How to set up Mail Collector

How to set up Mail Collector for a Gmail, Yahoo or AOL account

1. Log into your GMX account at www.gmx.com.
2. Under the Email tab, click on Add email account in the left-hand menu.

   
   
   
   

3. On the Mail Collector page, click on Add an email account.
4. Choose your third-party provider and click on Sign in with.. or Continue.
   You will be directed to the login page of your external account.
5. Log into your third-party account with the email address and password for that account.
   You are now taken back to the Mail Collector settings in your GMX inbox.
6. On the next page, you can choose how you would like to collect your emails:
   • Fetch new emails continuously: All new incoming emails to your external email account will be copied into your GMX inbox. Emails that are already stored in the external inbox will not be collected.
   • Copy existing emails one time: All emails that are stored in the external inbox will be copied to your GMX inbox. This is a one-time action; new incoming emails to your external account will not be collected.
   • Copy existing emails and fetch new emails continuously: All new incoming emails and those that are already stored in your external account will be copied to your GMX inbox.
   Info:

   No matter which option you choose, your emails will not be deleted from your third-party inbox. Mail Collector only fetches copies of your external emails.

7. Choose where you would like to store your collected emails:
   • In a separate folder: Your collected emails will be sorted into a dedicated folder in your GMX account.
   • In my inbox: Your collected emails will be copied directly into your GMX inbox.
8. Click on Activate Mail Collector.

   
   
   
   

Your Mail Collector is now set up. You can see the current status on the Mail Collector page (Step 2).

How to set up Mail Collector for other accounts

1. Log into your GMX account at www.gmx.com.
2. Under the Email tab, click on Add email account in the left-hand menu.

   
   
   
   

3. On the Mail Collector page, click on Add an email account.
4. Choose the third-party provider from which you would like to have your emails imported.
5. At the top of the following page, enter the email address and password for your third-party account.
6. Below, you can choose how you would like to retrieve your emails:
   • Fetch new emails continuously: All new incoming emails to your external email account will be copied into your GMX inbox. Emails that are already stored in the external inbox will not be collected.
   • Copy existing emails one time: All emails that are stored in the external inbox will be copied to your GMX inbox. This is a one-time action; new incoming emails to your external account will not be collected.
   • Copy existing emails and fetch new emails continuously: All new incoming emails and those that are already stored in your external account will be copied to your GMX inbox.
   Info:

   No matter which option you choose, your emails will not be deleted from your third-party inbox. Mail Collector only fetches copies of your external emails.

7. Choose where you would like to store your collected emails:
   • In a separate folder: Your collected emails will be sorted into a dedicated folder in your GMX account.
   • In my inbox: Your collected emails will be copied directly into your GMX inbox.
8. Click on Activate Mail Collector.

   
   
   
   

Your Mail Collector is now set up. You can see the current status on the Mail Collector page (Step 2).