After Union Home Minister Amit Shah openly praised Zoho Mail, this Indian email service is becoming increasingly popular. Amid growing awareness of privacy, many users are switching from Gmail to Zoho Mail. This ad-free email service is winning people’s trust due to its security, clean interface, and professional features.
Zoho Mail is designed not only for individual users, but also for small businesses and teams. It comes with web, mobile, and IMAP/SMTP support, and integrates various tools like contacts, calendars, and team collaboration through Zoho Workplace.
Why is Zoho Mail increasing in popularity?
The biggest features of Zoho Mail are user privacy and ad-free experience. Unlike Gmail, you won’t find a ton of ads. Additionally, the service allows you to create custom email addresses using your own domain, helping professional users and small businesses stand out. With premium-level security and professional tools at a low price, this platform is quickly becoming a strong alternative to Gmail.
How to transfer from Gmail to Zoho Mail?
If you want to migrate from Gmail to Zoho Mail, the process is very easy and you won’t lose any important data, like emails or contacts. Follow the steps given below.
Create Zoho Mail account
First, visit the Zoho Mail website and choose a plan that suits your needs. If you want to use a custom domain, choose a Business or Workplace plan. Here, you can add and verify your domain, as well as create an account for your team.
Turn on IMAP in Gmail
Log in to your Gmail account and go to Settings → See all settings → Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Turn on IMAP here. This will allow Zoho Mail to access and transfer your Gmail data.
Import emails and contacts
Go to Zoho Mail’s Settings → Import/Export section and use the migration wizard. From here, you can import all your emails, folders, and contacts from Gmail to Zoho Mail.
Set up email forwarding
If you want new messages that arrive in your Gmail to also be received in Zoho Mail, go to Gmail’s Settings → Forwarding, add your new Zoho Mail ID and activate forwarding.
