Postdirect's mailbox forwarding service is a simple solution that automatically delivers emails from any email account (such as Yahoo Mail) to a Gmail account.
Important: This service does not support migrating email messages between accounts, only ongoing forwarding.
This service is ideal for people who use Gmail as their day to day email provider but still receive emails sent to older addresses they still have with other providers.
It provides a simple worry-free solution to ensure these other email messages appear in their Gmail mailbox.
The email account that you want to import into a Gmail account must support the following:
- Access to email messages via POP or IMAP
- POP/IMAP access must be over secure connections
- POP/IMAP access must be using a password, with some exceptions:
- Yahoo Mail requires an App Password, see this Yahoo help article
- Postdirect natively supports modern authentication methods as required by Microsoft for non-Microsoft email applications.
There are a few important limitations to this service:
- You can import email messages from another email account, but not any folders or labels
- You can import up to 500 emails per day
The free trial lets you to use Postdirect's mailbox forwarding service to import up to 50 messages within a 14-day period.
Mailboxes configured with an IMAP server are imported in real-time. Postdirect will check mailboxes configured with a POP server several times an hour.
Note that when first configuring a mailbox, it can take some time to import all messages if there are many.
The Gmail API we use to import your messages into your Gmail account is limited to 500 emails per day by Google.
The imported messages are subject to Gmail's spam filtering and may end up in your Gmail Spam folder, but they are guaranteed to be imported into Gmail.
Although we have no affiliation with or endorsement from Google, Postdirect completed the mandatory Cloud Application Security Assessment Tier 2 required by Google. Only after successfully passing this assessment was Postdirect permitted to provide this service.
In order to import email messages into your Gmail account, we need your permission to do so. Postdirect requests the following minimal permissions:
- Add emails into your Gmail mailbox: This is a "write-only" permission which does NOT allow Postdirect to read emails in your Gmail account.
- See and edit your email labels: This permission is optional, and allows you to set a label on imported emails.
These do NOT grant Postdirect permission to access, read, modify or delete emails in your Gmail account.
When you delete your Postdirect account, your Gmail access is automatically revoked. You can verify this by checking that Postdirect no longer appears under Third-party apps & services in your Google account.
- Customer inquiries: [email protected]
- Mail server operators: [email protected] or this form
- AUP violations: [email protected] (see below)
Effective: November 1st, 2023
We do not sell your personal data.
- Account Data: Username, encrypted password hash, multi-factor authentication tokens, email address, account creation date and last login date.
- Service Data: Metadata required for mail delivery and forwarding.
- Website Metrics: Anonymized traffic data only from public pages (e.g., homepage, documentation).
- Logs: Minimal server logs (IP, timestamp, URL, device/browser info) retained for 60 days for security.
- Operation: To send, receive and forward email, and to maintain your account.
- Security: To prevent abuse, spam, and unauthorized access.
- Website Improvement: To understand how visitors find our public site and read our documentation.
We do not share your personal data with third parties except as needed to provide the service, comply with the law, protect our systems.
For the execution of credit card payments, your credit card data will be directly sent to our payment service provider Stripe. For details on their policies, see the Stripe Data Privacy Framework Policy . We do not retain any data related to payments, except the date of successful transactions.
We only use "strictly necessary" cookies to manage login sessions.
We do not make use of any other kind of cookies.
- Deletion: You may delete your account at any time. Data is erased from our servers and backups within 60 days.
- Opt-out: You may block analytics on our public pages without affecting your ability to use our services.
Questions? Contact us at [email protected].
Effective: November 1st, 2023
Welcome to Postdirect LLC ("we", "us", or "our"). By using our website and services ("Services"), you agree to be bound by these simple Terms of Service ("Terms").
You agree to use our Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and our Acceptable Use Policy. You must not misuse or interfere with the proper functioning of our Services.
You are responsible for your account and any activity under it. Please keep your information accurate and your credentials secure.
You can stop using the Services at any time. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Services at our sole discretion, with or without cause, and with or without notice, especially if you violate these Terms or our Acceptable Use Policy.
We provide the Services “as is” without warranties of any kind. We are not liable for indirect or consequential damages resulting from your use of the Services.
We may update these Terms at any time. Continued use of the Services means you accept the updated Terms.
Questions? Contact us at [email protected].
These services are operated by Postdirect LLC, registered in Albany, New York.
Effective: November 1st, 2023
This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP" or "Policy") outlines the rules and guidelines for using the email services ("Services") provided by Postdirect LLC ("we," "us," or "our"). The purpose of this AUP is to ensure the security, reliability, and integrity of our Services for all users and to comply with applicable laws. By using our Services, you agree to abide by this Policy.
You may not use our Services to engage in, promote, or facilitate any of the following activities:
Engaging in any activity that is illegal under local, state, national, or international law.
Transmitting, storing, or distributing any material that violates any applicable law or regulation, including but not limited to, laws regarding copyright, trademark, trade secret, defamation, and child pornography.
Sending, or assisting in the sending of, unsolicited bulk email (spam). This includes, but is not limited to, commercial advertising, promotional materials, chain letters, and phishing schemes.
Using our Services to collect responses from unsolicited messages sent from other providers.
Using purchased, rented, or third-party lists of email addresses.
Transmitting viruses, malware, trojan horses, worms, or any other malicious code.
Distributing content that is fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading.
Sending messages that harass, threaten, defame, or abuse others.
Attempting to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, or network.
Probing, scanning, or testing the vulnerability of our systems or networks without authorization.
Interfering with or disrupting the Services for other users, hosts, or networks. This includes denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, mail-bombing, or other flooding techniques.
Forging email headers or otherwise misrepresenting the origin of any message.
You are responsible for all content transmitted through your account. While we do not monitor all email content, we reserve the right to investigate and remove content that violates this Policy. You agree not to send content that is:
- Obscene, indecent, or pornographic.
- Defamatory, libelous, or invasive of another's privacy.
- Infringing on the intellectual property rights of others.
Violations of this AUP may result in one or more of the following actions, at our sole discretion:
- Temporary suspension of your account.
- Permanent termination of your account without notice.
- Cooperation with law enforcement authorities if the violation involves illegal activity.
- Civil and/or criminal liability.
We will investigate all reported violations and reserve the right to make the final determination on what constitutes a violation of this Policy.
To report a violation of this AUP, please send a detailed message to [email protected]. Please include the full email headers of the offending message, if applicable, and a description of the alleged violation.
We reserve the right to modify this AUP at any time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our website or by sending an email notification. Your continued use of the Services after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Policy.
If you have any questions about this Acceptable Use Policy, please contact us at [email protected].
- RFC 5321 : Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- RFC 6376 : DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures
- RFC 7208 : Sender Policy Framework (SPF) for Authorizing Use of Domains in Email, Version 1
- RFC 7489 : Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC)
- RFC 8617 : Authenticated Received Chain (ARC)
- SRS : Sender Rewriting Scheme