This guide explains how to transfer to Infomaniak a Gmail email address hosted by Google. Refer to this other guide if you are looking for information on importing custom domain addresses.

Prerequisites Infomaniak

• Have a Mail Service on your Infomaniak Manager.
• Have a quota of available addresses or adjust it in advance if necessary.

Transfer emails from Gmail to Infomaniak

a. Recreate the email address(es) on Infomaniak

Access the Infomaniak Mail Service and create the email addresses:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned.
3. Click the blue button Create an email address in the top right corner.
4. Enter the address (what comes before the at sign @) for example contact or michelle.
5. Click the blue Continue button.
6. Select I will consult the email address alone.
7. Click the blue Continue button.
8. Enter a password.
9. Click the blue Continue button.
10. Click the blue Finish button.
11. Restart at point 3 above to recreate all email addresses identically.

b. Import Gmail mail content to Infomaniak

Access the Infomaniak Mail Service and import your emails:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned.
3. Click on the chevron in the right part of the blue Create an email address button.
4. Click on Import emails (direct link).
5. Click on Import my emails into a single email address.
6. Enter the existing email address at Google.
   • By specifying that your previous address is a @gmail.com address, the assistant will offer to connect to your Gmail account.
7. Click on the "Sign in with Google" button that has appeared.
   • Make sure you are logging into the Gmail account related to the email copy.
8. Confirm that you authorize the Infomaniak tool to connect to your account (automatic procedure).
9. Once the popup is validated, you will be able to choose which Infomaniak address to import your Gmail emails to (if necessary, refer to this other guide from point 7).

Labels and data volume

The storage space displayed on Infomaniak may not match the one indicated in Gmail, notably due to the different management of labels/tags.

Indeed, these, present in Gmail, will be converted into folders on the Infomaniak servers (same principle as during an email retrieval with an IMAP email software/client like Thunderbird):

Therefore, an email labeled in multiple Gmail folders may be counted multiple times during the migration, which explains why an account showing, for example, 6 GB in Gmail can occupy 18 GB once transferred to the Infomaniak servers.

Adjust application settings

As soon as you take the necessary steps for the domain name associated with your email to work with Infomaniak, modify the settings of the email software/clients you use so that they connect correctly to the Infomaniak servers: follow the configuration assistant.

To finish

• Ensure that the email is properly secured
• Copy the content of other Mail providers