How to Migrate Email from G Suite to cPanel?

There are some scenarios where you might want to migrate your G Suite emails to cPanel. Here is an article that explains how to migrate emails from G Suite to cPanel.

First, we need the following details:

• Username and password for your G Suite email account.
• Password and user account for the cPanel mail account.

Note: If you have not enabled IMAP settings in Gmail, enable it before proceeding with the migration process.

Steps to Enable IMAP Settings in Gmail

• Login to your Gmail account.
• Go to Settings >> Click on “Forwarding and POP/IMAP”
• Look for the "IMAP Access" option
• Then Enable the IMAP, if its disabled.

For ON Less Secure Apps Settings

• Click on Logo >>Manage your Gmail account >>Security >>Scroll down to the page to Less Secure App
• Click to Turn it ON.

Using the following command, you can install the imapsync tool if you don't have it already:

sudo yum install imapsync

Starting the Migration Process

Using the below command on the cPanel server, you can now begin the migration process.

imapsync --host1 imap.gmail.com --port1 993 --ssl1 --user1 [e-mail] --passfile1 /home/gaurav/pass1 --host2 eternity.herosite.pro --port2 993 --ssl2 --user2 [e-mail] --passfile2 /home/gaurav/pass2

The username for the account needs to be replaced with gaurav.

/home/gaurav/pass1 – Store your gmail account password in this file
/home/gaurav/pass2 – Store your cpanel account password in this file

You can migrate to cPanel from G Suite using this method!