[ubuntu-in] download gmail mails elsewhere to read at home

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Moz <listmoz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I access the internet using CDMA phone over longdistance and have very
> little bandwidth. And when I return from extended travel, it is impossible
> to download emails the usual way in Thunderbird. So my question is:
>
> 1. Can I download mails on some other machine using fetchmail, copy the
> mail file from this machine, take it to my machine at home, and have
> Thunderbird get those mails?
>
> 2. What is the configuration required for this?
>
> Firstly this is a Ubuntu-in mailing list, question is out of topic.

Great to hear that, even I had the same problem. But the solution is simple.
First of all a question? Weather you want all the emails right from the day
one to till date? or just the mails from today

In first case: You can setup thunderbird for gmail (Should not be difficult
I guess) on a unlimited internet connection and fetch mail, it will start
downloading all mails till date and the you can take a backup of it, and
then restore in you system.

In second case: only mails from the moment you configure will be downloaded,
for this, go to Gmail --> settings --> *Forwarding and POP/IMAP --> 2nd
option and save settings*
Now you get only new mails.

Sincerely and thanks in advance.
>
> Moz
>
> PS: I use Hardy on an AMD64. I get about 100 MB per week of email,
> sometimes more.
>
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