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way to backup whole gmail account.

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/way-to-backup-whole-gmail-account.144802/

mohit sharma
mohit sharma Original post #1
Aug 7, 2011 at 4:33 PM
Hello guys,
Is there any way i could easily take all of my gmail account data ( like mails, saved chats) to offline store ? any way other then manually doing it ?
Krow
Krow #2
Aug 7, 2011 at 5:08 PM
AFAIK you could do this using Mozilla Thunderbird on IMAP. I could access my mails offline. I did that loooooong ago, so others might be able to help you better. You could google whether Thunderbird allows you to do that though. :)
S
sakumar79 #3
Aug 7, 2011 at 6:12 PM
Yes, you can use email clients like Thunderbird, Opera Mail, Eudora or Outlook Express to download all your mails. See Other ways to access Gmail - Gmail Help for directions...

If you have a huge list of email, you may have a very long download... You can also set gmail to download only latest mails (last 1 month I think)

Arun

EDIT: For downloading chat logs, see *digivorous.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-download-and-backup-your.html