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

Infomaniak prerequisites

• Have a Mail Service on your Infomaniak Manager.
• Have a quota of available addresses or order more if necessary:
  1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Manager Infomaniak (need help?).
  2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product concerned.
  3. Click at the top on the cart icon:
     

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 relevant product.
3. Click the blue button Create an email address in the top right corner.
4. Enter the address (the part before the @ symbol) 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. Start again at point 3 above to recreate all the 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 relevant product.
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 prompt you to log in to your Gmail account.
7. Click on the "Sign in with Google" button that has appeared.
   • Make sure you are connecting to the Gmail account involved in the email copy.
8. Confirm that you allow the Infomaniak tool to connect to your account (automatic procedure).
9. Once the popup is validated, you can choose which Infomaniak address to import your Gmail emails to (if necessary, refer to this other guide from point 7).

Labels and storage volume

The storage space displayed at Infomaniak may not match that 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 when using an email client like Thunderbird):

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

Adjust the application settings

As soon as you have ensured that the domain name associated with your email works with Infomaniak, change the settings of the software/email 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 from other Mail providers