On many small sites, email lives on the same host as the website: cPanel, Plesk, or the provider panel. It comes included. Creating info@ and sales@ is easy. What got harder is reading those mailboxes from personal Gmail the old way.
What you need from the host
- IMAP server (often mail.yourdomain.com).
- Port and SSL.
- Full username (usually the whole address) and password.
If the plan only offers POP, ask for IMAP. Most hosts have it now.
Options
- Host webmail: free, ugly, another password.
- Forward to Gmail: simple, fragile with authentication.
- Gmail app: fine on mobile.
- Sync into Gmail web: keeps the habit you already have.
For option 4, GetPopMail connects those IMAP mailboxes and drops them into your Gmail with labels. It does not force you to move MX records to Google if you do not want that.
Practical tip: migrate info@ first. If that runs clean for a week, add the rest.