Your Gmail, in Nexmail.

Last updated October 19, 2026. Checked against the API code on that date.

Before you start

• 2-Step Verification must be on for the Google account. Google only offers app passwords to accounts that have it.
• IMAP must be on in Gmail, so Nexmail can read replies: Gmail → Settings → See all settings → Forwarding and POP/IMAP → Enable IMAP → Save changes.
• Google Workspace only: your admin must allow app passwords (Admin console → Security → Authentication → 2-Step Verification) and IMAP access (Apps → Google Workspace → Gmail → End User Access) for your account.

Create the app password

1. Sign in to the Google account and open myaccount.google.com/apppasswords (opens in a new tab).
2. Type a name you will recognise, such as Nexmail, and choose Create.
3. Google shows 16 letters in four groups. Copy them — Google will not show them again. The spaces do not matter.

Connect it in Nexmail

1. Open Get started (or Settings → Providers) and choose Google (Gmail / Workspace).
2. Enter the Google address and paste the app password, then Connect.
3. Nexmail signs in twice — once to send (SMTP) and once to read your inbox (IMAP). If either is refused, nothing is saved and it says which one and why.
4. Send me a test. The test goes from your address to itself through Google, and setup marks it received once Nexmail reads it back from your inbox.

A @gmail.com address or a Workspace one

What happens to your mail

• Mail you send leaves through Google as your address and appears in your Gmail Sent folder as usual.
• Nexmail reads your Inbox about once a minute. It only reads: messages stay unread in Gmail, and nothing is moved or deleted.
• On first connect, Nexmail brings in the last 7 days of your inbox, then keeps up from there.
• Past the daily limit, new mail waits in Nexmail and goes out the next day. Nothing is dropped.

If it is refused