Thanks Marko - This helped a lot. Everything works as you said it would. I can't see my emails, as such, in the Thunderbird/Profiles folder (or whatever the proper name for that is), but the file size is much larger than the file size of the program, so I assume the emails and Archives are backed up. I'll have to check that by doing a backup and seeing if I can read the Archives (which are the most important thing) in that backup. I'm going in for surgery in a few hours, so the Thunderbird backup will have to wait a few days. If I'm having trouble I'll get back to you and the rest of the group - but it will probably go fine.
Still can't import gmail Contacts into T-bird unless we convert Contacts into text file or V-card file, but I'll work on that too. On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Marko Vukovic <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Bill > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:01 PM, bill hansen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Zack - I remember a thread, a month or so ago, about using POP or >> IMAP to port emails to the HD. It seemed as if it were a complex process, >> and I decided that since I'm not very adept technically, I'd better stay >> away from it. I'll do a Google search later today and see if I can find >> that process. - Bill > > > This is actually rather trivial. Download and install Mozilla > Thunderbird<http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/>(note the clickable > link). When you run it for the first time it will offer > you to setup an email account with one of their partners. Click the button > that says 'Skip this and use my existing email'. > On the next step, enter your name (as you would like it displayed on > outgoing email), Gmail address and Password. Click the 'Continue' button > and Thunderbird will auto-configure the rest for IMAP. Click the 'Done' > button and it should connect and start syncing with your Gmail. > To back up your email, you will simply just backup your Thunderbird > profile directory (usually in %appdata%\Thunderbird\Profiles in Windows). > See the profiles > page<https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/profiles>on how to do this. > See also the 'Synchronization & Storage' section under your Gmail account > settings in Thunderbird for more options. > > HTH! > -- > Marko > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
