topic Re: sky/yahoo cannot export to an external backup drive. in Email

sky/yahoo cannot export to an external backup drive.

Jimbo+01 — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:19:02 GMT

I am using sky/yahoo and would like to export all emails to an an external backup drive but cannot find a falesafe solution that will allow me to do so or a third party program that supports export of sky/yahoo, why do sky make everything difficult or supply a function within the program to allow migration. Any help that can be given to a non expert would be most appreciated.

Re: sky/yahoo cannot export to an external backup drive.

caesarome — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:39:45 GMT

Sky/Yahoo provide pretty much a basic email service so if you want to do anything more beyond that you would need to look at using an email program like Thunderbird or Outlook which should let you export saved emails.

Re: sky/yahoo cannot export to an external backup drive.

popacatapetal — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 09:58:23 GMT

I agree with@caesarome here.

I've used Thunderbird for years on my Win 10 pc and previously on Win 7 and XP without any problems.

I use THunderbird in POP mode on my pc which allows me to store all emails in separate folders on my pc.

You can backup to an external device by using a "Copy Profile" method outlined in Thunderbird.

Useful in transferring all email data to a new pc.

I'm sure Outlook offer something similar.

Re: sky/yahoo cannot export to an external backup drive.

Mark39 — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 10:25:16 GMT

@popacatapetal wrote:

I agree with@caesarome here.

I've used Thunderbird for years on my Win 10 pc and previously on Win 7 and XP without any problems.

I use THunderbird in POP mode on my pc which allows me to store all emails in separate folders on my pc.

You can backup to an external device by using a "Copy Profile" method outlined in Thunderbird.

Useful in transferring all email data to a new pc.

I'm sure Outlook offer something similar.

Yes, you can, by backing up Outlook's .pst file