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How to migrate emails from my Gmail accounts to WordPress Hosting?

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You are unable to import your emails from your Gmail account because you are using your IMAP email password.

Create an App Password to migrate your emails from your Gmail accounts to WordPress Hosting. Follow these steps:

Create App Password in Google Account

  1. Go to your Google Account.
  2. Select Security and ensure that 2FA, a robust security feature, is enabled.
  3. Under Signing in to Google, select App Passwords.
  4. Under the Select App option, choose Mail.
  5. Under the Select Device option, choose Other. Name the device with a unique identifier, such as ‘WordPress Hosting Migration’.
  6. Click Generate and take note of the password.

Migrate Email from Gmail accounts

  1. Reach your Web Hosting Control Panel
  2. Choose your website from the list
  3. Click [Log in to Control Panel]
  4. Select the [Email Migrations tool] that is within the emails section
  5. Select Gmail as the mailbox type
  6. Enter [Username] – Please enter your full email address
  7. Enter [Password] – This is the App Password that you created in the previous steps.
  8. Please note: you’ll need to set up the mailboxes within WordPress Hosting first using the same password currently used by the mailbox
  9. select [Sync]

Rest assured, your emails will be successfully and safely transferred to your new WordPress Hosting mailbox.

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