Help How to add a work email account to gmail?

[TaiwanTom1787]

I think I might have posted this in the wrong section as it's a question rather than a discussion. I don't know how to delete the original but here it is:

Hi all,

Im trying to add my company email account to the Gmail App on my phone. Everyone in my company uses the QQ Mail App and it's what I've been using for awhile now, but it can't integrate with my phone's organizational tools like gmail can.

My email address is xxxxxx@gallivn.comWhen adding this account to QQ it's very simple, when it asks for your email service I just select "Other" then it asks for my user name and password and I'm done.
Same process for setting it up with Foxmail on my windows laptop.

When I try with gmail I put the same information in and it tells me it cannot connect with "gallivn.com server" I've tried IMAP, POP3 Exchange, (i have no idea what the differences between these are), and it always gives the same result.

Our IT man is USELESS right now so I'm reaching out to all you.

I can't imagine that my company has its own email server, but no one can verify that.

Are there (Chinese) services that allow any company to put their company name after the @ in the email address, but point all of those different "domain names" to the same server? I'm guessing this is the problem. I say Chinese because it's a Chinese company and the 2 email programs that work with it are also Chinese.

I'm sure I'm using all incorrect terminology, so I hope you understand my question. Please let me know if anything is unclear

Thanks so much to all of you! This is really important because with the recent addition of a few big customers my lack of organizational skills is starting to affect my performance.

I've attached for your reference the results of an MX lookup

 

[DWFII]

I'm a newbie so take this with a grain of salt.

I did what you are looking to do...I think. I just don't remember how. On my old S2 I somehow got Gmail to look at my work email address and copy the emails to the Gmail account. I was just something I ran across, tried it and it worked.

When I got my S6, I used Smart Switch to transfer settings from one to the other and that facility transferred as well.

Of course you can get the device default email app to fetch your work account mail, as well.

Just recently got that working. Since I did that, however, I sometimes think it would be better to revert Gmail to not fetch email from my work account, as I'm not fond of the redundancy and have never been dependent on Gmail. Haven't gotten around to it, though.

Anyway, just thought I mention this...I suppose it might be device dependent but it can work. It is possible.

 

[AZgl1500]

go to the gmail webpage on your PC browser and set it up

or, use Aqua Mail on your phone and set the 2nd account up with it.
this is much safer, and you won't have the gmail account screwing around with your work messages.

Aqua Mail - email app - Android Apps on Google Play


this app offers a SMART INBOX which can, if you choose so, display all messages in one inbox regardless of what account they come from.... it can also display them in Conversation Mode if you like that sort of thing.

 

[TaiwanTom1787]

@AZgl1500 Thanks for the suggestion.

The reason I want to use it in gmail is how gmail integrates with google now, google keep, and inbox for google. These organizational tools are very important for me right now.

You mean I should configure my work email account into the gmail website? Will that help me get it to work with the app on my phone later?