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Move or Copy Mail From One Gmail Account To Another
Move or Copy Mail From One Gmail Account To Another
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Two paths lead your old mail to a new account. You can do the moving manually in
an email programpreserving your setup of labelsor watch Gmail copy the
messages for youwithout labels but also without hassle.
To move (or, of course, merely copy) all received and sent emails from one Gmail
account to another Gmail account by having the new account fetch the messages:
Make sure all email programs or services you have configured to download mail
from your old Gmail account using POP are closed or set not to check mail
automatically.
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Log in to the Gmail account to which you want to move the messages.
Click the Settings gear.
Select Settings from the menu that shows up.
Go to the Accounts and Import tab.
Click Add a POP3 mail account you own under Check mail from other accounts
(using POP3):.
Enter the email address of the Gmail account from which you want to import
under Email address:.
Click Next Step .
Verify the desired Gmail account's user name is entered under Username:.
Type the Gmail account's password under Password:.
Make sure pop.gmail.com is selected under POP Server:.
Make sure 995 is selected under Port:.
Now make sure Leave a copy of retrieved messages on the server. is not
checked.
Verify Always use a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail. is checked.
Optionally, check Label incoming messages: and pick the label corresponding
to the old Gmail account's email address, an existing label or New label for a
new label.
Optionally, check Archive incoming messages (Skip the Inbox) so imported
emails do not show up (or clutter) your new Gmail account's inbox.
Click Add Account .
If you are presented an access error, you may have to authorize Gmail to
access itself.
Typically, select Yes, I want to be able to send mail as ___@gmail.com. under
Would you also like to be able to send mail as ___@gmail.com?.
Having your old address set up as a sending address in the new account lets
Gmail recognize your old sent messages and place them in the Sent Mail label.
You can choose No, of course; you can always add your old address as a
sending address later.
If you select No for Would you also like to be able to send mail as
___@gmail.com?, click Finish and skip the upcoming steps.
Click Next Step .
Enter your name under Name:.
Click Next Step .
Leave Treat as an alias. checked.
Click Next Step .
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To stop Gmail from continuing to import new messages from the old account (or
import everything anew if you ever reset the POP access status for the old account
to offering all messages):
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