[Cialug] ? Bulk Transfer Emails from CenturyLink q.com to Gmail

[jim kraai]

thanks for good answers from everyone, they're now in the inbox of the user


On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> Here is how to do it:
>
> 1. In the Gmail web app, create a label for imported e-mail - avoid
> punctuation and spaces to improve compatibility
> 2. Send yourself an e-mail and give it that label, or use one already in
> your inbox
> 3. Connect to Gmail using your preferred e-mail account insuring that you
> use IMAP to connect to Gmail, not POP. (details in Settings -> Forwarding
> and POP/IMAP)
> 4. You should see a folder with the same name as that label
> 5. Drag the e-mails you want to keep from your old e-mail provider into the
> "folder" in your mail client. It will be slow.
> 6. Confirm that it's working by going to the gmail web app and seeing the
> new messages arriving with that label
>
> Optional step: In your gmail settings, go to "Accounts" and set it up to
> check mail from the pop account until the old account is disabled.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 11:27 AM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > friend, more tech literate than most, is moving out of CenturyLink's
> sphere
> > of influence
> >
> > wants to bulk import from q.com account to Gmail
> >
> > any advice?
> >
> > ty!
> >
> > --jim
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