Import Email from Thunderbird to Gmail Import folders

Do this by going to the Gmail account in Thunderbird and choosing the Server Settings section.Ĥ. You can disable checking for emails as we’re only looking to import into the Gmail account. It will take a few minutes to sync, but then you will see the list of Gmail folders appear in Thunderbird Thunderbird will now try and connect to your gmail account Set up Gmail as an IMAP account in Thunderbird Now you’re ready to configure Thunderbird to sync with your Gmail account.ģ. We will be disabling this again once our email import has been completed. You will receive an email notification from Google warning you that this setting has been modified. In the bottom section of that page enable ‘Allow less secure apps’ Go to the Sign-In & Security section on the left of the screen and find the ‘Apps with account access’ link

Under your gmail avatar icon at the top right you will find your general Google Account Settings Enable Access for less secure apps (temporarily) Under IMAP access make sure you have checked ‘Enable IMAP access’Ģ. Go to Account -> Settings (use the top right icon to access this) This is quite straightforward to do, but can take a lot of time if you have hundreds and thousands of emails to transfer.ġ. If you’ve been using Thunderbird to manage your email account, or have simply used it to back up a hosted email account then you can connect Thunderbird to a Gmail account and upload all existing emails there.

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