Before beginning, you must confirm that email forwarding is off/removed. You can’t receive emails if there’s a forwarder in place.
Step 1: Log in to your Gmail account

Step 2: Once you are logged in, go to your ‘Settings’ by clicking on the cog in the upper right-hand corner.

Step 3: Click on the “Accounts” tab at the top

Step 4: Click On “Check mail from other accounts” in your Accounts section. Click “add a mail account”. Enter the email address you created for your domain and click “Next”.

Confirm the information below:
Username: yourname@yourdomainname.com
Password: Use the email account’s password.
Incoming Server: mail.yourdomainname.com
IMAP Port: 143
POP3 Port: 110
An image example is attached:

Step 5: Make sure the following boxes are checked off:

Step 6: Verify your account information with the on-screen message “Your account has been added.”
Step 7: Set up SMTP to send emails. Click on “Yes, I want to send mail as yourname@yourdomainname.com”.
Step 8: Verify your name as you would like it to appear when sending emails and check off the “treat as alias” box.
Step 9: On the Send mail through your SMTP server page input the following information:
Username: yourname@yourdomainname.com
Password: Use the email account’s password.
Outgoing Server: mail.yourdomainname.com
SMTP Port: 587
IMAP, POP3, and SMTP require authentication.
Step 10: Click “Add Account”.
Step 11: Gmail will send a verification email, click on the link to verify your new email address, or copy and paste the code into the text box and click ‘Verify’.
