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Gmail lets you to copy all your mails, contacts from other popular mail applications like Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and other webmail and pop3 mail servers.

If you are planning to change your primary email address to Gmail then this is the best option to move all your mails and contacts.

To start the import process

1. Login to your Gmail account and click the Settings link.
2. Under the Accounts and Import tab, click the Import mail and contacts button.
3. In the new window that opens, enter the Yahoo/Hotmail/AOL/POP3 email address of the account you’d like to import contacts from. ClickContinue.
4. Enter the password for your other email account and click Continue.

5. This will open a new window with four options – import contacts, import mail, import new mail for next 30 days and add label to all imported mail. Click on the options you want and click start import.

The entire import process will take 1-2 days. Once it is completed all your mails/contacts will appear in  the Gmail Account.

Similarly in Hotmail and Yahoo there is an option to import contacts from other email accounts.

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Google Apps a great platform for small business as it offers so many features free of charge.

To configure email system correctly to work with Google Apps you have to change the MX records properly. Here is the details for changing MX records of cPanel clients.

Login to your cPanel click on MX Entry

First enter priority and give the first server name (ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM) and click on Change button. This will add an entry under the Current MX Entries Section.

Now click on this entry then you will have an option to change it again. Similarly add all these entries in exact order and priority.

Google Apps Server will take few hours to reflect those changes.

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