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I have been taking a Thunderbird local dump of all my Google mail for years as a backup (Thunderbird's mbox format is readable everywhere) so I can clear my Goo
by 72deluxe 10y ago
I have been taking a Thunderbird local dump of all my Google mail for years as a backup (Thunderbird's mbox format is readable everywhere) so I can clear my Google account regularly, yet have a backup.
No idea what I'll do when Thunderbird eventually goes away - what is the replacement with identical functionality on macOS? I only want to grab mail and append to my existing mbox files.
- PuffinBlue 10y agoHopefully it won't go away. It's transitioning to an independent support setup. You can donate to the project, I just did so today in fact: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Donate https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird/Donate
- 72deluxe 10y agoThanks for the info.
- ChristianGeek 10y agoNot sure if Postbox on the Mac will meet your needs or not but it's based on Thunderbird and done by a company founded by Thunderbird's lead engineer. It's a paid product, but well worth it...I use it as my main email app. https://www.postbox-inc.com https://www.postbox-inc.com
- 72deluxe 10y agoThanks for the link, I will take a look. Do you happen to know what its mailbox format is underneath? That's the main crux issue for me. It would have to be a format I could migrate easily like mbox. eg. my Outlook PSTs and OSTs are useless to me as I have nothing that will open them.
- hobarrera 10y agoofflineimap is pretty good. You can use the (very!) standard Maildir format, and eventually re-upload your emails elsewhere if you move.