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Backup email to my computer

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  • Остання відповідь від dariens007

dariens007
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ok

I did some reading and i think i understand but i really want to make sure

I have a webmail account that i want all my emails to have a local backup on my computer

i believe i need to do pop3 with the option selected to leave emails on server

that reasoning is because i just want to backup emails on my computer with thunderbird not at this time use thunderbird full on instead of webmail/browser email. possibly in the future

it appears that i should not use imap because imap acts like a mirror? i dont want to mirror my emails i want to make a copy somewhere else that i can always have

so pop3 with that option to leave mail on the server is what i should do?

i think so....

....right?

^_^*

ok I did some reading and i think i understand but i really want to make sure I have a webmail account that i want all my emails to have a local backup on my computer i believe i need to do pop3 with the option selected to leave emails on server that reasoning is because i just want to backup emails on my computer with thunderbird not at this time use thunderbird full on instead of webmail/browser email. possibly in the future it appears that i should not use imap because imap acts like a mirror? i dont want to mirror my emails i want to make a copy somewhere else that i can always have so pop3 with that option to leave mail on the server is what i should do? i think so.... ....right? ^_^*

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Matt
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Sounds good to me, unless your provider is google, in which case their takeout service would be faster and less prone to error.

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dariens007
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Matt said
Sounds good to me, unless your provider is google, in which case their takeout service would be faster and less prone to error.

my provider is google :( there takeout server? the outgoing thingy?

so i should change the outgoing and incoming pop 3 service option? any suggestions on how i would possibly set that up? i dont want the errors.... O_O

Змінено dariens007