Forwarding puts every address in one Gmail inbox. Batmail works that inbox overnight.
Gmail will stop three features for other providers' accounts, and Google has dated each one.
The first is Send as for third-party addresses, such as @yahoo.com or @outlook.com: starting January 2027, Gmail will no longer support it. The second is Check mail from other accounts, the setting that fetches another provider’s mail into Gmail with POP. The third is Gmailify, which gave a third-party account Gmail’s spam protection, inbox categories and faster search. Google names the month and gives no exact day.
Google's dates
- After the first quarter of 2026
No new users
Gmailify and Check mail from other accounts stop taking new users.
- Until January 2027
Existing users carry on
Google says existing users can still use them until then.
- January 2027
The cut-off
Send as stops for third-party addresses, and Gmailify and POP fetching end for existing users.
| Feature | What it does today | What Google says |
|---|---|---|
| Send as for a third-party address | What it does todaySends mail from your @yahoo.com or @outlook.com address inside Gmail. | What Google saysStarting January 2027, Gmail no longer supports it. |
| Check mail from other accounts | What it does todayFetches another provider's mail into Gmail on a computer, with POP. | What Google saysNo longer supported. The option goes from Gmail on your computer. |
| Gmailify | What it does todayGives a third-party account spam protection, inbox categories, better mobile notifications and advanced search. | What Google saysGmail is removing it, and Google gives one timeline for it and POP fetching. |
Steps from Gmail Help: Send emails from a different address or alias, read 26 October 2026.
Steps from Gmail Help: Learn about upcoming changes to Gmailify & POP in Gmail, read 26 October 2026.
You are affected if you send from, or pull mail in from, an address on another provider.
Check which of these you use today. Google says the change does not affect Google Workspace aliases or other Gmail addresses you own, and that every message synced before the change stays in Gmail.
Check your setup
- Affected
Send as an address on another providerCheck mail from other accounts (POP)Gmailify on another provider's account
- Not affected
Google Workspace aliasesOther Gmail addresses you ownOther accounts in the Gmail app on a phone or tabletThird-party apps that connect to Gmail by POP or IMAPMail already in GmailA one-time import from the web
The Gmail app on Android, iPhone and iPad uses a standard IMAP connection for other providers’ accounts, so reading and sending from them there carries on. Google also says you can still import mail and contacts from a third-party account on the web, as a one-time import: messages do not sync continuously.
Steps from Gmail Help: Learn about upcoming changes to Gmailify & POP in Gmail, read 26 October 2026.
Four routes keep an old address working, and the right one depends on how you use that address.
| Route | What it keeps working | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Forward the old address into Gmail | What it keeps workingNew mail from the old address keeps arriving in your Gmail inbox, the way it did with POP fetching. | Who it suitsAnyone who reads that address's mail in Gmail. |
| Ask your administrator for a Workspace alias or a mail migration | What it keeps workingA Google Workspace alias is not affected, and an administrator can migrate email data into Google Workspace. | Who it suitsWork, school and business accounts. |
| Add the account to the Gmail app on a phone or tablet | What it keeps workingReading and sending from the other account, over IMAP. | Who it suitsPeople who mostly use a phone. |
| Keep using the other provider's own app or website | What it keeps workingEverything on that address stays where it is, including sending as it. | Who it suitsAnyone who sends from the old address often. |
Steps from Gmail Help: Learn about upcoming changes to Gmailify & POP in Gmail, read 26 October 2026.
New sign-ups need no route at all if they use a Gmail plus address. Gmail delivers janedoe+school@gmail.com to janedoe@gmail.com, as Google explains on its send from a different address or alias page, and the search deliveredto:janedoe+school@gmail.com finds those emails. Google’s search operator list has the rest.
Forwarding sends the old address's mail into Gmail, and a filter puts it under its own label.
Google’s way to replace POP fetching is automatic forwarding from the other provider. The steps are in that provider’s settings and differ from one to the next, so Google points to the provider’s own documentation. The Gmail side is the same everywhere.
Forward the old address, then label what arrives
- Open the settings of your other email provider and find automatic forwarding. Google says to refer to your provider’s documentation for the steps.
- Forward new mail to your Gmail address.
- In Gmail on a computer, click Show search options in the search box at the top and paste the search below. To check it, click Search and look at the emails that show up.
