# Software for archiving webmail?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-for-archiving-webmail/434232 "2008-01-20T05:52:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-for-archiving-webmail/434232/1 "2008-01-20T05:52:21Z")

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I have a yahoo mail account. I’d like to back up my emails onto my computer. Is there a piece of software that will automatically archive your web-based emails?

Thanks,  
An Gadaí

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**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-for-archiving-webmail/434232/2 "2008-01-20T06:16:50Z")

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I was wondering the same thing. I think you probably could use one of the Firefox download managers to get all the emails in one folder though.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-for-archiving-webmail/434232/3 "2008-01-20T07:05:56Z")

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[QUOTE=riker1384]  
I was wondering the same thing. I think you probably could use one of the Firefox download managers to get all the emails in one folder though.  
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Not sure about that. It would require a pretty complicated set of instruction, i think.

If you’re willing to plonk down $19.99 a year for Yahoo Mail Plus, you get to access your mail using POP, which would allow you to download all your messages into a client like Outlook or Thunderbird and archive them on your computer. Mail Plus also has a built-in archiving tool.

Alternatively, some folks have reported success getting their free Yahoo account to download via POP to an email client using [YPOPs](http://ypopsemail.com/).

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-for-archiving-webmail/434232/4 "2008-01-21T03:26:25Z")

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I might, when I get some funds together, pay the $19.99. Otherwise, I’ll just spend a lazy Sunday copying and pasting the emails I want.