# Import Historical Emails **URL:** \ **Category:** HubSpot Ideas\ **Tags:** sales-email, object\ **Created:** [August 1, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574 "2019-08-01T17:53:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sgrun](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sgrun/32/95715_2.png) [@sgrun](https://community.hubspot.com/u/sgrun)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/1 "2019-08-01T17:53:19Z")
Many people want to start using Hubspot with their entire company’s email history associated with the correct Hubspot Contact/Company, and visible to all Hubspot Users. For many companies, historical email history is the \*single\* most important record of the interaction you and your colleagues have had with your customers and prospects. This is a vital and common feature to other CRM’s, like Close, Pipedrive, Zoho, SalesforceIQ, FreshSales…the list goes on. The current solution that Hubspot offers is NOT effective. We need the import of emails to be A) automatic, and B) historical (including before we started using Hubspot). Logging, bcc, shared inboxes, etc., do not cut the mustard. There are third-party companies that offer this, such as Threads, & MigrateMyCRM, but we all want a native Hubspot solution. The fact that multiple companies have built this should be a blinking neon sign highlighting just how much this is needed. You can see people requesting this at: [https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Gmail-Sales-Extension/How-to-import-history-emails-from-gmail/td-p/8979](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Gmail-Sales-Extension/How-to-import-history-emails-from-gmail/td-p/8979) [https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Outlook-Sales-Extension/New-to-Hubspot-Log-old-emails-into-CRM-via-Outlook/td-p/188330](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Outlook-Sales-Extension/New-to-Hubspot-Log-old-emails-into-CRM-via-Outlook/td-p/188330) [https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Email-Marketing-Tool/Can-I-retrospectively-sync-pas-Outlook-Gmail-emails-to-my-CRM/m-p/13415](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Email-Marketing-Tool/Can-I-retrospectively-sync-pas-Outlook-Gmail-emails-to-my-CRM/m-p/13415) So please, pretty please, with sugar on top. Build the \*\*\* Email Integration ![sugar-on-top.jpg](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f37d39d95abb636a21e95687e7ea324f0c214b2a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![XeleratioGmbH](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/xeleratiogmbh/32/14989_2.png) [@XeleratioGmbH](https://community.hubspot.com/u/XeleratioGmbH)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/2 "2019-08-13T16:50:28Z")
I could not agree more with the need for an auto-import functionality for email. This is definitely a must have and I hope that this feature will be developed soon. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![AxelS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@AxelS](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AxelS)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/3 "2019-09-23T09:10:33Z")
I can’t think of a business not wanting this kind of function. Why only have the option to log email threads beforehand, it is afterwards you know if the information was vital and relevant to the business case. Also this is a security measure for companies complying to regulations only to save relevant Business data and not every single email beforehand. We need this ASAP, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![CoreyW](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/coreyw/32/63860_2.png) [@CoreyW](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CoreyW)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/4 "2019-09-30T13:14:47Z")
I’m really surprised this feature is not already available with hubspot. We’ve just migrated over from another CRM and there now a huge amount of manual work to get our contacts in order. ---
**Author:** ![yvesgold](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/yvesgold/32/2679_2.png) [@yvesgold](https://community.hubspot.com/u/yvesgold)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/5 "2019-10-16T08:01:41Z")
Impossible to work without that. Meaningless. Pipedrive does this without any problem. I work with both, I find Pipedrive way superior to Hubspot in many aspects. ---
**Author:** ![SharonQ](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sharonq/32/1529_2.png) [@SharonQ](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SharonQ)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/6 "2019-10-30T13:56:33Z")
If Hubspot wants to truly be a useful CRM this is essential. If its just about marketing to new clients then I understand why you don’t see a need to add this feature. These days its not about a single sale but a relationship built over time. My customers don’t “age out” they have been with me for years and it would be so valuable to be able to keep track of our full conversation. I would like to identify a message in my email and say “add this to hubspot”. Please consider adding a way to capture current clients into your system. Salesforce does this by forwarding existing emails to itself and then allowing those emails to be assigned to a client. For many organizations this can be a make or break issue. It is a key factor in considering whether to move forward with hubspot or not. ---
**Author:** ![getimo](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/getimo/32/104913_2.png) [@getimo](https://community.hubspot.com/u/getimo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/7 "2019-11-12T00:03:48Z")
We’re thinking about migrating to HubSpot just to find out that this is not possible. ---
