On February 28, 2011, Google confirmed that many Gmail users had temporarily lost access to their emails.If you're worried about ever losing your emails to a similar glitch, it's probably a good idea to regularly backup your Gmail account. By configuring an email client on your computer, you can download your emails onto your hard drive by following these steps
Method 1: Mail Settings in Gmail
Step 1: Log into Gmail and click on "Mail Settings" in the top right hand corner. This can be accessed from any Gmail page.
Step 2: Locate and click on the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab.
Step 3: Look under "POP Download". Select the first option, "Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)".
Step 4: Click on "Save Changes" at the bottom.
Step 5: Configure your mail client following the steps below. Once your mail client is configured to download your email, remember to open it periodically to backup.
Method 2 : Download Gmail Backup
Step 1: Go to: https://code.google.com/p/gmail-backup-com/ and select "download" to install the software.
Step 2: Open your command or terminal and go to directory of the program.
Step 3: Run the program and replace "dir" with the directory name you want to use and your email address with your own password.
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