IMPORTANT – Gmail Mobile won’t be able to adjust settings as needed to set up your @Chicago.com email. Please login to your Gmail on a desktop browser.
- Select the gear icon, and then select “Settings.”
- Select “Forwarding and POP/IMAP.”
- Click on “Enable IMAP” and then click on “Save changes” on the bottom of the page.
- Select “Accounts,” and click on “Add another email address you own.”
- Gmail will request basic account info. Complete the fields within “Add another email address you own” window as follows, and then click on the “Next Step” button:
Account name: Your first and last name
Email address: Your full @Chicago.com email address
- Select “Send through Gmail (easier to set up),” and then click on the“Next Step” button.
- Click on the “Send Verification” button.
- Open the verification email and click on the verification link, or input the confirmation code.
- Congratulations, you have now successfully connected your new @Chicago.com email account with your Gmail. You can now send and reply to emails using your new @Chicago.com email address.
Optional: To send from your @Chicago.com email by default, select the gear icon, and click on “Settings.” Select the “Accounts” tab, and click on the “make default” link next to your new @Chicago.com email address.
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To send any email from your new @Chicago.com email address, click the “From” link when you compose a new message. After clicking “From,” a drop-down menu will appear, and you can select the email address you’d like to send from.