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Comment from Mark J on 2011-10-06

2011-10-06T07:26:56Z

@Willing
One way to export emails from one account to another is to forward them to the new account. It'd not perfect and the date sorting won't work, but at least they will be in the new account's folders.

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Comment from willing on 2011-10-05

2011-10-06T06:22:43Z

If we backup, and if we create another account (with different name), will we be able to import the old email back?

Thanks!Thanks

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Comment from Hello on 2011-08-02

2011-08-02T23:51:45Z

I need some urgent help - How can I backup the chats and mails from and to a particular mail ID in my gmail account? I need to keep a copy in some CD/ hard disk and delete these chats/ mails from gmail once i have a backup. Please suggest the easiest and safest way possible.

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Comment from Cathy T on 2011-06-08

2011-06-08T15:45:23Z

Leo, why POP and not IMAP? I installed Thunderbird and downloaded all my gmail (lots!), but I'm beginning to understand that if I delete it in gmail, it doesn't delete it in POP, so the file in Thunderbird (I suppose) grows ever larger? Or is the idea that you delete it in TB as well? Have you ever used Gmail Backup or MailStore to backup gmail?

IMAP's a valid solution if you understand how IMAP works (I'm using it these days as well). Most people are more familiar with POP, and since a delete in a POP-downloaded installation doesn't delete the original on the server it's somewhat safer, IMO.

10-Jun-2011

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Comment from CVH on 2011-02-08

2011-02-08T21:20:02Z

thegmailbackup.com

is the perfect solution for 1 click backup

thanks

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Comment from Sirwarp on 2011-02-04

2011-02-04T11:58:24Z

Thank you for the directions, I found this to be quite helpful and to the point. My Gmail account is a 97% full and I don't want to buy more space, I would rather back it up, now I know an easy way. I in fact do use gmail as my primary account, I find it better and more reliable than any other e-mail service I have used. I travel internationally and gmail seems to have fast connectivity no matter what country I am in, and what device I am using to access it.

Thanks again.

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Comment from Jason on 2011-02-02

2011-02-02T23:04:35Z

How do you go about backing up your sent mail?

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Comment from kevin on 2010-11-22

2010-11-22T14:26:36Z

is there a way of bcking up gmail to a fingernail file?
(pkiss)
(please keep it stupid simple) :)

No idea what you mean by "fingernail file". Sorry.

22-Nov-2010

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Comment from anushka on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T15:59:09Z

thnkzzzzzz ur article was really helpful!!!!!!!!

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Comment from jaishree on 2010-07-26

2010-07-26T11:41:34Z

I HAVE ALREADY DELETED MY GMAIL ACCOUNT BUT I WAS NOT AWARE OF BACKUP, SO I HAVE LOST ALL THE PHOTOS IN PICASO .HOW TO RETRIVE IT PLZ HELP.

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Comment from Stefaan on 2010-05-18

2010-05-19T06:25:30Z

ok good tip about backing up your email.
HOWEVER i used Thunderbird and i can see that it only downloaded last years mail .
so i did it on 15 may and the first mail I have on my disk is the one of 7may 2009...but i started using Gmail in 2006 all that mail still is at google's and not in my thunderbird
Question ? how do I download the earlier mail?
I cannot find any settings or options who forces thunderbird to go back at the very beginning...
Outlook has the same preset limit...

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Comment from Michael on 2010-05-06

2010-05-06T14:52:32Z

I already use thunderbird to access my gmail through IMAP. But I would also like to use this technique to backup gmail through POP3. It doesn't seem that Thunderbird will let me -- it keeps saying that I already have an email account set up for this email address, my IMAP one, and it won't let me create another one for POP. Can I still use your POP method for backup?
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Comment from Gary on 2010-04-20

2010-04-21T04:18:05Z

What I don't understand is, if you delete an email on your gmail, wont it also delete that same email on Thunderbird? So how does that backup your gmail emails?

If you're using POP3 to download your email, then no, deleting in GMail does NOT delete the same message in Thunderbird.

22-Apr-2010

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Comment from james on 2010-04-02

2010-04-02T13:44:36Z

gmail is still the best by far. all my site emails are directed to my gmail for reading and pricessing and reply.
with google talk and the simplest interface no email service comes close and not to mention the lightning speed.

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Comment from CVH on 2010-03-18

2010-03-18T23:50:18Z

thegmailbackup.com
A new best service

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Comment from Jagdish bhimrao more on 2010-02-04

2010-02-05T05:17:59Z

My inbox download

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Comment from Chris on 2010-02-04

2010-02-04T09:36:42Z

Yahoo's mail, Flickr and IM interface are superior to the Google counterparts. Especially the tabbed interface in Mail Plus that allows you to switch between mails without closing them. In addition Gmail makes e-mails spontaneously disappear (it is all over the web, do a Google search). When you do business you do not want these kinds of things to happen. Yahoo's mail data-integrity is more reliable than Gmail's.

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Comment from quarter on 2010-01-18

2010-01-18T12:07:57Z

thunderbird 3 does everything possible automatic :)

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Comment from EJ on 2009-12-22

2009-12-22T19:23:54Z

I use a free back up email program called MailStore. I use it to back up Hotmail, Thunderbird, etc. The site is : mailstore.com to check it out.

