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This is a one-time operation that should only be done when you are completely moving away from your WhitMail account. If you wish to use your own Gmail account side-by-side with your WhitMail account, you should instead set up email-forwarding.

Create a Gmail accountaccount 

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Go to  https://www.gmail.com and  create a new account.  If you already have an account, login and skip to the next section.

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1. First, update/reset your password using Whitman's Password Changer. You can keep your current password by entering it into all of the password fields.
2. Then, log into WhitMail ( http://whitmail.whitman.edu) and delete all the messages you do not need to save. This will make things easier to transfer and decrease the time taken for the transfer of emails from your Whitman account to Gmail.
3. Next, make sure you activate POP support in your WhitMail account.
   • Go to your WhitMail Settings. There is a link in the top-right of your WhitMail screen.
   • Navigate to the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" section.
   • Fill in the radio button next to "Enable POP for all mail".
   • Hit the "Save Settings" button at the bottom of the page.
4. Set your WhitMail account to forward all new messages to your Gmail account.
   • Go back into your WhitMail Settings.
   • Navigate to the  "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" section.
   • Fill in the drop-down menu  "Forward a copy of incoming mail to...". If your Gmail address is already in the drop-down menu, you can select it now. If you have "no verified addresses", a pop-over dialog will come up.
     • Fill in your full Gmail address, and hit Next.
     • It will tell you that a "confirmation code has been sent to verify permission." Switch to a different web browser window, log into your Gmail account, and look for a new message from Google. In it should be said confirmation code.
     • Switch back to your Whitmail window, and look at the bottom of the "Forwarding" section. There is a text box for you to fill copy the confirmation code into. Do so, then hit "Verify".
   • Fill in the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" drop-down menu  again , unless it is already filled in for you.
   • In the drop-down menu immediately below, choose what WhitMail should do with incoming messages after it has forwarded them on to your Gmail address.
   • Hit Save Settings at the bottom of the screen. 

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When you are at the main Gmail page, click on the name of the label you entered earlier during the import process. This is under the Labels section on the left hand side of the page down past the list of all your Gmail folders.  By selectingLabels you will be able to see your Whitman account emails.

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