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-===== Backing up emails to your own device ===== 
  
-How to use Thunderbird email client for creating local copies (backups) of the email messages held on the server. 
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-By clicking on the images on this page you'll be shown slightly larger version of the image. 
-==== Installing Thunderbird ==== 
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-**Note**: You can skip this step if you **already** have Thunderbird installed on your device. 
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-Installing Thunderbird email client is usually a very simple task.  
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-First you need to download Thunderbird installation package from [[https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/|Thunderbird website]]. Select correct operating system from the options on the webpage and download should start immediately. 
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-Run the installation package and Thunderbird should be soon ready for email account configuration. 
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-==== Setting up an email account on Thunderbird ==== 
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-**Note**: You can skip this step if you **already** have your email accounts configured in your Thunderbird. 
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-=== Adding Fennosys email account === 
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-  * [[email_settings_tb]] 
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-=== Adding a Gmail account === 
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-  * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXs_YE9QyUQ 
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-==== Creating local folder for storing your messages ==== 
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-Right click "Local Folders" and select "New Folder..." 
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-Input desired folder name and click "Create Folder" 
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-==== Copying messages ==== 
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-The most simple method is to just drak a remote folder over the local folder. This will copy all of the messages from the remote server to local folder on your computer. 
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-==== Notes ==== 
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-  * The copying procedure can take a while in case you have many (or large) emails on your account on the server. 
-  * [[https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en|Google (Gmail) probably has some daily transfer limits per user]]. Exceeding the limits can lock your email client's access to Gmail for some time.