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How to Backup your Gmail Account - Unclouding the Cloud
There are numerous ways to backup your Gmail data and deciding which way to go will largely depend on the level of effort you want to put into it. You could simply setup Gmail to forward all your mails to another email account and call it a day, for instance. But there are also a handful of other options that offer a bit more flexibility and convenience.
In this brief guide we've listed a few of them, so you can choose whichever best suits your needs.
Read the complete guide.
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Benny26
on March 2, 2011 3:31 AM |
Good read All i've been using is the old forward trick. That Gmail Keeper looks like a worth try though. Forward myself to the download section i think... |
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madboyv1
on March 2, 2011 5:18 AM |
"Unclouding the Cloud," now that's a creative title, and a good read... I've used a desktop client for years now (imagine all the clutter as I don't delete emails often!). Though one of my old personal email services ended up porting to gmail to saving server space, something I was unhappy with then, now, and will forever be unhappy with. =/ Incidentally I use Thunderbird for 3 active emails so it is on 24/7 and picks up new messages every few minutes, so getting emails is not an issue. |
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fpsgamerJR62
on March 2, 2011 5:57 AM |
I do have a Gmail account and it wasn't affected by the bug. However, I mostly use my old Eudora 7 desktop client for my e-mail and the inbox does get a bit crowded even though I delete old e-mails quite often. I've been thinking of switching to Thunderbird to link to Gmail but can't quite figure out how to carry over my old inbox from Eudora. |
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mario
on March 2, 2011 11:21 AM |
No backup for me, if Gmail goes down I go down with it! That's loyalty |
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matrix86
on March 3, 2011 12:16 AM |
This is why I got Thunderbird a long time ago |
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Relic
on March 3, 2011 2:40 AM |
matrix86 said: This is why I got Thunderbird a long time ago Indeed, love Thunderbird |
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ToneEQ
on March 3, 2011 3:55 AM |
I pay for a small web hosting package with included e-mail allowance (only around £1.80 a month, though paid annually). I do prefer Gmail, but I auto-forward any e-mails to my Gmail and Ymail accounts, plus my hosting company has webmail access. Gmail down? No problem! If my internet connection goes down though... |
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ansh1993
on March 3, 2011 8:28 AM |
good post . i was actually wondering that whether will this work on yahoo ? |
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wjm
on March 4, 2011 3:42 PM |
I was so excited about "Gmail Keeper" after reading what you said that it will "back up Gmail messages and any other data from your Google Apps (Docs, Calendar, etc.)". I don't think that's accurate. This seems to be a gmail only backup... not docs or calendar. |
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Jos
on March 5, 2011 9:19 AM |
Thanks for your feedback, @wjm. My mistake, it supports paid Google Apps mail accounts (companies using the Gmail system with their own domain) but not Docs or Calendar. |
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edwinyzh
on March 7, 2011 12:59 AM |
Hi, I'm the developer of Gmail Keeper. Yes, Gmail Keeper currently only backs up the emails and labels, but I'd like to let you guys know that, soon it'll support both calendar (sooner) and docs (later). |
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Leeky
on March 7, 2011 1:06 AM |
No backup for me, if Gmail goes down I go down with it! That's loyalty Yeah, I think my arrangement is something like that! I'd definitely sink if google did though. Time to start doing some backups I guess. lol. |
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Guest
on March 12, 2011 5:10 AM |
I have tried all the backup methods mentioned and the only one that really works is to setup Thunderbird on your pc and keep it synchronised. It will only download or delete changed emails. If you have thousands of emails you really do not want to download them all every time you do a backup. Taking it a step further you can backup the Thunderbird profile, copy to cd or whatever, so that you have a history of backups. Quick, simple efficient and bullet proof. You can add as many Gmail accounts as you like to the Thunderbird account and back them all up at once. |
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rajevcharudutta
on March 5, 2012 1:24 AM |
Thanks Jose, very informative. Never thought Gmail could fail. I think Thunderbird seems to be the best option for me. |
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jobeard
on March 5, 2012 10:04 AM |
hmm; imo, the Contacts are more important than the existing Email If you've not run into this issue, Verizon webmail has NO MEANS WHATSOEVER to export or save contacts! Now that's a stinken means to keep your users |
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Guest
on March 31, 2012 5:01 PM |
better concentrate on google contacts. |
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