Overview
- Google’s deprecation is now in force, with support notices citing January 2026 as the start date despite some reports referencing 2025.
- Gmailify’s extras for third‑party accounts are gone, removing Gmail’s spam filtering, category sorting and push notifications for those inboxes.
- External mail can still be accessed via standard IMAP in Gmail’s mobile apps, but IMAP must be enabled both at the external provider and in Gmail settings.
- Ongoing POP retrieval has stopped, while previously imported messages remain in Gmail and one‑time imports of emails or contacts are still available.
- Gmail does not offer full folder or structure synchronization for external accounts, so many users will rely on provider‑side forwarding, and they can review old POP3 links under Accounts and Import in settings.