A few months back, Google added the ability to import your old mail and contacts to Gmail. Google made this feature available for all newly-created Gmail accounts first could import their contacts from other Web-based mail services, since people new to Gmail benefit most from being able to move their stuff with them.

Marcin Brodziak, a Google software engineer, wrote in a blog post that "Often, these accounts predate Gmail, and occasionally we have to log into them to look at some old confirmation email or find the email address for someone with whom we've lost touch,"


To activate, just go to Settings in Gmail and go to Accounts and Import. Click "Import mail and contacts" and a window will pop out to lead you through the short import process.

Google will forward any new mail from your other accounts to Gmail for 30 days.

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