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How to Import Emails to Hostinger Email

Migrating your email accounts to Hostinger with the help of the Email Import tool

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Written by Ignas Rimkūnas
Updated over a week ago

If you use Hostinger Email and want to import emails from another provider, follow the steps below 👇

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STEP 1 – Gather Details

First, create email accounts at Hostinger Email. Importing emails to other email accounts is also possible but not recommended.

Second, make sure that the necessary Hostinger Email DNS records (MX, SPF, DKIM) are present in your domain's DNS zone.

Then, gather the following details:

  1. Source email account (email address)

  2. Source email password

  3. Mail server (IMAP) name

We have dedicated articles on gathering the above details from these providers: Gmail,

If you use another email service than Gmail or Yahoo or are not sure about your IMAP server, contact your email hosting provider to request this information.

STEP 2 – Access the Email Import Tool

Go to the Emails section, and click on Manage next to the domain name in question. Then, open the Email Import section on the left, and click on New email import request:

Importing emails to Hostinger Email

STEP 3 – Initiate Importing the Email Account

Once you fill in the Import from form, select the destination email account in the Import to step. It doesn’t necessarily have to be the same email account you had previously, meaning that you can migrate emails from e.g., support@domain.tld to contact@business.tld:

Importing emails to Hostinger Email

Once all the details are filled in, you'll be presented with a summary of the details of the source and target email accounts. Click on Start to begin the import:

That’s it! You may find all the requests and their statuses in the Requests section of the Import Email tool:

The Requests section in the Import Email tool at Hostinger

Once the migration is complete, you'll get an email notification.

FAQ

Can I import multiple email accounts at once?

You can submit multiple import requests at the same time.

What to do if my email import request is canceled?

You can retry the process within seven days.

How long does it take to import emails?

It may take from a few seconds to a few days. It depends on the number of emails, their size, and the email service provider you're importing from.

Can I import emails of any size?

The source email account must not have emails bigger than 50 MB.

Can I import emails from any provider?

It's not recommended to import emails from Microsoft Exchange as the folder structure might break during the process.

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