You should see a folder in here called xxxxxxxx. Run Thunderbird again. The downloaded contents of your Gmail account will appear under Local Folders in Thunderbird.
Thunderbird now provides an offline way to read your downloaded email. You can browse through it, read messages, search, grab file attachmentsanything you could do with Gmail online. This is an excellent backup solution that provides peace of mind. You can store an offline backup of your Gmail account in MBOX format on an external hard drive or USB somewhere, along with all your other important backup files. Of course, you'll want to regularly download a new MBOX backup file if you're still using Gmail, just to keep your backups up to date.
Whether you lose access to your Gmail account, Google shuts down Gmail, or the entire internet collapses, you'll always have a way to access your email archive.
You can also use the offline copy of your Gmail to import your Gmail data into other email accounts. With this trick, you can import your emails into another Gmail account, move them to a Microsoft Outlook. Mail account, or import them into any other IMAP-supporting service. This is useful if you want to move to another service and leave Gmail behind or if you've decided you just want a new Gmail address as your main Google account.
To do this, you'll need to add the other email account to Thunderbird. On the left pane, click the top level email address to go to the Thunderbird overview section. Enter your mail account details. Thunderbird will attempt to automatically download the appropriate server information so you don't have to configure it by hand, but click Manual config to check the details.
Thunderbird may not automatically detect your email service's configuration, so you may need to look up your email service's IMAP hostname, port, and SSL configuration. Refer to your provider's help documentation if this is the case. Once you've set up your email account, it will appear in Thunderbird's sidebar. Thunderbird will upload them and they'll appear in your new account. This trick takes advantage of the way IMAP works, as it allows you to upload messages and move them around.
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Protect Windows 10 From Internet Explorer. Mozilla Fights Double Standard. Connect to a Hidden Wi-Fi Network. Change the Size of the Touch Keyboard. Check Bluetooth Device Battery Life. Select Add a mail account. Enter your old Gmail account and hit Next. Check the username is correct and enter the password for the old Gmail account. Under POP Server , select pop. Select port Uncheck Leave a copy of retrieved messages on the server. Check Always use a secure connection SSL when retrieving mail.
Click on Add account. We advise that you give yourself the option to do this, just in case you want to reply to older emails with the older Gmail account. If you chose yes , follow instructions to set everything up. If not, you are done! More: How to block emails on Gmail How to stop importing. Go to Check mail from other accounts.
Hit the delete button. Select OK, and you are done. Download your emails. Go to the Google Takeout website. Click on Deselect all. Scroll down and find Mail. Check the box next to it. Select Next step at the end of the page. Under Delivery method , select how you want your files.
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