Using Your Gmail Account to manage your HostBaby Mail
From HostBaby Wiki
Yes. That's right.
If you are a Google fan already and would like to manage all your addresses through your Gmail account rather than our webmail--you can.
Google's instructions: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33352
Just let us know when you are ready for the MX records to change or the email will not work
Setting up Google Mail for your domain email (you@yourdomainname.com)
TO START FROM SCRATCH:
1. go to Google
2. menu at upper left: click on Mail
3. create an account now — this is your Google account, NOT your Gmail account
4. fill in email you’ll be forwarding, password
5. check verification at email, click on link
6. in browser (back at Google), click on My Profile
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT, START HERE:
7. click on Gmail
8. sign in with username & password you just created
9. Now you’re at the Welcome to Gmail screen. Create your Gmail account.
10. Next screen: Intro to Gmail. Click on “I’m ready, show me my account.”
11. Now you’re in Gmail. On upper right of screen, click on Settings.
12. Click on 2nd tab over, which is Accounts.
13. Click on Add another mail account.
14. User name is you@yourdomainname.com, enter your password.
POP Server: mail.yourdomainname.com
VERY IMPORTANT! DON’T CHECK Leave a copy of retrieved message on server!
DO CHECK to have your incoming messages labeled you@yourdomainname.com.
Leave all else blank.
Click Add Account.
15. Click "Yes, I want to be able to send mail as you@yourdomainname.com." Click Next Step.
16. Click Next Step again.
17. Click "Send verification."
18. Check email on site for verification, click on link from Gmail.
19. Back to Settings > Accounts: When I receive a message sent to one of my addresses – click on Reply from the same address message was sent to.
20. Test it out! Send an email from site to you@yourdomainname.com and check to see if it shows up on Gmail account. If it shows up in the Spam box, open it and then click "Not Spam."
If that works, compose from Gmail account to you@yourdomainname.com (you should see it in the drop-down menu in the From field) and make sure that comes through with the correct return address.
21. You're done! Now your site will be blissfully free of email storage.
