Switch from Gmail

Sign up at account.cirrux.co and choose the @cirrux.me option. Pick the address you want, then choose monthly or yearly billing.

In Cirrux Mail, go to Settings → Sync & Import and click Connect Google account. Sign in with your Gmail account and allow read-only access. Choose which Gmail labels and Google calendars to bring over, then click Start sync.

The first import can take a while for a large mailbox. We email you when it's done. After that, Cirrux checks Gmail every hour for anything new. Nothing in your Google account is changed or deleted. See Google Sync for the details.

During setup, add an extra label to everything the sync brings over, for example Gmail. Later on, that label tells you at a glance which mail still came in through your old address.

The hourly sync already brings new mail over. If you'd rather have it arrive right away, set up forwarding in Gmail:

1. In Gmail, open Settings → See all settings → Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
2. Click Add a forwarding address and enter your @cirrux.me address.
3. Google sends a confirmation code to that address. Open it in Cirrux Mail and enter the code in Gmail.
4. Choose Forward a copy of incoming mail and save.

Use Cirrux in the browser, or add your @cirrux.me address to the mail app you already use. On an iPhone or Mac, install the Cirrux profile and mail, calendar and contacts are set up in one go. For other apps, see Compatible apps.

Let the people you write to most know about your new address. The rest learn it as you go: when you reply in Cirrux to mail that was sent to your Gmail address, your reply comes from your @cirrux.me address. When they reply to that, they write to your new address.

Change the email address on the accounts that matter: your bank, your phone provider, the government services you use, online shops. Start with any account you use to reset passwords, so you can still get back in once you stop checking Gmail.

Searching your imported mail for words like “welcome” or “verify your email” is a quick way to find where you signed up.

After a few weeks, look at what still arrives at your old address. Open the Gmail label from step 2, or search for to:yourname@gmail.com. Anything recent in there is from someone who hasn't switched yet, and that is your to-do list.

Watch out for accounts where you sign in with the Sign in with Google button. Those are tied to your Google account, not just your address. To find them, open your Google Account and look under Security → Your connections to third-party apps & services. It lists every service you signed in to with Google.

For each of those services, there's usually a simple path:

1. On the service's sign-in page, use Forgot password with your Gmail address. That gives you a password, so you can sign in with your Gmail address and that password instead of the Google button.
2. Once you're signed in that way, change the email address on the account to your @cirrux.me address.

Some services let you change your email address yourself in their settings. Often you'll need to ask their support team to do it for you.