{"id":23134,"date":"2023-06-28T03:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T03:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/?p=23134"},"modified":"2024-11-05T01:38:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T01:38:00","slug":"gmail-alias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/gmail-alias\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up a Gmail Alias That Doesn&#8217;t Hurt Deliverability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Gmail alias lets you send an email from <em>any<\/em> address inside your gmail.com or Google Workspace account.<\/p>\n<p>That alias can be another Gmail or Google Workspace address \u2014 or an address from another email provider, from Outlook or Yahoo to your school or work or small business.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the good news.<\/p>\n<p>The bad news? When you use any non-Gmail or non-Google Workspace alias, you&#8217;re looking at a potential deliverability hit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you set up your email alias the way that <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/22370?hl=en\">Google expects you to set up your alias<\/a> \u2014 by entering its SMTP server, username, and password \u2014 \u00a0<strong>you&#8217;ll send your messages from Gmail through that email provider&#8217;s servers<\/strong>. And its servers are almost certainly not as naturally high-deliverability at Google&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<li>If you set up your email alias using a workaround to still send through Google&#8217;s servers, <strong>you&#8217;ll have SPF misalignment, missing DKIM, and failed DMARC authentication<\/strong> \u2014 also a deliverability buster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So <strong>we&#8217;re here to help<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In this article I&#8217;ll cover both ways to set up an email alias I&#8217;ve described above. And I&#8217;ll also give some tips for deliverability to make it so sending through an alias is not instant bad news.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, I&#8217;ll show you how you can even use GMass to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/how-to-send-a-mail-merge-in-gmail-from-a-non-gmail-address\/\">send your mail merge campaigns using your alias email<\/a> and take advantage of our suite of deliverability tools.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"gmail-alias-set-up-t-glvp\">Gmail Alias Set Up: Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#setting-up-third-brpf\">Setting Up Your Gmail Alias to Send Through the Third Party&#8217;s Servers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#setting-up-your-gmai-brfp\">Setting Up Your Gmail Alias to Send Through Gmail&#8217;s Servers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"setting-up-third-brpf\"><a href=\"#using-your-new-alias-nsqj\">Using Your New Alias to Send a Gmail Mail Merge Campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#gmail-alias-setting-aetx\">Gmail Alias: Deliverability Tips to Set Yourself Up for Successful Sending<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Setting Up Your Gmail Alias to Send Through the Third Party&#8217;s Servers<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to use another Gmail or Google Workspace account as an alias, then you&#8217;re fine \u2014 because it&#8217;s also a Google-based email account, it will send through Google&#8217;s servers.<\/p>\n<p>But if you want your alias to be an address from Outlook or Yahoo or even your own mail server \u2014 then you need to send through that server in order to pass authentication.<\/p>\n<p>Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/22370?hl=en\">Google&#8217;s instructions<\/a> to set it up, but I&#8217;ll also give you a quick walkthrough&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Add another email address in Gmail<\/h3>\n<p>In your primary Gmail or Google Workspace account, go to the Settings.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>See all settings<\/strong>. Go to the\u00a0<strong>Accounts<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n<p>Then click on\u00a0<strong>Add another email address<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2004\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified.png 2004w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified-1536x797.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified-24x12.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified-36x19.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addanother3rd-tinified-48x25.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2004px) 100vw, 2004px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Verifying that account<\/h3>\n<p>In the pop-up window, enter the sender name and email address of that third-party email.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure the box is checked for\u00a0<strong>Treat as an alias<\/strong>. Then click the\u00a0<strong>Next Step\u00a0<\/strong>button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2004\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified.png 2004w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified-1024x613.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified-1536x920.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified-24x14.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified-36x22.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gmailalias-addaddress3-tinified-48x29.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2004px) 100vw, 2004px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google may or may not be able to figure out the correct SMTP server for your email.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I&#8217;ve found it usually takes a little trial and error here, but ultimately you&#8217;ll figure out the right combo of the server, port, username, and password. (Probably. The other email providers\u00a0<em>really<\/em> don&#8217;t love people doing this.)<\/p>\n<h3>Sending with that account<\/h3>\n<p>Now when you are sending an email, you&#8217;ll be able to choose which account to send through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image1-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image1-1.png\" alt=\"Choose your alias from a dropdown\" width=\"1986\" height=\"1296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be able to use the Gmail interface but your emails will go through the external servers (like in my case, Microsoft&#8217;s).