Connecting your Gandi.net email with Gmail

  1. Sign into your Gmail account

    Then click "settings"
  2. Check mail using POP

    1. Select the Accounts tab
    2. click the "Add a POP3 mail account you own" link
  3. Enter the email account to check.

    For instance, you'd like to check your "peter@example.com" email account, so type in

    peter@example.com
  4. Fill out the POP3 details

    For Gandi.net Your username
    is your email address

    the pop server is

    mail.gandi.net
    with port 995 (for secure connections)

    use the secure SSL connection
    and label incoming messages if you wish
  5. Send email as your new address

    You now have the option of sending email from gmail as this new address.
  6. Treat as alias

    Leave the "treat as alias option selected"

    and move to the next step.
  7. Almost Finished

    Select that you'd like to send mail through gmail (or the one labelled as "easier to set up")

    And follow the prompts to complete setting up your account, there wont be any more decisions to make
  8. Warning about the verification code

    gmail only contacts gandi.net every 5-10 minutes to check for new email. So it will take a while for the verification email to show up in your inbox.

    Be patient. Have a coffee, and come back to it later. Once you get that email, click hte verification link.

    Gmail now knows you own the email address and you can send and receive email as "peter@example.com"