How to Forward Mediacom Email to Gmail? Push All Mails

Many people who once got their email from Mediacom now want to ditch it. So naturally, they wish to know if there is a way to forward Mediacom email to Gmail without data loss.

Yes, there are not one but multiple ways, and I am here to tell you all about them. In this guide, I have compiled all the possible methods with which you can move your @mchsi.com or @mediacombb.net emails to a @gmail.com ID for free. First, let us see why people want to switch

Why Do People Wish to Forward Mediacom Email to Gmail?

Storage is the primary reason. Doesn’t matter if you have the legacy @mchsi.com account or even the new @mediacombb.net account; you just get 1 GB of total storage. It would be an issue if we were still in 2005, when emails were mostly text and just a few KB in size. However, modern email is full of different elements images, attachments, that push the message size.

1 GB of total storage is not enough to handle all of that. Moreover, Mediacom doesn’t even allow you to get more storage even if you wish to pay for it. The only alternative is that you can set up 11 email accounts for every Mediacom subscription. So if one gets full, start using the other. Even this highly impractical workaround caps the storage at 11 GB (1 x 11). Which is way less than the 15 GB limit Gmail gives you in a free account.

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People primarily got Mediacom for its cable TV; email was a secondary use case. With the rise of online subscription platforms, cable TV is almost extinct. So people don’t feel like keeping their Mediamail subscription.

Although Mediacom has transformed its business model to adapt to the times and now serves mostly as an ISP provider, email is not its forte. Independent email services like Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, etc, are much more flexible than their traditional ISP counterparts.

And if a person uses Gmail, they get full access to all the Google services like Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gemini, etc. Mediacom account can’t compete with this at all. Now that the reasons are clear, let’s start exploring the methods one by one.

Forward Mediacom Email to Gmail Through Webmail

Mediacom offers its own webmail client, from which you can forward messages:

• Step 1. Log in to your @mchsi.com or @mediacombb.net account.
• Step 2. Open any email you wish to forward.
• Step 3. Look for the “Forward” button or icon and click it.
• Step 4. Inside the email draft, type your @gmail.com address.
• Step 5. Hit send. Repeat for every other message you want to forward.

If you want to automate the process, there is a way to let Mediacom Mail do that for you.

Auto Forward @mchsi.com/@mediacombb.net Emails to @gmail.com

Here are the steps.

• Step 1. Sign in to your Mediacom account by visiting https://mail1.mediacombb.net/
• Step 2. Click on the settings/preferences cog icon at the top right.
• Step 3. Look for the “Mail” or “Email” section in the sidebar.
• Step 4. Find the “Auto forward emails to other email addresses” (name might be different for you)
• Step 5. Enable the switch/slider button to forward Mediacom email to Gmail.
• Step 6. Type the full @gmail.com address and check the “Save a copy of the message” option if you want to keep the conversation in both accounts.
• Step 7. Press the Save/Apply changes button and test from a third email account to see if the setting is working as intended.

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Some users might find the Mediacom webmail too laggy or confusing, so they keep their account in a desktop email client. These clients can serve as a medium to forward messages; let’s see how.

How to Forward Mediacom Email to Gmail via Email Clients?

Follow these steps:

• Step 1. Choose any popular free-to-use email client like Outlook, Thunderbird, etc., and in it set up not just your Mediacom account but your Gmail account as well.
• Step 2. Open two instances of the same email client side by side on your PC (in split-screen style)
• Step 3. Select a bunch of emails from your Mediacom account. Then drag and drop them across the client into a folder of your Gmail account.

That’s it. If you don’t wish to go through the trouble of setting up an email client just to move emails and never use it again, don’t worry. I will tell you all about the special settings you can find in Gmail to perform the transfer.

Steps to View Mediacom Emails in Gmail Directly

Choose this if you are not going to close your Mediacom account anytime soon.

• Step 1. Open Gmail
• Step 2. Click on the settings cog and select See all settings.
• Step 3. Switch to the Accounts and import tab.
• Step 4. See the Check mail from other accounts: section and click on “Add a mail account.”
• Step 5. A window pops up on the side; follow the on-screen instructions, and complete the setup.

There is a second option that doesn’t just allow you to see the emails in Gmail but makes Mediacom mail part of your Gmail account.

Bring All @mchsi.com/@mediacombb.net to @gmail.com Via Email Import

Follow the first three steps in the same manner

• Step 1. Log in to Gmail > Press the settings cog icon & click on See all settings > Go to the Accounts and import tab.
• Step 2. Now we don’t exactly forward Mediacom emails to Gmail, but instead pull Mediacom emails to Gmail. So click on Import mail and contacts and follow the rest of the steps as they appear on your screen.

Soon, you should start to see the Mediacom emails appear inside a new Gmail label.

Demerits of Manual Operations

The various manual methods to forward Mediacom email to Gmail that I have described up until now may sound simple to implement. However, each method carries one or the other disadvantage, which is important for you to know.

Manual forwarding permanently disturbs the metadata of the email. So in a compliance-conscious industry, this practice might not be allowed.

