I had 1+ GB of email in my gmail account, and this is how I moved it to another server using IMAP:
1. Go through all your emails and delete all unwanted emails. Don't forget to 'empty' (delete permanently) your Junk and Thrash folder.
2. If you haven't, enable IMAP for your Gmail account. [ https://support.google.com/mail/troubleshooter/1668960?hl=en#ts=1665018 ]
3. Download and install Mozilla Thunderbird. [ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ ]
4. In Thunderbird, set up a new email account and configure it to your Gmail.
5. Thunderbird will now slowly download all your emails from Gmail.
6. Once all the emails are downloaded, create another email account in Thunderbird and configure it with the settings of the new email service that you want to use.
7. From the 'Gmail' account in Thunderbird, select the Gmail emails and drag and drop it to the 'New Email' email account (created in step 6).
8. Thunderbird will transfer the mail to the new email server.
(Note: for step 7, it is advisable to NOT select all the email and transfer at one go. Best that you sort it by size, and transfer the bigger emails first. Delete transfered emails from Gmail and continue until there is no more email left. You may also recreate all the folders / labels of gmail in the new email account to - as IMAP folders - and drag and drop it directly to those folders.)
I've been de-addicted from Google for more than a year and never been better.;)
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I had 1+ GB of email in my gmail account, and this is how I moved it to another server using IMAP: 1. Go through all your emails and delete all unwanted emails. Don't forget to 'empty' (delete permanently) your Junk and Thrash folder. 2. If you haven't, enable IMAP for your Gmail account. [ https://support.google.com/mail/troubleshooter/1668960?hl=en#ts=1665018 ] 3. Download and install Mozilla Thunderbird. [ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ ] 4. In Thunderbird, set up a new email account and configure it to your Gmail. 5. Thunderbird will now slowly download all your emails from Gmail. 6. Once all the emails are downloaded, create another email account in Thunderbird and configure it with the settings of the new email service that you want to use. 7. From the 'Gmail' account in Thunderbird, select the Gmail emails and drag and drop it to the 'New Email' email account (created in step 6). 8. Thunderbird will transfer the mail to the new email server. (Note: for step 7, it is advisable to NOT select all the email and transfer at one go. Best that you sort it by size, and transfer the bigger emails first. Delete transfered emails from Gmail and continue until there is no more email left. You may also recreate all the folders / labels of gmail in the new email account to - as IMAP folders - and drag and drop it directly to those folders.) I've been de-addicted from Google for more than a year and never been better. ;)