Outlook conversion
I've used Outlook 2013 to manage my gmail for a number of years. I recently received an email from google stating that versions of Outlook 2016 and earlier will no longer work for gmail after 5/30/22. According to them, only newer versions of Outlook will offer the required "sign-in with Google" option. If this is correct, I'd like to move away from Outlook because the newer versions of Outlook may not work with my Windows 8.1 OS. To avoid the expense and possibility that a new version of Outlook may not work on my PC, I'm exploring Thunderbird. I'm very concerned about losing emails both in my inbox and the sub-folders I've created within my inbox. Am I correct in assuming that since I'm on an IMAP protocol with google that I'd be able to pull all of that same email from my inbox, and sub-folders within my inbox directly into Thunderbird? If my assumption is correct, will Thunderbird upon import automatically set up the same sub-folders with contents under my new inbox? I know that I have some cleaning up to do, is there a size limitation on how much Thunderbird can handle? Thank you!
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If it is an IMAP application, no conversion applies. Thunderbird sees all that is there. And you can run both concurrently to give you reassurance.
Thank you for your reply David. I should have asked initially... is there any chance that Thunderbird will encounter the same issue of not being able to "sign in with Google" that I'm about to with Outlook 2013 after 5/30/22? Also, does Thunderbird maintain a copy of my email on my PC as Outlook does now in the .ost file? I like the idea of maintaining my own back-ups of the email. Thanks again!
Thunderbird is fully compatible with the Google requirement and has been for quite awhile. If your mail is POP, all messages are kept on PC. If IMAP, you can specify to keep PC files in sync with online.
Thank you David. I'll give it a try. I greatly appreciate your help.