Take the tour ×  Following the instructions here, I transferred
most of my email from my old xxx@gmail.com account to a custom
domain managed by Google.  In my new GMail account, POP3 is
setup to pull from my old GMail account. In my old GMail
account, forwarding is setup to forward new mail to my new GMail
account.  Do I need both? Is one better than the other?  Also,
how do I transfer email in my old GMail Drafts folder to my new
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Answers  up vote 6 down vote accepted  You do not need both. I
suggest using mail forwarding because you will receive mail from
your old account more quickly than using the POP3 method.
Forwarded mail seems to be sent nearly instantly, while POP
depends on the new account to poll from the old account. GMail
varies the polling frequency based on how often the polled
account gets mail. The delay could be as long as an hour. I
don't think POP3 will ever be as fast as forwarding.  POP3
forwarding has one advantage: it log