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Comment from Backup Gmail on 2009-08-22

2009-08-22T17:18:01Z

I also wrote a tutorial on how to backup Gmail using Mozilla Thunderbird:

http://www.mattsilverman.com/2009/05/backup-gmail-using-mozilla-thunderbird.html

Enjoy,
Matt

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Comment from Dennis on 2009-05-24

2009-05-24T15:05:14Z

for those who couldn't re-download, do this:

Enable POP for all mail in the 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' section of your Gmail settings

then re-run email pop3 download.

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Comment from Damon on 2009-05-20

2009-05-20T17:32:38Z

You can get a free one-time Gmail backup from http://backupmymail.com

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Comment from amsucker on 2009-04-09

2009-04-09T13:16:17Z

regarding gmail, it is my understanding that gmail does not have a "folder" system, therefore if you transfer all of your hotmail email......you will get a very long list of email and not individual folders.....havent looked at this recently, but this was my last understanding.

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Comment from John on 2009-02-10

2009-02-11T02:54:39Z

I found this http://www.gmailkeeper.com what interests me is that it can schedule the backup jobs and supports multiple gmail accounts.

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Comment from Chuck on 2008-11-04

2008-11-04T23:31:53Z

How do I back up archived files; i.e., 500+ saved recipes that I've g-mailed to myself?

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Comment from ELSHIMI on 2008-11-04

2008-11-04T16:04:00Z

You could also back it up using Gmail Backup.

Here is a quick how-to:

http://geekai.com/backup-your-gmail-with-gmail-backup/

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Comment from Patrick on 2008-08-11

2008-08-12T02:29:56Z

You could also just set up Thunderbird to check Gmail through IMAP. It keeps it synced for you and I have had no problems with it.

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Comment from sheng on 2008-07-02

2008-07-02T11:20:27Z

Having been a fan of firefox and seen you post, I was greatly encouraged and used Thunderbird2.0 to backup my gmail. My gmail is fairly large (2GB) and, in more than 1 day, I downloaded 60% of it, and the program crashed. I tried to resume the backup, the program re-started by repeating the download right from the first email again. Tried all kinds of solutions suggested in the internet including uninstalling and wipe the program from the system and re-installing. It kept making the mistake as far as the program is interrupted while downloading the emails from gmail. After wasting 2 days, I gave up and used outlook from Microsoft, which worked perfectly. Although I really do not like Microsoft, I could not afford to waste time to just playing around with a problematic software.

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Comment from wesley on 2008-06-04

2008-06-04T13:18:03Z

can i read my inbox even if im offline?

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Comment from Filip on 2008-05-21

2008-05-21T10:45:34Z

We have developed a simple tool ( http://www.gmail-backup.com/ ) to back up your emails from Gmail. It is written in Python but it is compiled into an EXE file for windows. As a result, you do not have to install anything. It is still only command line tool but very soon it will have GUI. You can also use it for migration or restoration of your Gmail Account. We hape that very soon it will be "one click solution". ;-)

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Comment from farah on 2008-02-05

2008-02-05T18:48:06Z

I am frustrated with the fact that I only have list of e-mails that I have send out in my inbox not recieved ones. It is always me, someone. I want to see recieved e-mails not just the one I have send out. could you please help.

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Comment from Bostjan on 2007-05-09

2007-05-09T19:00:18Z

What does this backup backup? Only mails, that are in inbox? What about mails that are in send folder?!? Or mails that are in archive folder? Drafts?

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Comment from B on 2007-05-07

2007-05-07T21:11:44Z

Not sure what it does you're trying to show? But I want to access a gmail account which I forgot password. Will your method work? and how? thanks

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Comment from PG Wolfe on 2007-04-23

2007-04-23T14:25:55Z

I backup my Gmail account in a different, yet easier method. I created another email account (yahoo), and using the Gmail rules, all incoming GMail emails are automatically forwarded to the yahoo email account. I also use this backup method for files I want to keep. I email the file to Gmail, which automatically forwards to yahoo. I then have the file located on three different places: my own PC, Gmail & Yahoo. I do not use this method for proprietary files.

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Comment from Eli Coten on 2007-04-21

2007-04-21T23:33:48Z

Thunderbird 2 makes it even easier to download GMail messages since they have a special option for setting up Google Mail access. I think all you need to give Thunderbird now is your username and password and Thunderbird handles all the server settings and port settings for you. (Although since I upgraded from Thunderbird 1.5 where I already have Gmail setup I haven't actually setup a Google Mail account on Thunderbirds 2 yet - I have seen the new option)

Eli

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Comment from David on 2007-04-21

2007-04-21T07:07:28Z

If you`re using Hotmail and Thunderbird, a useful extension is (strangely enough) WebMail.
http://webmail.mozdev.org/
Although Hotmail is not supposed to be a POP service, this extension works fine and downloads my Hotmail.co.uk and Yahoo.co.uk accounts to Thunderbird seamlessly. Also claims to be able to deal with five other web mail domains as well, but I can`t vouch for those!

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