5 easy-steps using Thunderbird 2.0 for your GMail account
Here’s a quick walk-through using Thunderbird 2.0 to download emails from GMail on your private computer.
1) Download the latest Thunderbird 2.0
2) Install Thunderbird, then launch the application (a wizard should popup during the 1st run. Choose Tools >> Account Settings >> Add Account to launch if using an old install.)
3) Enter your name andGMail username (name before the @gmail.com)
4) Click Next and select Finish
5) Enter your GMail password and you are done!
Thunderbird should download your emails from GMail.com immediately. If you have a large inbox, you will have to wait a little bit longer to complete downloading all your messages.
If you prefer to use IMAP. Refer to this help document from Google.
Hope this small tutorial helps.
–aj
October 27th, 2007 at 9:19 am
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October 28th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
I believe you’ll have to specify the outgoing server name, port number and you also have to make sure that you use SSL in Server Settings, right? Or are those no longer required in Thunderbird 2.0? Coz I’m still using an older version. Hehe
October 28th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Thunderbird 2.0 takes care of that for you.
October 28th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
I see. Cool! I think I should update my Thunderbird to 2.0. Thanks for the info.
October 28th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Yeah, you should.
You can also check multiple GMail account from there.
December 23rd, 2007 at 10:56 am
and don’t forget to enable pop/imap option in your gmail settings and click save changes : )