You can follow the steps below to set up an email account that has been created via cPanel on the Android Gmail app. This guide assumes you have already created the email account.
1. Log into cPanel and click on the "Email Accounts" icon.
2. Click on "Connect Devices" next to the email account you are looking to configure.
3. You will then be able to see the settings that you can use to connect your email client. There are both secure and insecure options, we highly recommend you use the secure settings. Keep this page open as you will need to enter these settings in your email client.
4. Open up the Gmail app on your Android device.
5. If this is the first email account you are setting up using the Gmail app then you can ignore this step and skip to step 6.
If you already use the Gmail app to manage another email account click on the 3 vertical bars in the top left of the app and click on "Settings".
6. Click on "Add account".
7. Select "Other".
8. Enter the email address that you are looking to configure.
9. You will then be asked which type of email account you would like to set up. You have two options:
- IMAP
- POP
An IMAP connection is recommended if you plan on accessing your emails on multiple different devices as this leaves all mails on the server. A POP connection would, by default, download all mails to your local machine and then remove them from the server meaning they couldn't be accessed from another device.
10. After making your selection you will be asked to enter the password for the email account. This is the password that you set when creating the email account. If you are unsure what the password is, you can reset it via cPanel > Email Accounts > Manage.
11. You will then be asked to enter the incoming connection details for your mail account. The details you need to enter are those that you found in step 3, so go back to cPanel and enter the correct details. Please note that the screenshot below is used as an example only and the actual connection details you need to enter can be found in your cPanel.
12. You will then be asked to enter the Outgoing mail server connection settings. As above, the settings to use can be found from within cPanel as explained in step 3.
13. You can then set a up a number of preferences for the mail account. Make your selections and click on "Next".
14. Assuming you have entered all of settings correctly your newly created email account will be ready to use in the Gmail app.
