How to Add an Additional Sending Address in TAMU Gmail

Instructions for adding an alternate email address to send emails from within TAMU Gmail.

Introduction

Your Texas A&M Gmail account is your_netid@email.tamu.edu. However due to the technical limitations of Google Apps for Education the default sending address for Texas A&M Gmail accounts is your_netid@tamu.edu. This is fine if your published email address (your_netid@tamu.edu) is forwarding email to your_netid@email.tamu.edu, but if your published email address is set to forward elsewhere you will need to update your sending address from within Texas A&M Gmail. You can verify the forwarding settings for your published email address on the Aggie Account Gateway Email Settings page. This document will explain how to add your_netid@email.tamu.edu as a sending address and set it as the default address in Texas A&M Gmail.
   

Adding a second sending address

1. Log into your Texas A&M Gmail account, click on the gear icon, and go to See all settings [fig. 01].
   
   
   [fig. 01 – Texas A&M Gmail settings]
      
2. Click on the Accounts and Import tab [fig. 02].
   
   
   [fig. 02 – Account and import]
     
3. Under Send mail as, click Add another email address you own [fig. 03]. 
   
   
   [fig. 03 – Add another email address].
      
4. Enter the name you want to appear on outgoing messages, enter your_netid@email.tamu.edu as the Email address, and uncheck the Treat as an alias box. Then click Next Step [fig. 04].
   
   
   [fig. 04 – Name and email address]
      
5. Under Send mail as, click Make Default next to your_netid@email.tamu.edu [fig. 05]. 
   
   
   [fig. 05 – Make default]