Gmail Hacks: Get a Second Email Address Using Your @gmail.com

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Each Gmail account actually comes with two available email addresses

If your email is [email protected], then [email protected] belongs to you as well, and:

  • Automatically activated, no setup required
  • Can receive and send emails
  • Points to the same inbox, emails won’t be split

This domain was initially used to solve trademark issues: in Germany, Russia, and Poland, the “Gmail” trademark was occupied (for example, in Poland it was registered by a group of poets called “GMAiL”), so Google used @googlemail.com in these countries.

Although the trademark issue has since been resolved, these two domains still work together! :ac10:

How to Use

Receiving Emails

No setup required

  1. Send an email to yourself using another email
  2. Replace @gmail.com with @googlemail.com
  3. The email will reach your inbox

Sending Emails

Want to use @googlemail.com to send emails?

Follow these steps:

  1. Open Gmail Settings

    • Click the gear icon in the top right corner :gear: → “See all settings”

  2. Add a Sending Address

    • Go to the “Accounts and Import” tab
    • Find the “Send mail as” section
    • Click “Add another email address”

  3. Fill in Information

    • Name: Enter the name you want to display
    • Email address: Enter [email protected]
    • Uncheck “treat as an alias” (if you want to track separately)

  4. Verify

    • Google will send a verification email to your email (it’s actually to yourself)
    • Click the verification link

  5. Switch When Writing Emails

    • When writing a new email, click the “From” field
    • Choose to send using @googlemail.com
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nice
First time knowing this :xhj003:

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Wow, I had no idea you could do it this way too.

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I didn’t know it could be like this.

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Learned Thank you

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I had only heard of随意加 before; this is the first time I’ve heard of it.

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Learned again, thanks

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Learned something else, thanks for sharing! :xhj14:

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learned

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learned

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thank you

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Study up, Google alias is coming soon.

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Broadened my horizons. Thank you.

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Already knew that

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Can do this way? Thanks for the share, didn’t know about it.

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Thank you for sharing, I’ll learn from it.

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Thanks for sharing, newbie learned it.

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Learned!

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Learned, very useful

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Study tips, thank you for sharing.