You can use your Gmail account to both receive and send email from your custom domain address (e.g. you@yourdomain.com) without leaving Gmail. This is done in two separate parts: setting up POP3 to import incoming mail, and adding an SMTP relay so Gmail can send on your behalf.

What you will need

• Your full email address (e.g. you@yourdomain.com)
• Your email password
• Your mail server hostname — find this in cPanel under Email Accounts → Connect Devices. It is typically mail.yourdomain.com.
• A Gmail account

Part 1 — Receive mail via POP3 import

1. Open Gmail in a browser and click the Settings gear in the top-right corner.
2. Click See all settings.
3. Go to the Accounts and Import tab.
4. Under Check mail from other accounts, click Add a mail account.
5. Enter your domain email address and click Next.
6. Keep Import emails from my other account (POP3) selected and click Next.
7. Fill in the POP3 settings:
   • POP Server: mail.yourdomain.com
   • Port: 995
   • Connection security: Always use a secure connection (SSL)
   • Leave a copy of retrieved message on the server: enable this if you also want to access mail from another client
8. Enter your email password and click Add Account.

Gmail will now check your domain mailbox periodically and import new messages into your Gmail inbox (usually within 30 minutes).

Part 2 — Send mail via SMTP relay

1. Still in Settings → Accounts and Import, find Send mail as and click Add another email address.
2. Enter your name and your domain email address. Keep Treat as an alias ticked if you want replies to go to your Gmail inbox.
3. Click Next Step.
4. Fill in the SMTP relay settings:
   • SMTP Server: mail.yourdomain.com
   • Port: 465
   • Security: Secured connection using SSL
   • Username: your full domain email address
   • Password: your email password
5. Click Add Account. Google will send a confirmation email to your domain mailbox.
6. Open that confirmation email (it will arrive in your domain inbox — check webmail at mail.yourdomain.com if needed), copy the verification code, and paste it back into the Gmail prompt. Or click the link directly.

Once verified, you can compose new messages in Gmail and choose your domain address from the From drop-down.

Set your domain address as the default sender

In Settings → Accounts and Import → Send mail as, click make default next to your domain address. All new messages will then go out from that address automatically.

Troubleshooting

• If SMTP port 465 fails, try port 587 with TLS security.
• Gmail checks POP3 accounts roughly every 30 minutes. For real-time delivery, consider using a dedicated email client with IMAP instead.
• Confirm the exact server hostname in cPanel: Email Accounts → Connect Devices.