Can I merge 2 gmail accounts?

I have 2 gmail accounts:

• email1@gmail.com
• email2@gmail.com

I would like some way to merge both of these accounts into one and have both emails be aliases for that one account.

Is this possible?

I'm OK with having the contents of one of those accounts destroyed. My primary email account is the email2@gmail.com but I use other services with email1@gmail.com. I know it's a strange situation to be in, but I'm there.

From web app Brian R. Bondy

• Not sure this can be done with Gmail.

  You can however set up one to access the other via POP.

  From Shevek

• I use the following setup:

  Under Settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP, you can forward email from one account to another.

  Under Accounts and Import, you can add additional gmail accounts using "send mail from another address."

  With this configuration, you can automatically reply to emails sent to your example1@gmail.com using my example1@gmail.com address (or any emails for that matter) and you will receive emails addressed to both accounts.

  From Emory Bell

• I adopt the following technique:

  1. Choose your master gmail profile and open Gmail
  2. Select Setttings > Accounts and Import
  3. Add POP3 email account and insert all info about secondary address
  4. In the other account remember to allow POP download (Settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP)

  At this point all mail from the secondary account are loaded directly into your master account.

  From marco.ragogna