Gmail is one of the best e-mail service providers you can find today. Almost everyone I know uses Gmail as their primary e-mail account. It is popular for a number of reasons. One of the main reasons is that it comes with many cool features that are not available on other e-mail providers. Another reason is that it comes with a large amount of disk space. As of this writing, Gmail offers a groundbreaking 7 GB of space. But there is also a strong need to backup Gmail account because of too much attacks.
Gmail is also popular because of Google's marketing muscle. Google is the world's number one search engine. It is also among the most innovative companies. For this reason, Gmail is trusted by everyone. Because Gmail comes with a very huge disk space, it is not an absolute must to backup your e-mails to your computer. However, it is advisable to do so because there is a possibility that you may lose your e-mails due to a hacker attack.
In this post, I will explain about three simple ways in which you can backup Gmail and all your e-mails from your Gmail account to your hard disk.
Tools to backup Gmail account and your e-mails
Gmail supports POP and IMAP protocols. Thus, you can use a desktop e-mail client such as Thunderbird or Outlook to read, write and send e-mails with your Gmail account or to Backup Gmail. You can also use these clients to download all of your e-mails and store them on your hard disk. It is also very convenient to use a desktop client such as Thunderbird or Outlook if you have multiple Gmail accounts. You can backup all of your e-mails from different accounts in a convenient manner.
2. Backupify:
Backupify is a paid service that allows you to backup Gmail account. Actually, it is an online backup service aimed at corporate customers. You can also export the backed up data to your hard disk as a precautionary measure. One of the main advantages of Backupify is that the entire process is fairly automated. If you're serious about the security of your Gmail account, it is a good idea to pay for this service.
3. Gmail Keeper:
Gmail Keeper is a paid application that allows you to backup and restore e-mails from your Gmail account. It is fairly simple to use and also comes with an automation system which allows you to backup regularly on a daily or weekly basis. Gmail keeper also supports multiple Gmail accounts.
In my opinion, the first technique is the best option because it is free and is not very difficult to set up. You can export all of your e-mails using Thunderbird to a single file. If you're really worried about the security of this file, all you have to do is encrypt it using the software such as TrueCrypt or WinRar and put a strong password. Your e-mails will stay safe this way.
