Adding a Secondary Email Account in Gmail

This guide will walk users through adding a secondary email account in Gmail. This will allow the user to send an email from the alternate account.

Please note that if you are attempting to send emails from an ITS-created Google Group, you must be a member of that group. Please contact ithelp@ncssm.edu to be added to any Google Groups.

1. Navigate to your Gmail and click the Gear symbol in the top right

2. Click See all settings

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3. Click the Accounts tab at the top

4. Click Add another email address

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5. In the Email address field type the desired email and click Next Step. (Make sure Treat as an alias is Checked.) In this example I will be adding Math_Placement@ncssm.edu as my desired secondary account.

6. Click Send Verification

7. Return to your Gmail inbox and you should see an email titled NCSSM Confirmation - Send Mail as [DesiredEmail]@ncssm.edu. Open it and click the link to confirm.
   This link should only be used by the user completing this verification!

8. Click Confirm

9. Success! You are now able to send emails from the desired email. To do so, Refresh your browser, navigate to your Gmail and Compose a new email. In the From field, select your name and choose the newly added email account.