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What is the Best Way to Backup Gmail using Outlook 2007 with IMAP?
In our family we have 5 active Gmail accounts. We all travel extensively and
access mails using 7 different PCs and laptops at different times and from different locations. Last year we changed over from POP to IMAP and uploaded more than 12 years of e-mails to the Gmail server. 10+Gb took more than 2 days to complete but this has been more than compensated by all the time saved filing etc.. We love the flexibility and ease of access of Outlook 2007 “synchronized” with IMAP . . . The filters (and automatic labelling) in Gmail are other great time savers. We also extensively use the Outlook address book and calendars synced with our Blackberries. However, we would feel more secure if we had at least one complete backup. It would also be more convenient (quicker to respond and less time to wait to download etc.) if we had a copy of each mail, and its attachments, available on each computer. Is there any way to maintain IMAP but force Gmail to download every mail (and attachment) into Outlook 2007? In this way the PST file would be the backup and easy to backup further by copying across to each computer in turn. Many thanks in advance. |
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What is the Best Way to Backup Gmail using Outlook 2007 with IMAP?
Since the Gmail folder within Outlook is simply another pst, you can use the
free outlook backup addin, available on MS outlook site - or any other backup tool I'm not sure as to why your IMAP account has not downloaded all mail, mine certainly has "John TCI" wrote in message ... In our family we have 5 active Gmail accounts. We all travel extensively and access mails using 7 different PCs and laptops at different times and from different locations. Last year we changed over from POP to IMAP and uploaded more than 12 years of e-mails to the Gmail server. 10+Gb took more than 2 days to complete but this has been more than compensated by all the time saved filing etc.. We love the flexibility and ease of access of Outlook 2007 "synchronized" with IMAP . . . The filters (and automatic labelling) in Gmail are other great time savers. We also extensively use the Outlook address book and calendars synced with our Blackberries. However, we would feel more secure if we had at least one complete backup. It would also be more convenient (quicker to respond and less time to wait to download etc.) if we had a copy of each mail, and its attachments, available on each computer. Is there any way to maintain IMAP but force Gmail to download every mail (and attachment) into Outlook 2007? In this way the PST file would be the backup and easy to backup further by copying across to each computer in turn. Many thanks in advance. |
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What is the Best Way to Backup Gmail using Outlook 2007 with I
Thank you.
Do you know how to force Gmail/Outlook 2007to download copies of all of the e-mails? Did you do something special when you set up IMAP? As far as I know I haven't changed any of the default settings. "DL" wrote: Since the Gmail folder within Outlook is simply another pst, you can use the free outlook backup addin, available on MS outlook site - or any other backup tool I'm not sure as to why your IMAP account has not downloaded all mail, mine certainly has |
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What is the Best Way to Backup Gmail using Outlook 2007 with I
I simply set up gmail,imap, within OL and all mail was downloaded, I hadnt
previously uploaded any mail to gmail, from any other source "John TCI" wrote in message ... Thank you. Do you know how to force Gmail/Outlook 2007to download copies of all of the e-mails? Did you do something special when you set up IMAP? As far as I know I haven't changed any of the default settings. "DL" wrote: Since the Gmail folder within Outlook is simply another pst, you can use the free outlook backup addin, available on MS outlook site - or any other backup tool I'm not sure as to why your IMAP account has not downloaded all mail, mine certainly has |
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What is the Best Way to Backup Gmail using Outlook 2007 with I
"John TCI" wrote in message
... Do you know how to force Gmail/Outlook 2007to download copies of all of the e-mails? Did you do something special when you set up IMAP? As far as I know I haven't changed any of the default settings. When you visit a folder, all of the mesages in it should be downloaded. If you include the gmail account in the Send/Receive Group and specify that the entire message should be downloaded and then subscribe to all of the folders, they should all be checked each send/receive interval and any new medssages downloaded. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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What is the Best Way to Backup Gmail using Outlook 2007 with I
Many thanks Brian . . . this makes eminent sense and has helped me locate the
problem (and the solution). Unbeknown to me, only one of the computers was set to download everything. However, it probably explains why its connection to the IMAP server kept getting disconnected before it could download many of the messages (don’t know but can only presume because the total files were so large.) I’ve now set it up to do a few folders at a time . . . it appears to be working because the pst files are increasing in size. However, it is taking forever, because, although the 5 Gmail addresses total about 10Gb, Gmail has many duplicates (and even triplicates) because of the “All mail” and “Sent Mail” labels/folders (e.g. the largest Gmail account of 5.9Gb is already at 9.2Gb in Outlook and still increasing). One more question, is it possible to rename the pst files associated with the IMAP and force Outlook 2007 to associate with the new file? It worked previously with POP but with IMAP it appears to start a new file. "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: "John TCI" wrote in message ... Do you know how to force Gmail/Outlook 2007to download copies of all of the e-mails? Did you do something special when you set up IMAP? As far as I know I haven't changed any of the default settings. When you visit a folder, all of the mesages in it should be downloaded. If you include the gmail account in the Send/Receive Group and specify that the entire message should be downloaded and then subscribe to all of the folders, they should all be checked each send/receive interval and any new medssages downloaded. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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What is the Best Way to Backup Gmail using Outlook 2007 with I
"John TCI" wrote in message
... One more question, is it possible to rename the pst files associated with the IMAP and force Outlook 2007 to associate with the new file? It worked previously with POP but with IMAP it appears to start a new file. With Outlook 2007 it's not possible to rename the IMAP PST. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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What is the Best Way to Backup Gmail using Outlook 2007 with I
Thought as much.
Anyway many thanks again for your help to resolve the initial problem. "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: "John TCI" wrote in message ... One more question, is it possible to rename the pst files associated with the IMAP and force Outlook 2007 to associate with the new file? It worked previously with POP but with IMAP it appears to start a new file. With Outlook 2007 it's not possible to rename the IMAP PST. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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