<\/p>\n<p>I recommend now <strong id=\"setting-up-your-gmai-brfp\">skipping down to my section<\/strong> on using your alias to send a campaign, as you won&#8217;t need the next batch of instructions about setting up your alias to send through Gmail.<\/p>\n<h2>Setting Up Your Gmail Alias to Send Through Gmail&#8217;s Servers<\/h2>\n<p>We don&#8217;t recommend this method. It <em>feels<\/em> like it should be better&#8230; but unfortunately, you&#8217;ll fail the different email authentication protocols. That kinda kills this one.<\/p>\n<p>Still, if you want to try it, here&#8217;s how to set up an alias but still send it through Gmail.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 1: Setting up 2-step verification<\/h3>\n<p>There are two techniques you can use to prep your Gmail\/Google Workspace account for our Gmail SMTP workaround.<\/p>\n<p>The first involves allowing less secure apps to sign into your account. While that\u2019s <em>probably<\/em>\u00a0not going to cause problems, it might feel unsettling.<\/p>\n<p>So we\u2019ll go with the other option: <strong>2-step verification<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Head to the <strong>security settings<\/strong>\u00a0for your Google account (<a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.google.com\/security\">https:\/\/myaccount.google.com\/security<\/a>) or by going to the nine-dot Google Apps menu in the top right corner of any Google screen, clicking <strong>Account<\/strong>, then clicking <strong>Security<\/strong>\u00a0on the left sidebar.<\/p>\n<p>Not too far down that page you\u2019ll see <strong>2-Step Verification<\/strong>\u00a0settings. Click the arrow to enter your settings.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image13.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image13.png\" alt=\"Enter the 2-step verification settings\" width=\"1804\" height=\"1008\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If you\u2019ve set up Google\u2019s version of two-factor authentication already, you can <strong id=\"step-2-getting-an-ap-roip\">move on to step two<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t set up 2-step verification before (like me in the screenshot above), you\u2019ll need to do so now by entering your phone number and choosing texts or phone calls for account security.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: Getting an app password<\/h3>\n<p>Once your security is squared away, <strong>re-enter the 2-step verification settings<\/strong>\u00a0again. This time scroll down to the section called <strong>App passwords<\/strong>\u00a0and click the arrow to enter.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image7.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image7.png\" alt=\"Go into the app passwords settings\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>In the <strong>Select app<\/strong>\u00a0dropdown, choose <strong><em>Other (custom name)<\/em><\/strong>. Give the app a name. You can choose anything here.<\/p>\n<p>Since I\u2019m setting this all up so I can send campaigns via GMass using my alias, I\u2019m going to call this app GMass. But again, this doesn\u2019t matter \u2014 it\u2019s for your own record keeping purposes only.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image4-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image4-1.png\" alt=\"Select Other (custom name) for the app\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Then click the <strong>Generate<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n<p>Google will generate a 16-character app password. Copy that app password, you\u2019ll need it shortly. (I\u2019ve blurred mine in the screenshot below.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image6.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image6.png\" alt=\"Grab your app password\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Now click <strong id=\"step-3-setting-up-yo-blfh\">Done<\/strong>. We\u2019re ready to set up the alias.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3: Setting up your alias in Gmail<\/h3>\n<p>Head back to your Gmail inbox and go to the Gmail settings.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the <strong>Accounts<\/strong>\u00a0section and click <strong>Add another email address<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image5-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image5-1.png\" alt=\"Now add another email address in Gmail\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>In the pop-up window, enter the other email address from which you want to send email. I\u2019m going to enter one of my Outlook addresses.<\/p>\n<p>Leave the box checked for <strong>Treat as an alias<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image10.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image10.png\" alt=\"Enter the address you want to make a Gmail alias\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then click <strong>Next Step<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This will bring up a window where Google pre-populates some fields for you because, as I mentioned earlier, it wants your alias to send through its own SMTP server. But <em>we<\/em>\u00a0don\u2019t want that. So\u2026 we\u2019re going to delete the pre-populated suggestions.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image12.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image12.png\" alt=\"Delete the pre-populated info\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1114\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Instead, we\u2019re going to go with the following values (which are basically the standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/gmail-smtp\/\">Gmail SMTP settings<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SMTP Server: <\/strong>smtp.gmail.com<\/li>\n<li><strong>Port: <\/strong>587<\/li>\n<li><strong>Username: <\/strong>your Gmail\/Google Workspace address<\/li>\n<li><strong>Password: <\/strong>the 16-character app password you generated earlier<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secured connection using TLS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image14.