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This is sufficient to forward all AOL emails to Gmail. As long as Gmail can connect to the AOL mail servers, you should start seeing emails right away.
You can use the ‘Label Incoming Messages’ option at Step 6 if you want. Here, You should see the option to ‘Label Incoming Messages’ just below ‘Leave a copy of retrieved messages on the server.’ If you have a large inbox, adding a label will help you find forwarded emails in Gmail. It’s entirely optional, but it’s useful if you get a lot of mail.
Now that forwarding is set up and operational, you can import your AOL contacts and existing inbox messages into Gmail.
Here, The import process may take some time depending on how busy the email servers are and how many emails and contacts you have. However, when you’re finished, you should have an exact copy of your AOL contacts and inbox in Gmail.
Well, You may find it easier to send emails from your AOL address from within Gmail during your migration. This convenient feature allows you to send emails from multiple accounts by logging into a single email account.
Set it up as follows:
When sending an email, you can now choose whether your Gmail or AOL address should appear in the From field. Recipients will then be able to respond to whatever is contained within. When you respond to AOL, your message will be automatically forwarded to Gmail as described above.
If you want, you can make this a permanent setting by returning to Accounts and Import and selecting Send Mail As and AOL as the default. However, that would only confuse everyone, so I don’t recommend it!