How to Export and Save Gmail
- 1). Log in to your Gmail account.
- 2). Enable Post Office Protocol (POP) in your Gmail account settings. Click the down-arrow next to your name in the Gmail menu bar at the top of the page. Click "Account Settings" in the drop-down menu.
- 3). Click "Settings" next to the Gmail icon on the Google accounts page.
- 4). Click the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" entry in the "Settings" menu bar at the top of the page.
- 5). Click the button next to the entry "Enable POP for all mail (even mail that's already been downloaded)" in the POP Download section of the "Settings" page.
- 6). Click "Configuration instructions" at the bottom of the POP Download section. Click on the name of the email client software installed on your machine and follow the instructions for configuration.
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