Google is continously improving the features of Gmail. Whereas before forwarding your Gmail messages to other webmail services has been pretty simple, now Google is doing the reverse, by providing you with a simple way of migrating your contacts and email from other webmail service to Gmail. The Official Gmail blog is gradually rolling this feature to old Gmail accounts. While new Gmail accounts will already have this feature enabled.
You’d know if your Gmail account has this feature if you check the Accounts tab under the Settings tab of your Gmail account. This Accounts tab should now be labeled as “Accounts and Import” if the feature is already enabled. If the it is not yet the case with your Gmail account, you may have to wait for a couple more days as Google is gradually rolling out the features to all old Gmail accounts.
The Official Google Blog announced that this feature works with your Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL and other webmail services. So if you have been hesitating to make that leap to Gmail since you have already established a good number of email contacts with your existing webmail account, this new feature might help you decide to make the move. If you want to test out the feature, Gmail would even let you move all new incoming messages to your webmail account to your Gmail account, regardless if this is a new or old account. You can have this forwarding feature for 30 days, until you’ve decided to use Gmail as your new webmail service.
Gmail has also published a long list of email providers supported by this migration options, you may check this list to find out whether your webmail is supported or not.
They have had a couple security problems over the years and that is what has made me hesitate to move over to them. I think I will just stick with what I have right now.
I have used GMAIL for over 5 years. I have never experienced more downtime and slow running services than the past 6 months. Google needs to concentrate on stabilizing their network before soliciting more customers.
And try calling their headquarters in Mountainview, Ca. You are rudely told they don’t provide telephone support and then your telephone number is blocked so you can’t call back.
Worthless !
Funny, as I was posting the question on Twitter asking if anyone else was having trouble getting into their Gmail account, Gerald Weber posted the link to this page.
Can’t check nor recieve no mail on any E-mail esp.Google.com Please help!
Gmail is just either ignorant or stubborn sometimes, they say that there’s no need to use folders b ecause they provide labels.
I wonder what I should do if I need to hide some mails in the main inbox. Until I can freely move around emails, I won’t be bothered using gmail.
@Lane: You get what you pay for.
I’ve been using Gmail for several years, and I’ve even set up an email domain for my sons’ private school. It’s not hard at all.
Personally, I have no problem with it at all, and I encourage people I know to shift to it (instead of a couple other “well known” webmail sites).
I’ve been using Gmail for five years without one problem and no noticeable down time nor login as mentioned above. I use it as my main email contact for my art business purposes; perfect. Unlike James I have nothing to hide so labels work great for me as does the mass storage and comprehensive search features.
In some ways it can be seen by some as “scary” but Google gets so many things RIGHT (as opposed to the “M” bunch).
Why use anything but Gmail…except as throwaways?
Hi everyone. I agree how great gmail is. What i am waiting for with baited breath is the ability to use html code or a graphic as our signature. And also stationary. Then gmail will be the ultimate.
I hate to break the bad or rather good news, but Google have something new on the horizon for email, its called Google Wave.
I have been a Yahoo! Mail Plus subscriber since 2002. Although it has not always been smooth sailing with this premium service, I would not consider switching webmail services to any others I have experienced in addition to what I use now.
I tried, I really did try to get on the GMail wagon and learn to love it, but it was a no go.
I also doubt, though note I will not be attempting this, that with Yahoo! Mail’s unlimited storage and my archive of mail since 2002, it would be a fat chance that 1. Google would be successful in pulling all the correct folder and meta data and provide it with easy accessibility, 2. Google will provide me with unlimited storage and support my mailbox size without a premium subscription on there end.
I have found other 3rd party webmail applications are even more appealing than G-Mail. I tried, and as much as I love Google, no E-Mail Gooogling for me. I believe it to be hype and a failed product.
Smart move by Google. I am surprised they didn’t do it earlier. They already hold a huge portion of the e-mail market and by making it easy for users to switch over contacts, that share will just keep growing.