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kaptitsky · 22 Jun 2015, 07:47 PM

Most full e-mail clients keep a full locally cached copy of the server messages that can be backed up as needed.

Google will offer you many ways to backup mail on an IMAP based server: https://www.google.com/#q=backup+imap+email

This article is specifically about doing backups of server based folders in Outlook: https://support.office.com/en-za/art...c-aa1c33b18833

You can also backup IMAP mail by copying them to another server with another e-mail account in an email client. I find making a copy to Gmail very useful, as Gmail has good tools to use in searching and managing mail.

One note: I would not keep all messages in the Inbox forever. Moving messages to folders makes them easier to manage.

22 Jun 2015, 07:47 PM	#7
kaptitsky The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,186	Most full e-mail clients keep a full locally cached copy of the server messages that can be backed up as needed. Google will offer you many ways to backup mail on an IMAP based server: https://www.google.com/#q=backup+imap+email This article is specifically about doing backups of server based folders in Outlook: https://support.office.com/en-za/art...c-aa1c33b18833 You can also backup IMAP mail by copying them to another server with another e-mail account in an email client. I find making a copy to Gmail very useful, as Gmail has good tools to use in searching and managing mail. One note: I would not keep all messages in the Inbox forever. Moving messages to folders makes them easier to manage.