Import / Transfer AOL Mail to Gmail With Top 3 Methods

“ I have issues working in AOL Mail and want to transfer AOL Mail to Gmail account. Any workarounds provided? ”

If this statement provides a condition similar as of yours at present, then stick on to this article so that you leave the article resolving all your issues and doubts in forwarding AOL email to Gmail.

Contents of the Article

1. Why AOL user Import AOL emails to Gmail?
2. Procedure to Add AOL Mail to Gmail
3. Method to Import AOL Contacts to Gmail
4. Easy solution for AOL Backup into Gmail

AOL Mail has vast user traffic throughout the globe, as it is been used by almost all internet users for mailing purpose. Also, the personnel using AOL Mail internet does not even require any other program to access the AOL Mail. Though, the AOL Mail internet is rather slow, AOL Mail provides instant messaging to be accessed through AIM.

Then, why AOL Mail users search methods to move from AOL Mail. What reasons tend them to take these decisions and work on it. Let’s go through the reasons first, before going for the solution.

Reasons for Users to Move from AOL mail

The reasons for an AOL Mail user to export their emails from AOL Mail are mentioned below

1. Not able to send an email from AOL mail
2. AOL mail not receiving emails in Inbox
3. Sign-in issues in AOL mail
4. AOL Mail user account deactivation and deletion issue

These above-shown issues are quite severe and AOL support needs to resolve these issues instantly for the user so that they are not frustrated with the issues in AOL Mail. Also, read AOL Mail issues resolved in Mac Platform.

The users prefer to forward AOL email to Gmail because Gmail is an email client having an excellent mail management system. Also, the other features like Google drive and task manager makes it feasible for all the user to comfortably use the email client for mailing and sharing purpose. Also, the services provided makes Gmail user happy, resolving all their issues instantly.

Now, let’s move on to the segment discussing methods to import AOL Mail to Gmail.

How to Forward AOL Mail to Gmail – The Solution

For transferring AOL email to Gmail, two workarounds are provided as whole and are mentioned below

1. Smart / Professional method
2. Manual method

Let’s discuss each method in detail

Manual Method

The manual method has variant ways by which the AOL Mail data (emails & contacts) can be imported to Gmail. The different methods possible to manually transfer AOL Mail to Gmail are discussed below

1. Add AOL user account to Gmail
2. Import AOL contacts to Gmail

Now we will discuss each method in detail.

1# Add AOL Mail account to Gmail

One method to import AOL email to Gmail is to add the AOL account in the Gmail user account. In other words to simply, configure the AOL user mail account in your Gmail account. While configuring AOL account in Gmail, the type of Account defined must be specific.

To get your AOL account added to Gmail, follow the steps as performed below

• In Settings, go to Accounts & Import tab
• Under Check mail from other accounts, choose Add a mail account

• In the new window, provide AOL email address

• Choose Link accounts with Gmailify & proceed

• Login with AOL credentials in the opened window

• Allow Gmail for Read/Write permissions in AOL mail

• Close the window and view AOL emails in Gmail

This is one method to transfer AOL mail to Gmail account. But this method only takes your emails out from your AOL mail. In some cases, the users wish to import the contacts also to Gmail. To get your AOL contacts migrated directly with the emails, go for the upcoming option.

2# Import AOL Mails & Contacts to Gmail

In this method, the Gmail account directly imports the emails and the contacts of another email client (say, AOL Mail) directly from the cloud. To perform this procedure follow below steps

• In Settings, go to Accounts & Import tab
• Under Import mail & contacts, click Import mail and contacts

• Provide AOL email address and proceed

• Continue after entering Password.

• Choose the data to be imported & click Start Import
  • Import contacts
  • Import mail
  • Import new mail for next 30 days

• Click OK to exit and view the imported AOL data.

A limitation over this manual method is that Gmail will take a lot of time (up to 2 days) to sync and import AOL Mail to Gmail, if there are large number of AOL emails.

To over the limitation of the above method, a smart procedure is described for the belief in its efficiency and simple steps performed.

This is a feasible, time efficient, and easy solution to transfer AOL Mail to Gmail account with less time providing an attractive user experience.

An Intelligent Method

The most feasible method is to take backup of the AOL Mail to external hard drive in the Outlook supported file format. And then, migrate the backup file into Gmail. This method is very easy to compile and the outstanding interface makes the user experience more preferable to use the method on all times. To start with the method, first, backup the emails in AOL Mail to the local machine.

Click below to download the tool

Install AOL Backup software on the local machine and follow the below-performed steps

• Access tool with AOL user credentials

• Choose PST in backup Email format selection

• Browse a location in the system for emails downloaded

• If required, Apply filters to sort out selected emails

• Finally, begin the backup process

Now, import the downloaded PST file into Gmail using the GAMMO Tool. A free tool provided by Google itself to import the Outlook PST file into Gmail. Read Import PST file to Gmail using GAMMO tool for a descriptive session on the procedure of importing PST file into Gmail.

After the migration is completed, you can access your Gmail account and view the AOL emails in it. This method is very much efficient and easily forward AOL email to Gmail providing a good user experience.

Time to Conclude!!

The AOL Mail has large user traffic on the daily basis. And also, the issues generated for users tend them to transfer AOL Mail to Gmail, as Gmail is known good for mail management. Also, a smart method discussed to export AOL Mail, and using a Google-free tool for importing emails in AOL Mail to Gmail.