Sending Mails from @aegee.org address with gmail

Start

• Log into gmail
  
  
• Go to "settings":
  
  
  
  
• Go to "Accounts and Import":
  
  
  
  
• Go to the "send as mail" section and click on "Add another email address that you own":
  
  
  
  
• A pop-up window will appear, enter your @aegee.org email alias (here we will use test@aegee.org as example):
  
  
  
  
• In the next step Enter smtp.gmail.com for the SMTP Server and "your gmail address" as username. Leave this window open and continue with the step "Changing sign-in behaviour"
  
  
  
  

Changing sign-in behaviour

• Leave the window from the last step, open a new browser window and go to http://accounts.google.com, click on Sign-in & security:
  
  
  
  
• Click on Signing in to Google:
  
  
  
  

Activating 2-step verification

• It is mandatory to enable 2-step verification. If it is already enabled you can directly jump to Creating app password, if not, activate the "2-step Verification" at the bottom of the first box:
  
  
  
  
• Click on Start set up:
  
  
  
  
• You might have to re-enter you gmail password:
  
  
  
  
• Enter your phone number, an SMS will be sent to this number:
  
  
  
  
• Enter the verification code from the SMS:
  
  
  
  
• You can keep the check box if you trust that computer:
  
  
  
  
• Click on "confirm" to turn on 2-step verification:
  
  
  
  

Create app specific password

• Go back to http://accounts.google.com → "Sign-in & security" → "Signing in to Google"
  
  
• You can now click on "App passwords":
  
  
  
  
• You might have to re-enter your Gmail password
  
  
• On "Select app", click on "Other" in the drop-down menu:
  
  
  
  
• Enter Gmail and click "Generate":
  
  
  
  
• The app password will be shown:
  
  
  
  
• Go back to the pop-up window from the beginning and the enter app password (IMPORTANT: not your gmail password!):
  
  
  
  
• When you click "add account", a verification mail will be send to your gmail inbox:
  
  
  
  
• Click on the link in the email...
  
  
  
  
• ...or enter the verifcation code in the pop-up window:
  
  
  
  
• That's it! If you compose an email you can now choose your @aegee.org alias as sender:
  
  
  
  

Disableling 2-step verification

• For more comfort you can disable 2-step verification again. For that go back to http://accounts.google.com → "Sign-in & security" → "Signing in to Google", click on 2-step verification.
  
  
  
  
• On the right sight you can disable 2-step verification
  
  
  
  
• Important: untick the box "Also clear my 2-step verification settings"