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Friday, February 07, 2014

How to host forwarded custom domain emails from GoDaddy on Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail, MSN, or Live for free

GoDaddy offers 100 free forwarding emails as a part of its basic domain package. This post will explain how you can set up these emails and use them directly from your Gmail or Outlook email accounts. You will be able to use Gmail or Outlook to both send and receive email messages from your website's custom domain name.

Before you begin, make sure that your GoDaddy email forwards to the Gmail or Outlook email address. You can find instructions on how to do it at the link below:
http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/1725/setting-up-a-forwarding-account-in-the-email-control-center

Follow the following instructions for the type of account that you want to set up your GoDaddy email address with.

GOOGLE ACCOUNT (GMAIL)

Sign in to Gmail.
Click the gear icon in the upper right and click Settings.
Look under the Accounts tab.
Under Send mail as:, click on Add another email address you own. A new window will pop up.
Enter your Name, your GoDaddy Email address. Click on Next Step.
Choose Send through Gmail. Click on Next Step.
Click on Send Verification.
You should get an email in your Gmail Inbox from the Gmail Team. Open it and click on the confirmation link
Congratulations! You can now send and receive emails from your GoDaddy email address.

MICROSOFT ACCOUNT (OUTLOOK, MSN, LIVE, etc)

Sign in to your Microsoft account.
Click the gear icon in the upper right and click More mail settings.
Under Managing your account, click on Your email accounts.
Under Add an email account, click on Add a send-only account.
Enter your GoDaddy email address, and click on Advanced options.
Under Outgoing (SMTP) server information, choose Send email using Outlook.com's server. Click on Next.
Click on Go to your inbox.
You should get an email in your Inbox from yourself. Open it and click on the confirmation link.
Congratulations! You can now send and receive emails from your GoDaddy email address.