Chapter 1 · 1.1
Gmail is stopping fetching mail from other accounts
Many people read the mail from their own domain in Gmail on their computer. Gmail then fetches that mail from the mail server every few minutes, using POP. Google is stopping this. In this article you can read exactly what changes, what you will notice and what you need to do.
What is stopping?
Google is stopping two things in Gmail:
- Checking email from other accounts: Gmail will no longer fetch mail from other accounts using POP. The Check mail from other accounts option will disappear from the Gmail settings on the computer.
- Gmailify: Gmail's extra features, such as the spam filter and the inbox categories, will no longer work for linked accounts from other providers.
When?
| Who | From when |
|---|---|
| New users | After the first quarter of 2026, you can no longer set up fetching. |
| Existing users | You can keep using it until January 2027. |
Mail that Gmail has already fetched stays in Gmail.
Please note: Google also states that from January 2027, Gmail will no longer support the Send mail as feature for third-party email addresses. Google gives addresses ending in @yahoo.com and @outlook.com as examples. An address on your own domain at WebOké is also an address from a provider other than Google. So assume that after January 2027 you will no longer be able to send mail from your own address in Gmail on your computer. You can read more about this in Sending from your own address in Gmail on your computer.
What will keep working?
- Adding your own email address to the Gmail app on your Android phone, iPhone or iPad. The app then reads your mail directly in your mailbox at WebOké, using IMAP. See Adding your email address to the Gmail app.
- Automatically forwarding mail from your own address to Gmail. You set this up with us, not in Gmail. See Forwarding mail to Gmail.
- A one-off import of old mail and contacts into Gmail on your computer. This is a copy at a single moment, not a permanent link.
What will you notice?
Once fetching stops, no new mail from your own address will arrive in Gmail. Your mail is not lost: it still arrives in your mailbox at WebOké. You can see it in webmail at webmail.weboke.nl. Log in there with your full email address and the password for that address, and leave the Server field empty (see Opening webmail).
Please note: If Gmail fetched your mail and then deleted it from the server, your mailbox with us never filled up. If nobody fetches the mail any more, everything stays in your mailbox and it keeps growing. Once it is full, new mail is rejected. So choose a new way to read your mail in good time. You can read how to free up space in Storage per mailbox and what happens when it is full.
What do you need to do?
- Choose how you will read your mail from now on. You can read about the options in Forwarding or IMAP: which should you choose?.
- Set up that method, preferably before January 2027.
- Then turn off fetching for this address in Gmail, so you don't receive duplicate mail.
Tip: Not sure whether Gmail fetches your mail? In Gmail on your computer, go to Settings, See all settings, Accounts and Import tab. If your own address is listed under checking mail from other accounts, you are using POP fetching.