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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Saving emails and folders to my computer HDD

bkg
bkg
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would like to transfer or move/archive some of my older emails and some unused folders and their contents/emails to my computer, HDD or flash drives for future access, need to know a step by step method. Thanks

would like to transfer or move/archive some of my older emails and some unused folders and their contents/emails to my computer, HDD or flash drives for future access, need to know a step by step method. Thanks

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi bkg, where are your emails now? For example:

  • Thunderbird
  • Outlook website
  • Gmail
  • Somewhere else
bkg
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my emails are in firefox/yahoo

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hmm, looks like Yahoo doesn't offer a download/backup/export feature:

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN5033.html

So probably using a dedicated email client to create a local archive of your mail would be the best method. This won't necessarily make them easy to use without that program, but would at least provide some additional options.

There are a lot of free email program options, from Windows Mail (already on your computer) to Mozilla Thunderbird (see https://www.thunderbird.net/), and there also are non-free options. Not sure which would work the best for you.