- If the forwarded emails show up, open Show search options again, click Create filter at the bottom, tick Apply the label, choose or create the label, then click Create filter.
Steps from Gmail Help: Best practices for forwarding email to Gmail, read 26 October 2026.
Replace you@oldmail.example with the old address you forward into Gmail. The search finds emails sent to that address.
to:(you@oldmail.example)
Steps from Gmail Help: Create rules to filter your emails, read 26 October 2026.
Illustration, invented mail
- Caught
Pinewood Pool
9:48 AM
Your lane booking for Saturday
Studio team
9:12 AM
Agenda for Thursday's planning call
- Caught
Alder Street Club
8:30 AM
The October newsletter is here
Sam
Yesterday
Lunch on Friday?
- Caught
Pinewood Pool
Yesterday
Receipt for your last visit
- Old address
Pinewood Pool
9:48 AM
Your lane booking for Saturday
Studio team
9:12 AM
Agenda for Thursday's planning call
- Old address
Alder Street Club
8:30 AM
The October newsletter is here
Sam
Yesterday
Lunch on Friday?
- Old address
Pinewood Pool
Yesterday
Receipt for your last visit
Every email stays in the inbox, and the caught ones gain the labelOld address
Sending as the old address is the part Gmail drops, so decide now where you will send from.
Google’s Help names one place that keeps sending from another provider’s address: the Gmail app on Android, iPhone and iPad. The other provider’s own app or website always can. For a work or school address, an alias on your Google Workspace domain is not affected, and your administrator sets it up.
On an Android phone or tablet
- Open the Gmail app.
- At the top right, in the search bar, tap Profile.
- Tap Add another account, then choose your email provider from the list.
- Follow the steps on the screen to link the account.
Steps from Gmail Help: Add another email account in the Gmail app, read 26 October 2026.
To see every account in one list in that app, tap Menu, then All inboxes. A Workspace administrator can follow Google’s page on adding an email alias, and the data import tool covers migrating mail into Workspace.
Once everything lands in one Gmail inbox, Batmail can sort it with one set of rules.
Batmail sits on top of the Gmail you already use, works the inbox overnight, and sends one short brief each morning. It connects to Gmail and Google Workspace only, so the mail you forward in is in Gmail, and Batmail reads it there. Scout is free on one inbox, so one forwarded-into Gmail inbox is one set of rules and one morning brief.
Several addresses, one inbox
- Your other addresses
you@oldmail.exampleForwarding is set up with that provider.
- One Gmail inbox
The forwarded mail lands in Gmail.
One place to read all of it.
- Batmail
One set of rules works it overnight.
You read one short brief each morning.
These are the questions people ask next.
When does Gmail stop supporting Send as for addresses on other providers?
Google's Help says that starting January 2027, Gmail will no longer support the Send as feature for third-party email addresses, such as @yahoo.com or @outlook.com. Google names the month and gives no exact day. It says the change does not affect Google Workspace aliases or other Gmail addresses you own.
Will I lose the emails I already pulled into Gmail with POP?
No. Google says all messages synced before the change stay in Gmail.
Can I still use my Yahoo or Outlook account in the Gmail app?
Yes. Google says you can add third-party accounts like Yahoo! and Outlook to the Gmail app on Android, iPhone and iPad, which uses a standard IMAP connection, and keep reading and sending from them there.
How do I keep getting another address's mail in Gmail?
Set up automatic forwarding with your other email provider, so new emails appear in your Gmail inbox the way they did with POP fetching. Google says to refer to your provider's documentation for the steps. A work or school account can ask its administrator to migrate the mail into Google Workspace.
Does Batmail work with Outlook or Yahoo mail?
No. Batmail works with Gmail and Google Workspace. If you forward another address into your Gmail inbox, that mail is in Gmail, and Batmail works on it there.
Every step on this page comes from these official pages.
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- Gmail Help: Learn about upcoming changes to Gmailify & POP in Gmail
- Gmail Help: Send emails from a different address or alias
- Gmail Help: Best practices for forwarding email to Gmail
- Gmail Help: Add another email account in the Gmail app
- Google Workspace Help: Add or delete an alternate email address (email alias)
- Google Workspace Help: About the data import tool
- Gmail Help: Create rules to filter your emails
- Gmail Help: Refine searches in Gmail