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image14.png\" alt=\"Enter specific info for the SMTP server\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Now click <strong>Add Account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming all went right, Google will say \u201cCongratulations\u201d and tell you they\u2019ve mailed a verification code to your other email address. (You know, to make sure it really <em>is<\/em>\u00a0your email address before they start using it to send emails.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image3-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image3-1.png\" alt=\"Grab the verification code\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>So head on over to your other email account to grab the verification code.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image9.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image9.png\" alt=\"Find the verification code in your email\" width=\"1999\" height=\"974\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Once you enter it, you should see your other email address is now listed as a sending option in your account.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image2-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image2-1.png\" alt=\"You can see your Gmail alias is ready\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong id=\"using-your-new-alias-nsqj\">You can now use your alias to send emails from that address<\/strong>\u00a0in your Gmail account and <strong>send them through Gmail\u2019s servers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Using Your New Alias to Send a Gmail Mail Merge Campaign<\/h2>\n<p>And\u2026 your alias is available to send a cold outreach, email marketing, or other mail merge campaign through Gmail with GMass.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have GMass installed, it\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/gmass-powerful-mail-merge\/ehomdgjhgmbidokdgicgmdiedadncbgf\">Chrome extension<\/a>\u00a0that takes less than a minute to install and set up (no credit card required \u2014 you don\u2019t even have to fill out a form). Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/quickstart-guide\">quickstart guide<\/a> to learn the basics of connecting Google Sheets with your contacts to a new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re creating your GMass campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/set-from-address-gmail-mail-merge\/\">choose your alias from the from address dropdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image1-1.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image1-1.png\" alt=\"Choose your alias from a dropdown\" width=\"1986\" height=\"1296\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>When everything is ready, <strong id=\"gmail-alias-setting-aetx\">hit the red GMass button<\/strong> to send your campaign with your alias.<\/p>\n<h2>Gmail Alias: Deliverability Tips to Set Yourself Up for Successful Sending<\/h2>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;ve set up your alias and learned how to use it to send campaigns through Gmail, here are some times for maximizing deliverability.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Make sure your alias address has a good reputation<\/h3>\n<p>The first thing I need to cover is a strange one for any email sending platform to say: Deliverability largely falls on you.<\/p>\n<p>We do as much as we can. But <strong>so much of deliverability falls to you, the user, and your reputation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So if you create a brand new Outlook account, connect it as an alias to Gmail, and immediately try to send a 1,000-person cold outreach campaign \u2014 it&#8217;s almost certain you&#8217;ll head straight to spam.<\/p>\n<p>Use your other address to send emails to warm recipients and gradually build up your sending volume. That will prepare your email address for better success.<\/p>\n<h3>2. If applicable, make sure SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are set up properly<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re using an email provider with your own domain as an alias (e.g., yourname@yourcompany.com), make sure you have authentication properly configured.<\/p>\n<p>If you need help, here are our step-by-step guides to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/set-up-spf\/\">set up SPF<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/how-to-set-up-dkim\/\">set up DKIM<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/how-to-set-up-dmarc\/\">set up DMARC<\/a> for authenticated sending.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Use GMass&#8217;s deliverability tools like email verification and Spam Solver<\/h3>\n<p>Since you&#8217;re sending your campaigns through GMass, take advantage of the key deliverability tools in place.<\/p>\n<p>Two big ones:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>GMass can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/email-verification-service\/\">validate every email address<\/a> before you send to it, helping to limit the bounces that can hurt your reputation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/spam-solver-tweaks-emails\/\">GMass&#8217;s Spam Solver<\/a> is a powerful tool that tests your campaign by sending it to a few dozen mailboxes&#8230; checking its inbox vs. spam results&#8230; then giving you tips to improve that ratio.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To get started with GMass, <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/gmass-powerful-mail-merge\/ehomdgjhgmbidokdgicgmdiedadncbgf\">download the Chrome extension<\/a> (if you\u2019re in the mood, you can check out the 7,500+ reviews which give GMass an average of 4.8\/5 stars while you\u2019re over there).<\/p>\n<p>You can <strong>get going for a free trial<\/strong>\u00a0and send your <strong>first mail merge<\/strong>\u00a0campaign (<strong>from an alias<\/strong>, if you\u2019re so inclined) in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Gmail alias lets you send an email from any address inside your gmail.com or Google Workspace account. 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