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 adam
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I have been letting my email pile up in gmail for a few years now. I would like to save the emails to the project folders for storage. What's the best way to go about this?

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 6:16 am
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Do you view them through outlook or livemail? If so, you can create an archive folder to store them there....they should remain saved in there even if they are removed from the server.

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 6:43 am
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If you use Outlook (I have not used Livemail), you can drag the email from Outlook into a project folder in Windows Explorer.

If you use the webmail like I do for gmail, I don't know. In Internet Explorer, you may have to open each email, then click on the tools icon > file > save as. I don't see a way to do it in chrome. There may be an app or tool somewhere.

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 6:53 am
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Dan Patterson, post: 353368, member: 1179 wrote: Do you view them through outlook or livemail? If so, you can create an archive folder to store them there....they should remain saved in there even if they are removed from the server.

Dan, I view them in gmail. Outlook is available on my new puter, maybe I should set it up and bring all the gmail into it.

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 6:56 am
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ssorcbor, post: 353370, member: 1963 wrote: If you use Outlook (I have not used Livemail), you can drag the email from Outlook into a project folder in Windows Explorer.

If you use the webmail like I do for gmail, I don't know. In Internet Explorer, you may have to open each email, then click on the tools icon > file > save as. I don't see a way to do it in chrome. There may be an app or tool somewhere.

I just got a surface pro 4 it looks like Outlook is installed. Is this what you use or do you have to purchase it?

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 6:59 am
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Haha, I have no idea what's included in Microsoft Office packages nowadays. I have a company computer and company email using Outlook. When I finish a project, I drag all of the project emails into a project archive folder for backup.

You can use gmail with Outlook. I haven't done in that way in several years. Live mail is the light/free version of Outlook. It may have the same functionality as far as dragging and dropping emails. I have no experience with it. The last free Microsoft email app I used was Outlook Express in Windows 95.

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 7:09 am
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I don't use Gmail much, and I sure don't use it or other cloud apps for important things...
I use POP mail, so my mail is local (secure)

But anyway, have a look here: https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout?utm_source=ob&utm_campaign=takeout&hl=en
it says you can download and export to a local file.
I guess that local file will have individual emails in a common format that you can put in your job folders.

good luck, several years of email could be more than Gmail can zip up and send to you.

PS: my data took 6 zip files... it looks like it will take 5 hours to get it all downloaded. Gmail download is SLOW!

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 7:45 am
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Peter Ehlert, post: 353379, member: 60 wrote: I don't use Gmail much, and I sure don't use it or other cloud apps for important things...
I use POP mail, so my mail is local (secure)

But anyway, have a look here: https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout?utm_source=ob&utm_campaign=takeout&hl=en
it says you can download and export to a local file.
I guess that local file will have individual emails in a common format that you can put in your job folders.

good luck, several years of email could be more than Gmail can zip up and send to you.

PS: my data took 6 zip files... it looks like it will take 5 hours to get it all downloaded. Gmail download is SLOW!

Thanks Peter.

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 8:55 am
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ssorcbor, post: 353370, member: 1963 wrote: you can drag the email from Outlook into a project folder in Windows Explorer

:good:

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 9:31 am
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Peter. Thanks for the link. I've been wondering about this as well.

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 9:54 am
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You can make labels to store it all in Gmail
I just archive it all and you can search through it through the All Mail label.

 
Posted : 15/01/2016 8:35 pm
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I use Upsafe for such purposes. You can back up 5 Gb of your Gmail inbox to the cloud for free:
http://www.upsafe.com/google-account-backup/gmail-backup/

 
Posted : 18/01/2016 11:47 pm
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I print any important?ÿ ?ÿemail to pdf snd file it in the job or other related file

 
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