Enter the email address and password you want to forward
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 3:59 am
Importing all the data can take a few hours or even a few days. You can continue using your Gmail while it imports everything. Note: with this function, Gmail only imports for 30 days. All your contact details are copied permanently, but if you want to receive all emails from this email address after a month, you will also have to set up this function: 'mail from other accounts with POP3'.
Mail from other accounts with POP3
You can also have your mail forwarded for a longer period of time, by using POP3. You do this as follows:
With the different options for POP server and port number: you probably want to leave these as they are. They list to data are usually set correctly by default. If this is not the case, you can always contact your ISP, or often a simple Google search is enough to find the correct information.
You also have the options to leave a copy on your old server, you can opt for a secure connection, label emails as your old email address, which I find useful (then you know where the sender sent the email) and you can also archive incoming messages.
Confirm your details
Error importing to Gmail
If you get an error, it could be because certain email accounts are trying to stop imports from different email addresses. Yahoo blocks imports, for example. There are tricks for that. One of the options with Yahoo is changing your region.
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Mail from other accounts with POP3
You can also have your mail forwarded for a longer period of time, by using POP3. You do this as follows:
With the different options for POP server and port number: you probably want to leave these as they are. They list to data are usually set correctly by default. If this is not the case, you can always contact your ISP, or often a simple Google search is enough to find the correct information.
You also have the options to leave a copy on your old server, you can opt for a secure connection, label emails as your old email address, which I find useful (then you know where the sender sent the email) and you can also archive incoming messages.
Confirm your details
Error importing to Gmail
If you get an error, it could be because certain email accounts are trying to stop imports from different email addresses. Yahoo blocks imports, for example. There are tricks for that. One of the options with Yahoo is changing your region.
Frankwatching videos every week!
Good luck with it! And if you have any questions, be sure to leave a comment below. And don't forget to subscribe to the Frankwatching YouTube channel ? See you next Wednesday!