Well, Gmail import worked once and perhaps too well. Downloaded 500 Yahoo messages as old as 6 years. I deleted them all. Then it refused to download any new ones. After 2 days I deleted it and went back to having Yahoo automatically forward all mail.
On Nov 21, 3:52 pm, Cal <[email protected]> wrote: > An alternative for those who do not have POP3 service from Yahoo Plus, > eh? Just vanilla Yahoo. Thanks, I will try it. > > On Nov 20, 5:57 pm, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 11/15/2010 11:42 AM, > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Cal <[email protected]> Nov 15 05:52AM -0800 ^ > > > > At someone's suggestion, I have abandoned Yahoo as a lost cause. All > > > New Yahoo is set to automatically forward everything to Gmail, and > > > then deletes it. Thunderbird then grabs it all flawlessly from Gmail. > > > Do not need Webmail. I occasionally delete the stuff from Gmail and > > > Thunderbird. > > > I will close my Yahoo account at the end of the year, > > > Of course, the advantage of Thunderbird is the stuff is stored on my > > > HD so In do not have to go online to read old email. > > > Cal, > > > You can set Gmail to use TrueSwitch (for free) to download all of your > > Yahoo email if you want. > > > 1) Log into your gmail account 2) "Settings" on the top right bar > > 3) Golden screen - "Accounts & Import" > > 4) Click on "Import from another address" and follow the instructions... > > > From there it may take a few days but it should import your Yahoo > > account over to Gmail. > > > Jeremy
