How to Import Hostmonster Email to Gmail Account?

Are you using the Hostmonster webmail account to manage your emails and looking for a method to import Hostmonster email to a Gmail account? If yes, then your search ends here. In this blog, we have explained methods to import Hostmonster email to a Gmail account. 

Hostmonster is a web hosting company that provides domain names for registering websites. It also provides email hosting, web hosting, domain names, etc.

In the email hosting, it provides the domain name as the website name and provides the email address as username@yourdomain.com. It provides email hosting services to website owners who run businesses online to manage their business emails.

The Horde and RoundCube interfaces are used to manage the Hostmonster webmail service, which manages emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc.

Why import Hostmonster email to a Gmail account?

There are many reasons to import Hostmonster email to a Gmail account, but a few of them are explained below.

• Ample Storage Space: Gmail provides 15 GB of storage space to store emails and other data, which is large enough compared to Hostmonster.
  
• Advanced security features: Gmail offers advanced security features like two-factor authentication and spam filtering; on the other hand, Hostmonster offers basic security features.
  
• Other Google Services: Apart from just the email service, Google provides other services like Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, Google Drive, etc.

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How to import Hostmonster email to a Gmail account manually?

The steps for importing Hostmonster email to Gmail are mentioned below.

1. Open the Gmail website on a web browser and sign in to your Gmail account.
2. Click the Gear (Settings) icon in the top right corner.
3. Click on the See all settings button and press the Account and Import tab.
4. Click on the Add a mail account button and your Hostmonstor email address.
5. Click on Next and select the option Import emails from my other account (POP3).
6. Input your Hostmonster server details.
   1. POP Server: mail.hostmonster.com
   2. Port: 995 (SSL enabled)
   3. Enter Hostmonster account credentials and choose other options.
7. Click the Add Account button, and Gmail will fetch the Inbox emails from the Hostmonster email account.

How to import Hostmonster email to a Gmail account automatically?

With the eSoftTools IMAP Backup and Migration software, users can easily import Hostmonster email to a Gmail account. This software will migrate all the folders from the Hostmonster webmail account to the Gmail account with a few clicks. 

The software preserves the folder hierarchy and email meta properties during migration to a Gmail account. Moreover, the graphical interface of the software is simple and easy to use that even a non-technical person can use the software easily.

Apart from migration, this tool saves and backs up Hostmonster email into multiple file formats like PST, EML, EMLX, HTML, MHTML, MSG, MBOX and Thunderbird.

Steps of the Automated Method

• Download and install eSoftTools Backup & Migration software on your Windows PC.
• Choose the IMAP server option from the list of options.

• Input your Hostmonster email address, password, and IMAP settings as
  • Host: mail.hostmonster.com
  • Port: 993

• Preview all the folders of the Hostmonster mailbox and select the folders to migrate to the Gmail account.

• Click on the Import into Cloud button and select the Import to Gmail option.

• Enter your Gmail email address and Google application password.
• Apply the email filter feature (optional) to filter emails according to Date.

• Click on the Import to Gmail button, and the migration process will start.

Benefits of using IMAP Backup and Migration software

• Save and backup Hostmonster emails into multiple file formats like PST, EML, EMLX, HTML, MHTML, MSG, MBOX, PDF and Thunderbird.
  
• Migrate Hostmonster emails to cloud applications like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Office 365, Outlook.com and other IMAP email accounts.
  
• Save the backup file at the user-defined, specific location.
  
• Can filter emails according to Date by specifying a Date Range(From and To).
  
• The user-friendly interface can be used by technical and non-technical people easily.
  
• Compatible with all editions of the Windows Operating System, like Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7 & below editions.

Conclusion

As you may think, migrating Hostmonster emails to Gmail is a difficult task, but if you follow the steps of the manual and automated methods, you can achieve the desired result. The manual method requires technical expertise, and it has limitations, like it is suitable only for small mailboxes. However, the automated method is simple, and with a few steps, you can migrate bulk emails from Hostmonster to Gmail.