Gmail – How to add the G Suite work email to the personal Gmail account

gmailgoogle-workspace

I have two accounts: 1. personal@gmail.com and 2. work@company.com. Both accounts have 2-factor authentication enabled. I am a Super Admin for #2. I would like to add account #2 G Suite work email to account #1.

I cannot get past the SMTP step (Send mail through your SMTP server).

Everything I read is related to allowing "less secure apps". However, our current setting is set to "Allow users to manage their access to less secure apps"

First, I don't understand how my personal Gmail is a "less secure app" and second I don't know where to go from here.

Has anyone successfully done this?

Best Answer

I detailed how to do this step-by-step in a medium post: https://medium.com/@csaba.apagyi/using-g-suite-gmail-from-your-personal-gmail-explained-step-by-step-6509187a710e

As for SMTP:

  • Enable “Allow less secure apps to access account” option for users in G Suite admin
  • Allow less secure apps in the G Suite account
  • Ensure POP and SMTP are not disabled in G Suite admin
  • Configure SMTP in the main Gmail account

You can find links to support pages for each step in the post linked above.

Related Topic