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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. |
Transferring mail from one Google account to another is a two-step process as illustrated below.
First step, change
the settings in your original account
.
- Login to the Gmail account from which you want to import
- mail.
- Click on the Settings (gear) icon located at the top right
- of the
- screen.
- Again click Settings on the drop-down menu.
- Select the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- Locate the
- section, POP Download
- .
- Select Enable POP for all mail.
- In the drop-down menu
- of the section, When messages are accessed with POP,
- choose an action for the messages in this account
- . There are four options:
- keep Gmail's copy in the inbox
- mark Gmail's copy as read
- archive Gmail's copy
- delete Gmail's copy
- Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page
- .
the settings in
the Gmail account you would like to import your mail to.
- Login to the Gmail account to which you
- would like to import
- mail.
- Click on the Settings (gear) icon located at the top right
- of the
- screen.
- Again click Settings on the drop-down menu.
- Select the Accounts and Import tab.
- Click Add a mail account in the section- Check mail from other accounts
- .
- A pop-up will appear.Enter the full email address of the
- original account, then click Next Step.
- Add a mail account menu will appear.
- Enter your username (if necessary, the entire
- @beloit.edu), password, POP Server = pop.gmail.com, Port = 995.
Note: If you use 2-Step Verification,
you will need to enter a new app password.
6. Click Save Changes.
You will now be able to receive and access mail from the original account in the newly assigned account.
Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings- Original Account |
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Accounts and Import settings |
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Add a mail account menu |
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