Over­come stor­age and email account lim­it­a­tions by cent­ral­iz­ing email in Gmail.
• Gain access to pro­fes­sion­al email fea­tures without addi­tion­al soft­ware.

By fol­low­ing these steps, you’ll enhance your email exper­i­ence, improve brand­ing, and stream­line email man­age­ment with Gmail.

 

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