Changing web hosts, will emails be lost?

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Hello,We currently have a web hosting with a company that is about to close their doors and they installed Gmail on their server as their web mail. I would like to find a new web hosting company, but I would like to keep all old emails which are located on my web mail (Gmail) mail.mydomain.com. How can I keep all of my old emails on my web mail (Gmail)?I was thinking of installing Outlook and hopefully being able to download ALL emails since the email account was set up. ThanksFrom what I understand, gmail webmail service is still hosted on gmail servers. Therefore, you should be able to access the email after their server goes offline. I don't know how easy or hard it is to contact gmail support, but it would be worth your effort.Yes it is hosted on Gmail server and not on your host's server.

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<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/var_2.htmlSo">http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/var_2.htmlSo</a><!-- m --> if I change the DNS/name servers on my domain to point to new servers for my new web host I choose and no emails will be affected? Nothing will change on the gmail end?Well your email should remain on Google's servers but as far as using webmail with your domain, I think you host will need to support that (and few do). Ask the host you are considering for their thoughts.Just to make sure you should backup your e-mails using MS Outlook. I believe gmail allows you to enable POP3 settings so that you can configure your outlook.Does this mean they are using google MX?right, quick guide here to change servers without downtime/loss of mail.DO THIS BEFORE DELETING ANYTHING OR CHANGING ANYTHINGon new hosting provider make sure that all files are copied and all domain settings are the same as on current, so copy all your hosting files to new host (if they are both cPanel servers then this is easy). make sure that the passwords for ftp mail etc etc are the same. In the dns manager for new host set all mx, cname, aname, spf and txt records, then pick a day, firday evening is best and change the nameservers to that of the new hosting provider. If you have done this correctly, no body should have noticed that you have changed hosting provider as they will not see any downtime.Once you have confirmed that your dns change has propegated then you can delete the info on the old servers.I have done this many times when moving sites between servers and also for clients that have joined from elsewhere. Also if your domain is held at enom, ie by an enom reseller then the change is usually done within 2 hours max, not the 72 hours that most ppl say, tho if it is with others then it may take that long, 2 registrars that i have known to take that long are heartinternet and 123-reg.A little proof of the speed of dns updates with enom, a domain that i registered 2 years ago was acutally pointing to a server that has not existed for about 6 months, i decided to revive it lastweek and move it from 123-reg to my own account on enom, that took about 2 days, i then changed the nameservers from the old ones to the windows box that im gonna host it on, for a laugh i pinged it 5 mins later and it was showing the IP of the new server.For those that doubt it can be done, pm me and i will demo it gladlyFWIW you should lower your TTLS before doing a server swtich to avoid any "Wait 24hrs because your ISP is caching the DNS"Now this won't help for an ISP whos DNS servers break the rules and ignore TTL but you wouldn't expect a broken car to move, would you?
 
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