Setting Up a Custom Domain Email Address from Gmail on Kindle Fire

My boys have a Kindle Fire and I wanted to setup their email on it.  So, I had to figure out how to use the Email App that Amazon provides with a "Gmail" account that is not using Gmail as the domain.  For most Android devices, this is easy.  This was not the easiest thing at first for the Fire, but here are the steps I took in order to do it.  First off, I use IMAP for checking email since we check email in multiple places.  So these instructions will be directed to dealing with IMAP.

1.  Make sure you have IMAP turned on in your Gmail account settings by checking using a browser and logging into your email via the Gmail website.

2.  Open the email app form the Kindle.

3.  Choose Gmail as your email provider.

4.  Type in your email address and password.  For instance, Jason@example.com would be my email address and my password would be password.

5.  When it asks what type of account it is, choose IMAP.

6.  The next screen will have information filled in, but it will be wrong.  Make the following changes:

Username:         Your full email address
IMAP Server:    imap.gmail.com
Secuirty type:    SSL


7.  Now the next screen will ask for the outgoing server settings.  Make the following changes:


SMTP Server:   smtp.gmail.com
Security type:    TLS


That should be all of the changes you need.