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.

Copy the mails by yourself

Via Thunderbird, Apple Mail, ...

• Quick and easly solution.
• Drawback: not so stable if you have thousands of emails or a huge amount of folders.

Step by step:

• Setup any email client on your computer. F.e. 'Thunderbird' (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/) or Apple Mail. 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), 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).

Via imapsync

• https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync.

• Commandline tool - no GUI - compplicate to setup
• Has to be installed locally.
• Very flexible.
• Copies Mail recursively.