Please help an old man, i have G-MAIL how do i put my mail to archive, i have been dragging and drop to put in my folders but when i go to them the folder is there but nothing inside , i was told the best thing is archive them , I have an archive icon on my hotmail mail but cannot see it on g-mail , any help please
How do you access gmail?
a. Do you use an email client installed on your PC such as Mail, Thunderbird...
or
b. Do you only access it using a web browser such as Edge, Firefox?
If you use it Live from a browser anything you receive send etc. and everything you do to folders in G-mail, stays on Google server and is not downloaded to your device/disk.
If you want them on your computer you'd have use some E-mail client. You can use Windows Mail, just link it to Gmail.
Hi, it depends what you want to do.
Are you
a. Looking for Gmail's Archive function? - If so, see below.
or
b. Wanting to save a copy of your emails permanently?
If you mean by archive that you want to save a copy then:
If you just have a very few emails you want to save, then you can individually save them to your PC as an eml file, for example.
How to Save a Gmail Email to an EML File
But if you are referring to the Archive function on gmail, which does this:
Archive or mute Gmail messages - Computer - Gmail HelpArchive or mute Gmail messages
If you want to clean up your inbox without deleting your emails, you can archive or mute them. Your emails are moved to a label called "All Mail."
- When you archive a message: The message will come back to your inbox when someone replies to it.
- When you mute a message: Any replies stay out of your inbox. You can search for the conversation if you want to find it again.
E.g. rt click an email, click Archive.
Archive lots of emails?
To save a LOT of emails on your hard disk, Mailstore (@Sheltieuk above) seems a good option.
Otherwise you'd need to install an email client on your PC and configure it to receive your gmail emails. I would not recommend you use Win 10's Mail app.
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