Migrate Rackspace Email to Gmail

You want your Rackspace mail inside Gmail and Gmail's old Add a mail account trick no longer pulls it. Google ended POP fetching in January 2026 so guides that still teach it fail. Below are four ways to migrate Rackspace email to Gmail that work now, with exact server settings and a free demo to test first.

Can you move Rackspace email to Gmail?

Yes. You can move Rackspace mail to Gmail over IMAP, which copies folders and messages from Rackspace servers into your Gmail mailbox. Rackspace recommends IMAP for incoming mail in its Rackspace Email settings guide. Rackspace to Gmail migration has no one-click button inside Gmail so you choose between three paths: Google's admin tool for Workspace, forwarding for new mail only or software for personal accounts.

Googally, a Google Workspace migration firm, says Rackspace webmail migration carries email and contacts but not calendar entries. Plan calendars apart if your Rackspace email to Gmail migration must include them.

Why does Add a mail account fail for Rackspace email to Gmail?

Add a mail account fails because Google switched off POP fetching. From January 2026 Gmail no longer gives Gmailify or checking mail from other accounts over POP, per The Register. Older guides, including our earlier post, told you to open Settings, select Accounts and Import and add your Rackspace address. That route no longer does Rackspace to Gmail migration.

Our old steps also mixed two settings. They named secure.emailsrvr.com as a POP server and gave port 993. Port 993 belongs to IMAP and Rackspace lists POP on port 995. Google's replacement advice is automatic forwarding from your other provider, adding your account in Gmail's mobile app or, for work and school accounts, an admin migration into Google Workspace.

What are Rackspace IMAP settings for Gmail?

Rackspace Email uses secure.emailsrvr.com for every server type. Every Rackspace to Gmail migration tool asks for these values so retain them handy.

Use IMAP for Rackspace email to Gmail moves. Your username is your full Rackspace address and your password is your mailbox password.

How to migrate Rackspace email to Google Workspace?

A Google Workspace super admin can move Rackspace mail to Gmail with Google's Data import tool. It copies mail from IMAP servers into Workspace mailboxes. Resellers cannot start it for customer accounts and personal @gmail.com addresses have no such tool.

Before you start, switch on IMAP for your Rackspace mailboxes and Workspace accounts. Make sure Rackspace servers accept connections from Google's IP ranges. Create Workspace users with addresses that match your Rackspace users.

1. Sign in to Google Admin console as a super admin and open Data import.
2. Select Import under IMAP and enter secure.emailsrvr.com as your server address.
3. Select Test connection until you see "Connected".
4. Map users. Enter up to 20 users by hand with every Rackspace address, password and Workspace address. For more users, upload a CSV with these columns Source ImapUser, Source ImapPassword and TargetGUser.
5. Set a start date, choose whether to import spam and deleted mail and exclude folders you do not need.
6. Start your import and watch Rackspace to Gmail migration progress. Google emails you statistics and reports when it ends.
7. Select a delta import if new mail arrived on Rackspace after your first pass, then exit your import when you finish.

A CSV must remain under 128 MB and one import handles up to 100 IMAP users. Exiting an import deletes its reports so export them first. Test a small group first for your Rackspace to Google Workspace migration, then move everyone. Some servers need app-specific passwords so check your Rackspace login rules before you start.

How to forward new Rackspace email to Gmail?

Forwarding sends new mail only. It does not move Rackspace mail to Gmail from your past. Google tells people to set up automatic forwarding from another provider using that provider's own steps. Rackspace email to Gmail forwarding is free.

1. Open Rackspace's help for mail forwarding and follow its steps for your mailbox type.
2. Enter your Gmail address as forwarding target.
3. Send a test email to your Rackspace address and confirm Rackspace email to Gmail forwarding works.

Pair forwarding with a full copy of your old mail. Use it while you wait for your Rackspace to Gmail migration to finish so nothing arrives late.

How to add Rackspace email to Gmail on a phone?

You can add your Rackspace account to Gmail app on Android, iPhone or iPad and Google says it uses IMAP. You can view and send from one app. It does not move old mail into your Gmail account so it cannot move Rackspace mail to Gmail by itself.

Steps to move Rackspace mail to Gmail

1. Install Corbett IMAP Migration Tool on your Windows PC and open it with Run as administrator. Select Open.
2. Select Email Accounts, then Add account.
3. Enter your Rackspace address, password, secure.emailsrvr.com and port 993. Find detects both values for unknown domains. Select Add.
4. Preview Inbox, Sent and other folders inside it. Content, Message Header, Properties and Hex View tabs show message details.
5. Set date, subject or other filters if you need less mail. Empty folders remain in or out as you choose.
6. Select Export, then Gmail under Email Services.
7. Enter your Gmail address and password in export options and select Save. Google asks for an app password when an app lacks Google sign in.
8. Select OK when it ends, then open Gmail and check that Rackspace email to Gmail migration kept folders.

Test a demo on one mailbox first. Lifetime licence starts at $99, with a 30-day money-back window. It works on Windows 11, 10, 8 and 7 and needs 150 MB of disk space and 4 GB of RAM. Your mailbox remains usable while the Rackspace move is active. To move a different provider, see how to Migrate Yandex mail to Gmail.

Which method suits your Rackspace mail?

Use Google Data import for Rackspace to Gmail migration at a Workspace business. Use software for a personal Gmail address or for date filters. Use forwarding to catch new mail only.

What to check after the move?

After Rackspace email to Gmail migration, compare folder counts between Rackspace webmail and Gmail, then open a few old messages with attachments. Retain your Rackspace plan active until you confirm every folder arrived. Gmail stores mail under labels so Rackspace folders appear as labels. Free Google accounts share 15 GB across Gmail, Drive and Photos so check your space before a large Rackspace email to Gmail transfer.

If you plan to move that mailbox on to a new host later, see how to Migrate Rackspace email to Office 365. To copy one Gmail account into another afterwards, see how to Clone a Gmail account. Other IMAP hosts follow a similar path, as in Migrate IMAP to Gmail.

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