**Author:** ![Philneu](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/philneu/32/13521_2.png) [@Philneu](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Philneu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/8 "2019-12-16T16:21:27Z")
Feel this is a key thing for an established sales team to not loose all emails. Wondering how teams can just accept skipping this… PLease put this feature in soon!! ---
**Author:** ![katriel](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/katriel/32/13521_2.png) [@katriel](https://community.hubspot.com/u/katriel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/9 "2019-12-19T07:33:16Z")
I’ve been experimenting with Hubspot and this is the thing that would make or break it for our team. Would really love to see this feature! ---
**Author:** ![kevinwill](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kevinwill/32/28756_2.png) [@kevinwill](https://community.hubspot.com/u/kevinwill)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/10 "2020-02-03T20:04:42Z")
This is a very important aspect of migrating to Hubspot. We are an immigration agency and our processes take on average 18mths. Therefore we are unable to lose any emails as it can be vital to our applicant’s visa outcome. Can someone at Hubspot please advise if a solution is being worked on that is a native Hubspot service. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![RyanArriba](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/ryanarriba/32/7115_2.png) [@RyanArriba](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RyanArriba)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/11 "2020-02-04T00:42:09Z")
Really want this feature, major pain point for my team after we migrated from Pipedrive. ---
**Author:** ![HubSpotMaster](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/hubspotmaster/32/31853_2.png) [@HubSpotMaster](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HubSpotMaster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/12 "2020-02-05T20:29:28Z")
It’s critical to be able to have the association with the deal and contact. Many of the existing solutions simply add it to the contact and can’t recognize the HubSpot association to a deal or company. ---
**Author:** ![DaveMBL](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/davembl/32/99949_2.png) [@DaveMBL](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DaveMBL)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/13 "2020-02-11T12:51:26Z")
How is this not a thing yet?! ---
**Author:** ![markjnorman](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/markjnorman/32/5125_2.png) [@markjnorman](https://community.hubspot.com/u/markjnorman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/14 "2020-02-18T22:53:55Z")
Couldn’t agree more! This feature needs to be added to attract more people considering HubSpot to move (and make it much easier for those who have decided to). ---
**Author:** ![ebhaiji](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/ebhaiji/32/87988_2.png) [@ebhaiji](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ebhaiji)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/15 "2020-03-16T05:52:29Z")
This is a big issue and HubSpot should resolve this ASAP. It seems like more of an executive decision to not allow the feature of auto-tagging emails via email address to be turned on. Part of it could be a way to save on AWS storage for millions of emails ---
**Author:** ![LeslieBarry](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/lesliebarry/32/99782_2.png) [@LeslieBarry](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LeslieBarry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/16 "2020-03-18T04:57:00Z")
This is the best solution I found for Gmail to Hubspot forwarding of old emails. Affordable and does the job for my once-off migration: google ‘multi-email-forward’ . I’m a customer, no relation to the company and have used this service before and they just work. And you can always cancel after the first month once you’ve done the initial run. ---
**Author:** ![experify](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/experify/32/31851_2.png) [@experify](https://community.hubspot.com/u/experify)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/17 "2020-03-24T14:45:07Z")
This is really the single biggest reason why we didn`t make the transition to Hubspot yet. Other CRMs offer this functionality and there is just too much work in forward each email any employee in our team has sent. ---
**Author:** ![DavideP](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/davidep/32/38459_2.png) [@DavideP](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DavideP)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/18 "2020-04-03T11:33:20Z")
I was going to leave Nimble for Hubspot but now I am having 2nd thoughts. A full retroactive email integration s key! How could they not offer it? ---
**Author:** ![chuckl59](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/chuckl59/32/79644_2.png) [@chuckl59](https://community.hubspot.com/u/chuckl59)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/19 "2020-04-22T17:03:34Z")
Show stopper without it for me. ---
**Author:** ![markbailey](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/markbailey/32/78108_2.png) [@markbailey](https://community.hubspot.com/u/markbailey)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574/20 "2020-05-01T17:52:13Z")
We have been trialling hubspot for some time now and this is an absolute deal breaker, i have 10 years of historic information with clients and prospects that i wish to share with a newly growing sales team, it is really not going to be any good if i cannot add this information and history to hubspot. CAn someone advise if this is going to change, this question has been outstanding for some time without any answer from Hubspot, we need an answer, and we need it quickly, otherwise we have no choice but to find another solution. [Next page](https://community.hubspot.com/t/import-historical-emails/15574.md?page=2)