• Can I import existing email into GMAIL?
• Listing of free GMail tools and plugins

Thanks to The Google GMail Loader (GML), this can be accomplished. You can Visit their homepage or jump straight to the downloads page.

Currently this application is only available for use in a Windows or *nix environment.

said by GML Homepage:

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The application works by reading your existing mail files, and forwarding them to GMail. It does not delete the mail from your local computer. Email can be set to arrive at GMail in either your 'Inbox' or 'Sent Mail'.

GML is free and is licensed to you under the GNU General Public License. There is a pre-compiled windows version avaiable as well as a source only distribution for other operating systems. Please see the download page for more information.

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Here's a comprehensive list of some free GMail tools and plugins:

• Gmail Notifier
  The Gmail Notifier is a downloadable Windows application that alerts you when you have new Gmail messages. It displays an icon in your system tray to let you know if you have unread Gmail messages, and shows you their subjects, senders and snippets, all without your having to open a web browser.
  
  
• GMNotifier
  GMNotifier is a notifier application that tells you when you have new Gmail messages.
  
  
• GmailTray
  GmailTray allows you to search your emails from your desktop. It resides in your system tray, and can be accessed by simply clicking on it. This will bring up a box that you can enter your search in. To start the search, hit enter. It will then search using your default browser.
  
  
• Gmail Notifier
  Firefox extension, installs an icon on your toolbar that displays the amount of new messages in your inbox
  
  
• Gmail-to
  Associate all mailto: links with Gmail as opposed to Outlook
  
  
• Gmail-to Bookmarklet
  Compose messages from your Gmail account from any page
  
  
• Gmailit
  Bookmarklet to send the current page you're viewing to someone through Gmail
  
  
• GMail Loader (GML)
  Cross platform application forwards your existing email to Gmail
  
  
• Pop Goes the GMail
  Gmail > POP3 converter
  Note: GMail does offer POP3 access to all accounts at this time
  
  
• gExodus
  Graphical user interface tool allows you to import your emails into your Gmail account.
  
  
• gCount
  a menu bar item for Mac OS X 10.3 or later that displays the number of unread messages in the inbox
  
  
• GMail, RSS Feeds
  Retrieve notifications of new mail through RSS
  
  
• Gmail in Opera
  Use Gmail with the Opera browser, which currently is unsupported
  Note: Opera 6.03+ is now supported by GMail as of 2/24/2005
  
  
• Gmail Gems
  Tips and Tricks to use Gmail more efficiently
  
  
• Unread Gmail
  Create a label called "Unread", Gmail will automatically add all unread items to it (Via Gmail Wiki)
  
  
• PINE Addressbook to Gmail
  Export addressbook in CSV format from PINE to Gmail.
  
  
• GSuite
  Lets you access and use Gmail from a mini-browser in the system tray
  
  
• GmailStatus
  Shows the number of unread messages in the Mac OSX menubar
  
  
• GMailer (libgmailer)
  A PHP library/class that helps you accessing/checking/using GMail through PHP scripts.
  
  
• Gmail icon generator
  Create an image of your Gmail address to minimize spam exposure
  
  
• Gmail Agent API
  Open Source extensible foundation for interfacing with Gmail. Written for .NET framework
  
  
• You've Got Gmail
  Gmail Notifier for Trillian Messenger Pro
  
  
• Gmail-Mobile
  Use Gmail from a WAP enabled device with .php
  
  
• Skin Gmail
  Use a custom stylesheet in Firefox to skin Gmail (Via Furl)
  

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