Migrating from Gmail to ... Gmail

[illmonkey]

I have a custom domain pointing to gmail MX servers for my mail, it's been flawless for years, but I'm fed up of the domain (it's long and one word always needs phonetically spelling).

So, I want to migrate to just my standard gmail.com address I've had for years and used as spam/backup/whatever. Looking at their guides, it seems you just point the gmail.com mailbox to the pop3 server of my custom domain and it pulls the data across. But, pop3 won't copy "related messages" such as forwarded, replied etc like I get now. I'm at 15GB of mail, so uploading from imap to gmail.com is going to take a while, rather avoid it!

Anyone carried out this exercise with success?

[PF62]

illmonkey said:

Anyone carried out this exercise with success?

If you mean you want to move emails from one gmail account to another gmail account then you can (or certainly could) do it within gmail -

https://gadgets360.com/internet/features/new-gmail...

I did it a few years ago and it took a few days but got there in the end.

[illmonkey]

PF62 said:

illmonkey said:

Anyone carried out this exercise with success?

If you mean you want to move emails from one gmail account to another gmail account then you can (or certainly could) do it within gmail -

https://gadgets360.com/internet/features/new-gmail...

I did it a few years ago and it took a few days but got there in the end.

Basically yes, that's it, with the added domain in.

So, this method is using pop3 to migrate the emails, which I'd rather avoid. Are all of your imported emails dated correctly? Do you use the account in Outlook and can see forwards etc?

From a technical point of view this is fine, and requires no real input from me apart from to set it up.

[TonyRPH]

Is it possible to add the new domain to the existing account?

Then change the 'send as' domain to the new one.

[eeLee]

I've moved from gmail to gmail and gmail to outlook.

IMAP client, in my case Outlook. Drag, drop, relax. Folders taken en masse into the next account.....

[illmonkey]

TonyRPH said:

Is it possible to add the new domain to the existing account?

Then change the 'send as' domain to the new one.

Not sure you've understood the question? I want to ditch the existing domain

eeLee said:

I've moved from gmail to gmail and gmail to outlook.

IMAP client, in my case Outlook. Drag, drop, relax. Folders taken en masse into the next account.....

I've done this loads for work, small mailboxes when doing migration to O365 projects (as it's easier than uploading to O365), and it causes havoc. 15GB will takes weeks of drag and drop, then outlook crashes.

[TonyRPH]

illmonkey said:

TonyRPH said:

Is it possible to add the new domain to the existing account?

Then change the 'send as' domain to the new one.

Not sure you've understood the question? I want to ditch the existing domain

I did understand it.

Point the new domain to the existing Gmail mailbox by virtue of MX records and whatever else Google require, and email for the new domain will be delivered into the old mailbox.

I believe this should work. Once it's all up and running, you can ditch the old domain (assuming Gmail has no 'ties' to that domain).

No migration required.

[illmonkey]

TonyRPH said:

illmonkey said:

TonyRPH said:

Is it possible to add the new domain to the existing account?

Then change the 'send as' domain to the new one.

Not sure you've understood the question? I want to ditch the existing domain

I did understand it.

Point the new domain to the existing Gmail mailbox by virtue of MX records and whatever else Google require, and email for the new domain will be delivered into the old mailbox.

I believe this should work. Once it's all up and running, you can ditch the old domain (assuming Gmail has no 'ties' to that domain).

No migration required.

I wonder what hoops I need to jump through to change Gmail.com's MX records

[paulrockliffe]

illmonkey said:

I wonder what hoops I need to jump through to change Gmail.com's MX records

This is the perfect question for a cheeky lmgtfy link! Just Google it, there are loads of videos and webpages that explain how to change the primary domain associated with your gmail account.

[illmonkey]

You 2 are being obtuse.

Current email: [e-mail]

New email address: [e-mail]

Trying to setup gmail.com on my managed domains on gmail.com is like dividing 0 with 0.

[TonyRPH]

illmonkey said:

You 2 are being obtuse.

Current email: [e-mail]

New email address: [e-mail]

Trying to setup gmail.com on my managed domains on gmail.com is like dividing 0 with 0.

I apologise.

You were correct, I didn't read the question properly.

I mistakenly thought you had a custom domain already in Gmail, and wanted to point a new custom domain to that same mailbox.

In which case, disregard everything I've said.

I'll get me coat...

[paulrockliffe]

OK, I think I understand the issue now. You have two Gmail accounts, you pointed your domain at one, but now you want to not have that domain and you want to use the other Gmail address anyway?

The Gmail email address is the account, so you can't change it.

On the Gmail Account you want to use if you go to settings there's an option to import email and contacts from other accounts, you sign in to the second Gmail account there and merge the emails in the account you want to use. Then you just use the second account instead of the first.

You can also connect the first account to the second so if other people continue to use that email address you can read, reply etc from your second account.

[illmonkey]

paulrockliffe said:

OK, I think I understand the issue now. You have two Gmail accounts, you pointed your domain at one, but now you want to not have that domain and you want to use the other Gmail address anyway?

The Gmail email address is the account, so you can't change it.

On the Gmail Account you want to use if you go to settings there's an option to import email and contacts from other accounts, you sign in to the second Gmail account there and merge the emails in the account you want to use. Then you just use the second account instead of the first.

You can also connect the first account to the second so if other people continue to use that email address you can read, reply etc from your second account.

I have 1 gmail, 1 custom domain (pretty much a gmail).

I asked if anyone had experience of migrating with said setting, as it's pop3, it's been so long I used it I can't remember what info it will copy (flags etc). I know there is a setting, I know what I can do, I've been doing IT for 20 years...

(If it was IMAP, I'd have done it already)

[mattley]

Have you got access to a copy of outlook, a friend with it installed will do.

Set up outlook to your G-suite account, use the google outlook plug-in and sync all, then export to .PST

Set up outlook to plain gmail using IMAP and Import the PST.

Or.... set up EMClient with both accounts and drag and drop between mailboxes.