How to Download a Backup of Gmail

[Skhilled]

I thought this was interesting so I posted it:


What is Gmail?
Gmail is a free (gratis), advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail,[6] as well as via POP3 or IMAP4 protocols.

How to Download/Take Backup of Full Gmail Account?
Google has started a service called "Takeout". It allows you to backup any Google Products you are using. Google allows you to take a MBOX copy of your Gmail archive. You would need to generate it from "https://www.google.com/settings/takeout/".
Once the generation is done, you can download the backup and load it in any MBOX environment such as Thunderbird.

https://mellowhost.com/blog/how-to-download-a-backup-of-gmail.html

[Ken.]

Interesting, possibility useful. 

[Skhilled]

Les and I both use Thunderbird. The downside is that if you have a large amount of mail it can take up a lot of PC on your PC/lappy.

[Ken.]

I'm using the mail app that's built into Windows 10, works good and lets me include my Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo and some others.

[Skhilled]

Yes, any mail program that uses pop3 or imap should work. You should also be able to use your server for the same thing as well as pulling other mail onto your server.