Backup gmail account

Backup gmail account - A lot of information sent over email these days can be very important, such as account and password information, bank statements, university grades, business reports, and general correspondence among friends and family. It's always possible, though, that any data you store on the Internet could get wiped out. On February 28, 2011, Google confirmed that many Gmail users had temporarily lost access to their emails.[1] 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.

Steps 01: Log into Gmail and click on "Mail Settings" in the top right hand corner. This can be accessed from any Gmail page.

Log into Gmail and click on "Mail Settings" in the top right hand corner.
 
Steps 02: Locate and click on the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab.

Locate and click on the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab.

Steps 03: Look under "POP Download". Select the first option, "Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)".

 

Steps 04: Click on "Save Changes" at the bottom.

Steps 05: 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.

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