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= Using your Fedora Project email alias with Gmail
https://mail.googe.com[Gmail], probably the most known email service. Gmail is used by billions of people across the world and many Fedora contributors.
Did you know that it is possible to send emails from your https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EmailAliases[Fedora Project alias] right through your Gmail inbox? If not, here is how to set it up.
https://mail.googe.com[Gmail] is an email service run by Google. If you want to use Gmail with your Fedora Project email alias, here's how you can do it.
== Perquisites
Before you can setup your alias, please ensure that:
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Click on "Accounts and import" and then on "Add new account"
image:gmail_setup/addNewAddress.png[Arrow pointing to the "Add new account" link in Gmail settings]
Fill out the name you want to be known as and your Fedora Project alias. Kepp "Treat as an alias" checked and click on "Next step".
Fill out the name you want to be known as and your Fedora Project alias. Keep "Treat as an alias" checked and click on "Next step".
image:gmail_setup/fillOutName.png[Form with information about the new alias]
Since you will still be sending you emails through Gmail, fill out Gmail's SMTP server and your Gmail adress. Don't forget to put the App Password you generated instead of your real passord then click on "Add Account".
Since you will still be sending you emails through Gmail, fill out Gmail's SMTP server and your Gmail address. Don't forget to put the App Password you generated instead of your passord then click on "Add Account".
image:gmail_setup/fillOutAuth.png[SMTP setup for the alias]
You may see this screen informing you that a verification email was sent to your address. You can safely close this window.
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After the setup, you can try sending an email to yourself, like this:
image:gmail_setup/trySend.png[Example of a testing email]
You can also use the alias as the sending address, just select in from the dropdown in the From field (even on mobile)
You can also use the alias as the sending address, just select it from the dropdown in the From field (even on mobile)
image:gmail_setup/fromMobile.png[Selecting the Fedora Project alias in the mobile UI]