Important: Starting January 2027, Gmail will no longer support the "Send as" feature for third-party email addresses, such as @yahoo.com or @outlook.com. This change does not affect Google Workspace aliases or other Gmail addresses you own. Learn about changes to third-party email account support in Gmail.
If you own another email address, you can send mail as that address. For example:
- Yahoo, Outlook, or other non-Gmail address
- Your work, school, or business domain or alias, like @yourschool.edu or [email protected]
- Another Gmail address
Tip: You can send emails from up to 99 different email addresses.
Step 1: Add an address you own
Step 2: Confirm the address
- Sign in to the account you added.
- Open the confirmation message you got from Gmail.
- Click the link.
Step 3: Change the "From" address
- In the message, click the "From" line.
(If you don't see this, click the space next to the recipient's email.) - Select the address to send from.
If your recipient uses Outlook or another mail service, they might see something like, "From [email protected] on behalf of [email protected]."
Your recipients might also see your original @gmail.com address if you:
Tip: If you get a bounce email from a valid email address and need to reverify it, you must delete the "Send mail as" email address then add it again.
Always send from a different address
If you want to always send from your other address, you'll need to change both your default "From" and "reply-to" address. If you only change the "From" address, replies will go to your original Gmail address by default.
"Couldn't reach server," "TLS Negotiation failed" error
If you see one of these error messages, you might need to select a different port number and authentication type. Make sure you have used the correct outgoing mail server for your provider. You might need to contact your third party email provider for the correct settings.
We recommend you send your email over a secure (encrypted) connection.
However, if your other mail service doesn't support these secured connections or doesn't use a valid certificate, you can choose port 25, then select the Unsecured connection option that appears.
If you do this, your information won't be encrypted for your protection.
Use Gmail aliases
An easy way to sort your email is to add categories after your username.
For example, messages sent to the following aliases will all go to [email protected]:
- janedoe+school@gmail.com
- janedoe+notes@gmail.com
- janedoe+important.emails@gmail.com
Step 1: Choose aliases
Think of how you want to sort your email, then choose an alias for each category. For example:
- Use yourname+work@gmail.com for work emails.
- Use yourname+news@gmail.com to sign up for newsletters.
- Use yourname+shopping@gmail.com to create an account with an online retailer.
Step 2: Filter your messages
Create filters to take automatic actions, like:
- Adding a label or a star
- Forwarding to another account
- Archiving or deleting
If you use Gmail with your work or school account, you can send from a group alias. To receive the verification email to send from a group alias, you need to give delegates access to the group.
Important: Aliases aren’t private and sometimes they’re visible to others. For example, if you search Gmail for messages from [email protected], you might find messages from [email protected].
Tip: If "Anyone on the web" is not available in the group's permissions, your administrator might need to enable "Group owners can allow incoming email from outside the organization for your domain."