Import Your Yahoo! Mail Messages and Contacts Into Gmail

To copy your Yahoo! Mail messages, folders and address book to Gmail:

    



    



            
  • Copy all messages you want to migrate from your Yahoo! Mail Trash and Spam folders to the Yahoo! Mail Inbox.
  • Click the Settings gear in your Gmail.
  • Select Settings from the menu that comes up.
  • Go to the Accounts and Import tab.
  • Click Import mail and contacts under Import mail and contacts:.
    • If you have previously imported mail, click Import from another address.
  • Type your Yahoo! Mail address under What account do you want to import from? 
  • Click Continue.
  • Enter your Yahoo! Mail password under Enter the password for example@yahoo.com:.
  • Click Continue.
  • Make sure Import contacts and Import mail are checked.
  • To have messages that arrive at your Yahoo! Mail address automatically appear in your Gmail inbox for a month, check Import new mail for next 30 days.
  • Optionally, check Add label to all imported mail:.
    • This label lets you easily spot all imported mail in one place. You can always remove the label from individual messages later or delete it altogether.
    • Messages imported from Yahoo! Mail folders other than your Inbox will automatically get a label derived from the folder name. All mail imported from your Yahoo! Mail "Clients" folder will bear the "Migrated/Clients" label after import, for example.
    • Mail in your Drafts, Trash and Spam folders will not be imported.
    • All messages and contacts will of course still be available in Yahoo! Mail after the import has finished.


            
  • Click Start import.
  • Click OK.

With a Yahoo! Mail Plus subscription, you can also have Gmail download new mail automatically.