Send as your Wharton Short Address from your Personal Gmail (Students)
Last Modified on 02/01/2022 12:16 pm EST
This article will provide instructions on how to send as your Wharton Gmail short address (PennKey@wharton.upenn.edu) from your personal Gmail account.
Before You Start
You will need the following before you can complete this task:
- An active PennKey account
- An active Wharton account
- A personal Gmail account
Please make sure that your personal email account is hosted by Google and not any other organization (i.e. your personal email should end with @gmail.com)
This only works for students with an active Wharton account because Google requires authentication to an active account. Once you have graduated and your Wharton email account has been closed, this option will no longer work.
Send as your Wharton Short Address
Directions on setting this up will depend on whether you have enabled Two-Step Authentication.
If Two-Step (for Google@Wharton) is NOT Enabled:
- If your Wharton Gmail is forwarding to your personal Gmail account, change your forwarding back to your Wharton account:
- Navigate to the Forwarding Application
- If prompted, login with your PennKey credentials
- Click the Send to Wharton Google (Unforward) tab
- Ensure your short address is selected as your default address
- Click Update
- Change your Wharton account security settings
- Log in to your Wharton Gmail account and click your Profile icon on the top right
- Select My Account and then click Sign-in & Security
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and ensure Less Secure Apps is set to ON
- Add your Wharton Gmail as a send-as address to your personal Gmail
- Log in to your Personal Gmail and click the Gear icon.
- Choose Settings > Accounts tab.
- In the 'Send mail as:' section select Add Another Email Address
- If the Name box is empty, enter your full name.
- In the Email Address box, enter your Wharton Gmail address (PennkeyUsername@wharton.upenn.edu)
- Make sure the Treat as Alias option is checked. Click Next Step.
- Enter the following information:
- smtp.gmail.com
- Wharton Gmail Address (PennkeyUsername@wharton.upenn.edu)
- Wharton Email Password

- Note: you must authenticate using the UserName@wharton.upenn.edu address
- Click Add Account.
- Look for a verification message from Gmail in your email account. The message should contain a confirmation link. Click that link and you will now be verified.
- Go back to Gmail and you will see that your Wharton address is now verified.
- If you un-forwarded your Wharton email you can now go back into myWharton and change the forwarding back to Gmail.
If Two-Step (for Google@Wharton) IS Enabled:
- If your Wharton Gmail is forwarding to your personal Gmail account, change your forwarding back to your Wharton account:
- Navigate to the Forwarding Application
- If prompted, login with your PennKey credentials
- Click the Send to Wharton Google (Unforward) tab
- Ensure your short address is selected as your default address
- Click Update
- Generate an App Password
- Log in to your Google@Wharton Account
- Click your profile icon in the top-right, and select Manage your Google Account
- Select Security
- Find the section titled "Signing in to Google" and select App Passwords
- Sign in with your Google@Wharton Account password
- Confirm login via 2-Step Verification (Google Prompt by default)
- Click the Select App drop-down list and choose Other
- Type in a name for the App Password (can be whatever you want)
- Copy & paste the App Password into a notepad/notes application
- Add your Wharton Gmail as a send-as address to your personal Gmail
- Log in to your Personal Gmail and click the Gear icon.
- Choose the Settings > Accounts tab.
- In the 'Send mail as:' section select Add Another Email Address
- If the Name box is empty, enter your full name.
- In the Email Address box, enter your Wharton Gmail address (PennkeyUsername@wharton.upenn.edu)
- Make sure the Treat as Alias option is checked. Click Next Step.
- Enter the following information:
- smtp.gmail.com
- Wharton Gmail Address (PennkeyUsername@wharton.upenn.edu)
- Generated App Password from Step 2

- Note: you must authenticate using the UserName@wharton.upenn.edu address
- Click Add Account.
- Look for a verification message from Gmail in your email account. The message should contain a confirmation link. Click that link and you will now be verified.
- Go back to Gmail and you will see that your Wharton address is now verified.
- If you un-forwarded your Wharton email you can now go back into myWharton and change the forwarding back to Gmail.