How do I import email from another email account into my Gmail account?

Question

I have another email account with another email provider which is not GMail, but I want to import that email into Gmail. Is it possible to do this?

Answer 1

Google has a help page on this topic, which will allow you to get emails which still exist on the server of your other account (or emails that you receive in the future).

If you want to import email which you have already downloaded (e.g. from a POP3 server), the easiest way by far is to log in to Gmail using the IMAP interface from your email client, and then drag all your old emails into your Gmail inbox.

Answer 2

Yes it is.

In settings->Accounts and Import->Import mail and contacts you can import all contacts and received mail from a pop3 or webmail account.

In settings->Accounts and Import->Add Pop3 email account you can make gmail to check an account regularly for a mail and get it.

Answer 3

If your "other" e-mail provider allows you to forward e-mail, you can set it up to forward everything to your gmail account.

If the "other" e-mail provider has a POP3 server, you can tell gmail to grab mail from that account. To do so:

1. Start gmail and click the Settings button
2. Select the Accounts and Import tab
3. Click the Add POP3 email account button
4. Fill out the information in the "wizard" that appears

Answer 4

Another option is, if the other mail service supports POP3 or IMAP, to use the IMAP feature of Gmail and a third-party mail client.

I did exactly this a long time ago with Thunderbird. I had all my old e-mail in there already and just dragged it to folders that were syncing to Gmail with IMAP.