Anyone know how to save/archive gmails?

[diva77]

My gmail is reaching capacity and I would like to save years' worth of gmails. I googled and found instructions and have attempted a few times, unsuccessfully.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions -- especially if you have had success doing this!

[Voltaire2]

1. Sure.

Logon to your google account and then go to https://takeout.google.com/?pli=1

On that page you can export lots of stuff, and in particular you can export your gmail mail data.

[diva77]

2. Thanks so much, Voltaire! The process is underway as I write this --

it may take hours or even days according to google. I will follow up with results...

[diva77]

3. My data was successfully converted into 2 zip files -- but I am unable to locate the gmails. There is a

page that suggests thunderbird or applemail for mbox. I'm not sure how to proceed. So far, I have no access to the gmail archive and the 2nd zip file mysteriously disappeared as soon as it downloaded.

Any thoughts much appreciated! Thanks for getting me this far so far.

ETA: I don't really understand the instructions I mentioned above. I'm not fluent with computerspeak.

[Voltaire2]

4. You need a mail app that can import mbox files.

The suggestion is to use thunderbird as it is free and has an excellent reputation.

This walks you through the process https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-downloaded-gmail-data/

[diva77]

5. Thanks - will be back at this endeavor tomorrow and will follow up.

Thanks again