= How to archive my emails? =
 * Typically you do not have to archive your emails, because there is a backup system. Saving disk space (on the mail account) is also 'normally' not necessary.
 * If you leave the institute and you loose your IMATH and also the UZH email address, it might me necessary to make a copy of your mails.
 * Attention: copying emails is slow! Please be patient, check the log messages what's going on.
 * There is no 'one solution fits all'.

== Copy to a mail folder of a different email account (gmail, gmx , ..) - Via Thunderbird, Apple Mail, ... ==

 * Quick and easy solution.
 * Drawback: 

   * Not so stable if you have thousands of emails.
   * If you have subfolders: there is no recursive duplicating - you have to do it for every single folder.

Step by step:

 * Setup any email client on your computer. F.e. 'Thunderbird' (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/) or Apple Mail. [[email#Configuring_an_Account|Configure]] your IMATH Account.
 * Copy (duplicate!) all mails (mark all mails and choose 'copy') to

   * a) a local email folder (this becomes your archive/backup, which is stored on your local computer), or 
   * b) a second configured (a free email service like gmail, gmx, ...) email account.

  * In most applications, you have to copy/duplicate each folder separately (no recursive copy).

== Thunderbird: use importexporttools-ng ==

 * Create a zip or mbox file(s) of your mails - [[thunderbird#Import_.2F_Export_Mails:_importexporttools-ng]]

== Via imapsync ==

 * https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync.
 * Commandline tool - no GUI - compplicate to setup
 * Has to be installed locally.
 * Very flexible.
 * Copies Mail recursively.