Migrate from a Gmail account to another

I recently acquired a new domain name that I've wanted for years, so I set about creating a new account email for myself. I host my email on Google Apps for your domain, which is the same as Gmail, but with your own custom email address.

Move an account to another Gmail is widely documented, but all of the methods I've found were unsatisfactory. Most suggest using POPs for storing all your emails to your new account. The fundamental problem is that you lose all your tags (version of Gmail e-mail records) and that you would have to re-categorize all your messages. It is simply not acceptable.

Happened to me on a tip that I have explored more, and it worked like a dream. To begin, all the following must first be in the order:

You must have (old and new) up and running, with IMAP enabled both Gmail accounts.You need a mail client that supports IMAP. I used Apple's Mail. I hear Thunderbird works nicely as well.Ensure that the former e-mail and new accounts are set up and work in your mail client.

The essence of what is happening here is that copy the folders for the email from the old account in the other. Your customer is then synchronized these changes local to the server, and before long, your email address is the same between the two accounts. I have created a chart to the right that should make quite clear what to do. Here are a few tips.

I suggest to some files at once, because it takes time for mail to synchronize it with the server. I tried to synchronize my Gmail folders (working all mail, drafts, Mail sent, etc.) and the folder "mail all the" expired after approximately 10,000 messages. Then feel free to do so in a little smaller amounts. If you have tons of email, it is a good idea to start this task, and then go to bed, because it can take hours.

Be sure to also select all emails in the Inbox message list and move them to the new Inbox. Use the Inbox folder, but to capture the actual messages with a "select all" and drag it to the new Inbox. They you move on and subsequently your old Inbox must be empty.

Once your email has been copied to the new account to your satisfaction, it is a good idea to log the old account via the web client and turn to your new address. You can also set an answering of vacation to tell people that you have a new email address, and that they must update their records. This will save you the task of spam everyone you know with a notice that your email address has changed.

There you have it. If you have your eye on a Gmail account, or have you discovered how awesome Google Apps for Your Domain is, then fear the e-mail migration process.