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If your college account was recently restored after September 1st, you may need to wait 24 hours before attempting to retrieve email via POP.


First, change your settings in your other account:

  1. Open the Gmail account you want to import from.

  2. At the top right, click the gear Settings.

  3. Select Settings.

  4. Select the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.

  5. In the "POP Download" section, select Enable POP for all mail.

  6. In the drop-down menu next to "2. When messages are accessed with POP," choose what to do with messages in this account, such as keep Gmail’s copy in the inbox (recommended).

  7. At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.

Then, change your settings in your new account:

  1. Open the Gmail account you want to import to.

  2. At the top right, click the gear Settings.

  3. Select Settings.

  4. Select the Accounts and Import tab.

  5. In the "Check mail from other accounts (using POP3)" section, click Add a POP3 mail account you own.

  6. Enter the full email address of the other account, then click Next Step.

  7. Enter your username (if necessary, the entire @beloit.edu), password, POP Server = pop.gmail.com, Port = 995. If you use 2-Step Verification, you’ll need to enter a new app