[Discuss] [OT] Migrating domain to Google?

Edward Ned Harvey (blu) blu at nedharvey.com
Fri Feb 8 08:35:52 EST 2013


> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Scott Ehrlich
> 
> I am looking at migrating my domain name and my two email boxes from
> another provider to google.
> 
> For those who have done it, how difficult was it to have Google import
> your old mail from:
> 
> 1: A non google address?
> 
> 2; A <user>@gmail.com address?

During initial setup, they prompt you to configure mail migration via imap.  You enter the old imap server, username & password, and google simply sucks the whole mailbox content over from the old provider.

For *mail* it should work great.  But imap obviously doesn't support contacts/calendar.  (Or tasks or anything else you might care about.)  You just have to export those things individually, manually, and import.  Their calendar & contacts import tools are pretty straightforward.  Built-in to google apps.





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