Google Email

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Setting up your email program to work with Google Apps/Gmail

1. Log into your new Google Apps Mail account (default address is http://www.google.com/a/{yourdomainname.com} or http://mail.{yourdomainname.com})
2. Click on Settings (in the Cog menu at the top right)
3. Click on "Forwarding and POP/IMAP"
4. Check the "Enable IMAP" box (you can disable POP if you would like, but it will not hurt anything being on)
5. Click Save Changes

Once you have IMAP on you can look at the "Configuration Instructions" link on that same page for detail on how to setup your mail clients (eg Blackberry, Apple Mail, Outlook, etc).

For more details see this Gmail Support Article

Pulling mail from another account

If you just moved to Google mail and want to transfer your old messages or even if you have multiple accounts and you want to consolidate them into your Google account, this will allow you to do that.

Before proceeding, you will most likely need to know some information:

• old email address
• old mail server address
• username and password for old account

When you have that information, proceed with the following:

1. Log into your new Google Apps Mail account (default address is http://www.google.com/a/{yourdomainname.com} or http://mail.{yourdomainname.com})
2. Click on Settings (in the Cog menu at the top right)
3. Click on "Accounts"
4. In the section labeled "Check mail from other accounts (using POP3)" click the link that says "Add a POP3 mail account you own"
5. Follow the instructions as directed from there