Thunderbird won't download Gmail emails via IMAP older than 1 1/2 years
I have been trying to download all my email from Gmail via IMAP, but I'm only able to download emails back to 6/20/2017, 1 1/2 years ago.
Why Is this? How can I download / Synchronize all my emails (while keeping all their information, including the dates they were sent intact)?
- I couldn't upload the image of the settings, but the following Synchronization & Storage Settings are selected:
- Message Synchronizing - Synchronize All Messages - Don't Delete Any Messages
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Back story (not to bore you):
Gmail has a storage limit of 15 Gigs, and my email has already used 15+. I would like to keep all my emails to reference later on my home computer running Thunderbird, and upload them to another gmail account so I can search them on my smart phone. I would like to dates of each email intact.
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I couldn't upload the image of the settings, but the following are selected:
- Message Synchronizing - Synchronize All Messages - Don't Delete Any Messages
Have you tried the mbox formatted "takeout" my data gmail offers. it takes days to get it usually, then send you a link to download your mail. See https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout?pli=1
The zip file they give you has an mbox for each folder/label and you can just "drop" those mbox files with some renaming ( it is better to import them with the import export tools add-on) into the local folders folder in the Thunderbird profile and when Thunderbird is opened the mail is "just there"
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/