# I Lost All My E-mail But Have Copies in Gmail. How Do I Get It Forwarded To My Acct?

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**Created:** [April 4, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-all-my-e-mail-but-have-copies-in-gmail-how-do-i-get-it-forwarded-to-my-acct/443870 "2008-04-04T01:15:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nobody\_Special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nobody\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody_Special)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-all-my-e-mail-but-have-copies-in-gmail-how-do-i-get-it-forwarded-to-my-acct/443870/1 "2008-04-04T01:15:29Z")

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In case of emergency, I have a copy of every incoming message I receive forwarded to a gmail account. Today, somehow, for some reason, all the local copies of my e-mail disappeared. How can I go about getting Gmail to forward every message back to my other account?

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**Author:** ![Anomalous\_Reading](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Anomalous\_Reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomalous_Reading)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-all-my-e-mail-but-have-copies-in-gmail-how-do-i-get-it-forwarded-to-my-acct/443870/2 "2008-04-04T01:27:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Nobody Special]  
In case of emergency, I have a copy of every incoming message I receive forwarded to a gmail account. Today, somehow, for some reason, all the local copies of my e-mail disappeared. How can I go about getting Gmail to forward every message back to my other account?  
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I’d just do the POP connection - and import them as “unread” emails.

The instructions are on the gmail page - about two links back.

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**Author:** ![newberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@newberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newberry)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-all-my-e-mail-but-have-copies-in-gmail-how-do-i-get-it-forwarded-to-my-acct/443870/3 "2008-04-04T03:52:11Z")

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Try this:

> **[Read Gmail messages on other email clients using POP - Gmail Help](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7104828?hl=en&visit_id=638332602278906678-758546383&rd=1)**
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> You can open your messages from Gmail in other mail clients that support POP, like Microsoft Outlook.
> Step 1: Make sure POP is the best way to read your emails
> IMAP and POP are both ways to rea

There’s lots more help at that site. You need to setup a POP or IMAP Gmail account in your email client. I would recommend IMAP:

> **[Add Gmail to another email client - Gmail Help](https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?query=imap&topic=&type=f&visit_id=638332602291824536-3441184417&rd=2)**
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> You can add Gmail to other email clients, like Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, or Mozilla Thunderbird. When you add Gmail, your messages and labels are synced with the email client.
> Changes to Gmail