{"id":13000,"date":"2026-01-09T06:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/?p=13000"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:56:19","slug":"the-end-of-pop3-and-gmailify-in-gmail-how-to-prepare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/maintenance-and-support\/the-end-of-pop3-and-gmailify-in-gmail-how-to-prepare\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of POP3 and Gmailify in Gmail: How to Prepare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has officially confirmed that by the end of January 2026<\/strong> it will discontinue support for Gmailify<\/strong> and the \u201cCheck mail from other accounts\u201d (POP3 email fetching)<\/strong> feature. This change affects anyone using Gmail as a central inbox for multiple email accounts, such as Outlook, Yahoo, custom domain email, or cPanel-based mailboxes.<\/p>\n

If settings are not adjusted in time, Gmail will no longer receive new messages<\/strong> from these external accounts. Existing emails will remain, but the flow of new messages will stop.<\/p>\n

What is official about the date \u2013 and what is circulating in practice<\/h2>\n

In its official documentation, Google states only that the shutdown will take place in January 2026<\/strong>, without specifying an exact date. In practice, however, January 20, 2026<\/strong> is frequently mentioned among IT administrators and partners as the unofficial cutoff date when the features may be fully disabled.<\/p>\n

Our recommendation:<\/strong> treat January 20, 2026<\/strong> as the effective deadline, as Google often phases out services gradually and without additional warnings.<\/p>\n

Which Gmail features are being discontinued<\/h2>\n

Google is discontinuing Gmailify<\/strong>, which allowed Gmail\u2019s advanced features to be used with external email accounts, as well as POP3 email fetching<\/strong>, which enabled Gmail to automatically import new messages from other mailboxes.<\/p>\n

Why this can be a serious issue<\/h2>\n

Email may still arrive at the original mail server, but you will no longer see it in Gmail<\/strong>. There may be no warning or error message, which means important inquiries, orders, or business emails can easily be missed.<\/p>\n

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Available options after January 2026 \u2014 and how we can help<\/h2>\n

After POP3 fetching and Gmailify are discontinued, an alternative solution is required. This can include email forwarding to Gmail<\/strong>, a migration to Google Workspace<\/strong>, a migration to Microsoft 365 (Office 365)<\/strong>, or classic email hosting<\/strong> accessed via IMAP.<\/p>\n

IMAP will remain supported, but it does not replace Gmail\u2019s POP3 fetching in the web interface. If you want the transition completed without email loss or service interruptions<\/strong>, you can contact us. We handle migrations to Google Workspace<\/strong> or Microsoft 365<\/strong>, email hosting setup or changes, forwarding configuration, IMAP access, and email security records (SPF, DKIM, DMARC<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Together, we can review your current setup and advise whether Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or classic email hosting is the best solution for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

Google will discontinue Gmail POP3 fetching and Gmailify in January 2026. If you use Gmail to collect email from multiple accounts, timely action is essential.<\/p>\n

Contact us and we will ensure your email continues to work smoothly after this change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\tSend an inquiry<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google will discontinue Gmail POP3 fetching and Gmailify in January 2026. If you use Gmail to collect email from multiple accounts, a timely transition is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[74,68,70,75,71,72,73,69],"class_list":["post-13000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maintenance-and-support","tag-e-mail","tag-gmail","tag-gmailify","tag-google-changes","tag-google-workspace","tag-imap","tag-mail-host","tag-pop3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13000"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13004,"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13000\/revisions\/13004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpm.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}