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Auto forwarding only applies to the new emails you receive on your account. All of the existing emails remain as they are.

Setting up email clients is quite cumbersome. Especially if you have no previous experience working with them. Not to mention that the drag-and-drop operation cannot put emails in any of the permanent folders like the inbox, sent mail, drafts, etc. You must make a new custom folder for your Gmail account and put the emails there.

Moreover, when you drag and drop, you move the emails instead of copying the data. Making it difficult to track which emails have been sent over and which are still pending.

Gmail’s internal options are powerful yet difficult to set. Any minor mistake and you must redo the entire process from scratch. You should consider using an IMAP backup solution in such situations.

The Mediacom email viewing option will stop working as soon as your account closes. The option of bringing in emails is also problematic, as it uses POP3.

That’s why users need something that is both reliable and fast. Here is what you should use.

The Best Method to Migrate Mediacom to Gmail

That would be none other than the widely trusted SysTools IMAP to IMAP migration tool.

Move all 11 Mediacom accounts to a new Gmail account in a single run. If any network interruptions disturb the first instance, you can remedy it with the help of the retry failed or even redo the entire process.

Additionally, new emails may arrive in your Mediamail account immediately after you start the migration; that is why this tool features its own Delta migration option. Use it to detect all new data and move it to the intended destination after your initial run.

You receive real-time updates that display both the email count and the email volume. On top of that, you can generate a summary and a detailed report to measure how well the tool performed during the migration of Mediacom Email to Gmail.

Next up are the steps you need to perform in order to use the tool on your system.

Steps to Forward Mediacom Email to Gmail with a Tool

Step 1. Launch the tool, select the Email Workload, apply a date filter (optional), and press Next.

Step 2. In the Source Screen, pick Others and type Mediacom IMAP details & Validate, then press Next.

Step 3. Choose Gmail as the destination, validate IMAP details & press Next.

Step 4. Then, to forward the Mediacom email to Gmail, you must map the accounts. Do this via the CSV template available inside the tool. Download, edit, and upload it back.

Step 5. The Mediacom account list will be visible inside the tool’s UI Select the accounts, prioritizing the most critical ones, validate, and start.

What to Do After You Successfully Forward Mediacom Email to Gmail?

Forwarding emails is not just a one-off operation. Especially if you wish to ditch the source Mediacom mail account permanently.

As you might be using it as your primary communication channel, you must update all of your contacts so that they are aware you have updated your email address. For that, the easiest way is to draft an email from your existing Mediacom account and send it to each of your contacts.

You should use the Mediacom address and not the new Gmail account, as it is possible that the recipient’s email might not trust an email from an unknown @gmail.com address right away. So your email might end up in spam, and your contact never gets to read about your email address update.

You should also set up an auto reply inside your Mediacom mail to inform any unknown senders about the change.

After the contacts, also make sure you update the email address at all the places you have registered with an @mchsi.com or @mediacombb.net account. The most common places are newsletters, social media, etc.

As soon as you switch or close your Mediacom account, a hidden timer starts. Your email account becomes sterile in 1-30 days. During this period, you lose the ability to log in and can no longer send or receive any email. Any person who sends an email to your @mchsi.com or @mediacombb.net accounts receives a non-delivery alert instead.

Moreover, all of your data is purged within 90 days to 6 months. This is as per industry standard. Once this happens, you cannot get your legacy email messages back in any way.

Conclusion

Here, I taught you how to forward Mediacom email to Gmail in a variety of ways. You can use the default methods present in the webmail. Set up auto-forwarding to push new emails directly to the @gmail.com address. There is also the option to set up both of your accounts in an email client, then do a drag and drop. Plus, there are internal Gmail settings that allow you to view other accounts’ mail or bring it over.

However, each of these methods has one or the other drawbacks. Therefore, to bypass these limitations, I recommend that you choose the tool I mentioned in the text above. It can directly transfer multiple @mchsi.com/@mediacombb.net to Gmail with zero effort from your side.

Lastly, do not forget to complete the post-migration steps. If you have any specific queries, check out the FAQ section below.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Do I still get a new Mediacom email address when I subscribe to their email service?

Yes, Mediacom is one of the last few remnants of an ISP/cable TV provider that still provides its users with an email address. However, I suggest you opt out of this feature.

Q. Can I keep my @mchsi.com/@mediacombb.net after forwarding emails to my @gmail.com?

Yes, you can, but you have to keep paying Mediacom. However, if you choose to close or switch services, then you must surrender the @mchsi.com/@mediacombb.net account.

Q. How many emails can I forward from Mediacom to Gmail at a time?

By default, it is only possible to forward one email at a time. You could download the messages and send multiple messages simultaneously in the form of attachments, but this defeats the purpose of forwarding emails.

Q. Will Mediacom continue to keep my email data after I stop using their service?

They have to keep it for some time to fulfill the mandatory compliance. However, after a set amount of time has passed, typically between 90 days to 6 months, all of your data is permanently deleted.