Google added a small feature to Gmail this week called Mail Fetcher. Gmail can now check for the mail you receive at your other email accounts. You can retrieve your mail (new and old) from up to five other email accounts and have them all in Gmail.

Then you can even create a customized ‘From:’ address, which lets you send messages from Gmail, but have them look like they were sent from another one of your email accounts.

You can only retrieve mail from accounts that have POP3 access enabled and this his feature is currently only enabled for a limited number of users.

To use the service:

• Click Settings from the top of any Gmail page.
• Click Accounts.
• In the Get mail from other accounts section, click Add another mail account.

Gmail will now check your other account on a regular basis, and new mail will appear automatically in your Gmail account.

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