Dual accounts with Outlook

In order to migrate your data from old account to new account, you need to configure your Outlook with two email accounts (Zimbra account and Google Workspace account). In this guide, you are migrating from your Zimbra account (nguyenvana@tdt.edu.vn)

1-Adding Zimbra account

  • Start Oulook
  • File -> Add Account
  • Select Manually configure server settings or additional server types, click Next
  • Select Internet E-mail, click Next

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  • Enter your information:
    • Your Name: Your full name
    • E-mail Address: Your old email address (nguyenvana@tdt.edu.vn)
    • Account type: IMAP
    • Incoming mail server (IMAP): mail.tdt.edu.vn
    • Outgoing mail server (SMTP): mail.tdt.edu.vn
  • Click More Settings
  • Select Outgoing server tab: Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and Use the same settings as my incoming mail server

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  • Select Advanced tab: Specify Server Port Numbers as follows:
    • Incoming server (IMAP): 993, encrypted connection: SSL
    • Outgoing server (SMTP): 465, encrypted connection: SSL
  • Server timeouts: 10 minutes

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Click OK and  Finish.

 

2-Adding Google Workspace account

Step 1: Allow less secure apps on Google Workspace

  • Sign in to Google Workspace
  • Visit Settings -> Accounts and Import, select Google Account settings
  • In Sign-in & Security, select Apps with account access
  • Select Allow less secure apps: ON

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Step 2: Enable IMAP

  • Sign in to Google Workspace
  • Visit Settings -> Accounts and Import, select Google Account settings
  • Move to  IMAP Access, select Enable IMAP
  • Jump to the end of screen, click Save changes

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Step 3: Adding account to Outlook

  • Start Oulook
  • Click File -> Add Account
  • Select Manually configure server settings or additional server types, click Next
  • Select Internet E-mail, click Next

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  • Enter you information:
    • Your Name: Your full name
    • E-mail Address: Your TDTU email address (nguyenvana@tdtu.edu.vn)
    • Account type: IMAP
    • Incoming mail server (IMAP): imap.gmail.com
    • Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
  • Click More Settings
  • Click  Outgoing server tab: Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and Use the same settings as my incoming mail server

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  • Click Advanced tab: specify Server Port Numbers as follows:
    • Incoming server (IMAP): 993, encrypted connection: SSL
    • Outgoing server (SMTP): 465, encrypted connection: SSL
  • Server timeouts: 10 minutes

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Click OK then Finish.

Now, you have two accounts on your mail client. Select mails from old account, right-click on them, select Move...->Copy to Folder, select the destination folder on Google Workspace account, click OK.  Wait for your data  migrated.