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Tags Edited Nov 19, 2015 2:14 PM by Bruce Boyd…
Link two gmail accounts Many of us have multiple email accounts. If you have more than one Gmail account you can easily link them together so you can receive and send email from one master Gmail account and keep everything together without having to switch back and forth between accounts.
Step 1: Add your dschool email address to your personal gmail account 2-step authentication must be enabled in your dschool gmail account to allow your personal gmail account to access it. Log in to your dschool gmail account, click on the account icon in the upper right corner and click on the My Account box. On the My Account page select 2-Step Verification in the Password and sign-in method box
Click for full-size image Enter your cell number to send verification codes to and click the Send code box
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Click Next. On the 2-Step Verification page select the App-specific passwords tab and click the Manage application-specific passwords button.
Click for full-size image Click the down arrow in the Select App box, choose Other and click the generate button.
Copy the Generated app password and click Done.
Click for full-size image Now that you have the code, go into gmail, click the gear icon in the upper right corner of the page and choose Settings. Select the 'Accounts' or 'Accounts and Import' tab and in the 'Send Mail As' area select the 'Add another Address you own' link.
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Type in your name and dschool email address, uncheck 'Treat as an alias' and click 'Next step'.
Click for full-size image Change smtp server to smtp.gmail.com, type in your dschool email address and paste in the Generated app password, leave port number at 587 and Secured connection using TLS and click "Add Account". A verification email will be sent to your dschool gmail account. Log in to your dschool gmail account, open the google verification email and click the embedded verification link. Here are the 4 steps you will need to complete to link your Gmail email accounts together:
Step 1: Add a second email address Step 2: Forward Incoming mail Step 3: Create a label Step 4: Create a filter
Step 2: Forward Incoming Mail
1. Still in your Secondary email account, click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab found underSettings at the top right corner of the screen. 2. Type your Primary email address in the Forward a copy of incoming mail to box. 3. Then pick an option from the drop-down list: - keep Gmail’s copy in the Inbox - archive Gmail’s copy - delete Gmail’s copy 4. Click Save Changes.
Step 3: Create a Label
1. Switch to your Primary email account, scroll to the bottom of the page and look for the Labelsbox on the left-hand side of the window. 2. Click Edit labels at the bottom of the Labels box. 3. Click in the box under Create a new label: and type a name for your label. You could use the actual email address if you want. 4. Click Create.
Step 4: Create a Filter
1. Still in the Primary email account, click the Filters tab, which is next to the Labels tab, and then click Create a new filter. 2. Type your secondary email address in the To: box. 3. Click Next Step. 4. Click in the box next to Skip Inbox to select it. 5. Click in the box next to Apply the label: to select it and pick the label you created from the drop-down list. 6. Click Create Filter.
That’s it! Now, emails from your Secondary email account will download into your Primary email account and automatically go into the Label (folder) that you specified. Using Filters helps to keep your email separate and organized so you don’t have all of the emails from multiple email accounts going into the same Inbox.
You will also be able to send emails from both email accounts from the Primary email account without ever having to switch to the Secondary email account.