GroupWise to Gmail


FOLLOW ALL OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS FROM THE GROUP WISE CLIENT ON YOUR COMPUTER AND NOT FROM YOUR WEB BROWSER.  


Transfer Contents
Forward Existing Messages
This step in not necessary for ACTIVE e-mail since it will be forwarded automatically but you may wish to do this with ARCHIVED e-mail- which is NOT active and won’t transfer to Gmail.

Step 1 > Delete any email messages that you do not want moved to your Gmail account.

Step 2 > Begin with messages in your GroupWise inbox. Right click on the message (either the name of sender of subject name). Click on Forward from the drop-down menu.  

Note: Email attachments over 20MB and executable attachments will not transfer.

Step 3 > When prompted for an address, enter your user name (at) guilderlandschools.net (for example, lemoynen@guilderlandschools.net)

Step 4 > Repeat the process for each message you wish to forward to your Gmail account.

Step 5 > Repeat the process for items in your “Sent Items” and archived e-mail that you wish to save.


Import Frequent Contacts

You might want to do this for your Personal Contacts that are NOT part of the Guilderland Schools.

Step 1 > Go into your GroupWise and click “Address Book” from the tool bar.


Step 2 > Right click on the book labeled “Frequent Contacts” and click “Export Book”.


Step 3 > Name the export something meaningful and save it to the desktop.

After the training:

Step 4 >Go into your Gmail account and click “Contacts” near the bottom left.


Step 5 >Near the upper right section, click “Import”.


Step 6> Choose the address book export on your desktop from GroupWise and select “Import”.

Import Distribution Lists

Distribution lists that you created in GroupWise are stored in your personal folder (identified by your name). Follow the next steps if these lists are made up of contacts that are NOT part of the Guilderland Schools.  The district list of email addresses is already available to you in Gmail.

Step 1 > Go into your GroupWise and click “Address Book” from the tool bar.

Step 2 > Right click on the personal address book labeled “(your name)” and click “Export Book”.

Step 3 > Name the export (your name) and save it to the desktop.

After the training:

Step 4 >Go into your Gmail account and click “Contacts” near the bottom left.

Step 5 >Near the upper right section, click “Import”.

Step 6> Choose the address book export on your desktop from GroupWise and select “Import”.