How Can I Backup My Yahoo Mail?

Backup of Yahoo mail has become quite necessary nowadays. The emails saved in the inbox folder sometimes prove to be quite important as those are needed for referential purpose or for forwarding the same on an urgent basis. Every email that gets stored in the inbox or any other folder of Yahoo mail, can be downloaded easily to the device and get that saved in the hard disk or in the compact CD.

Are you not aware how to take backup of Yahoo mails in quick time?

Nothing to worry as certain techniques will make you aware how to backup Yahoo! mail account?

There are certain reasons behind performing Yahoo mail backup. Though Yahoo mail has an attractive user interface that makes its competitors jealous. The option to take Yahoo mail backup is quite sufficient to keep a copy of every mail as a backup to prevent the data loss during the time of contingency.

Just think out of the box and look for backdoor options that can help you save the emails as well as personal data saved on the email server. No one could have thought about the massive data breach that happened twice in 2014. But it actually happened and left 500 million Y! users across the globe vulnerable as they lost important emails as well as bank account associated with Yahoo account that left them financially ruined.

Though the use of backdoor options looks like as if you have no more trust in Yahoo mail. But for your data safety, it is essential. Yahoo will take responsibility in an odd time when your email account gets locked or deleted all of the sudden without any intimation with important emails left stored within the inbox without actions been taken to secure those for future reference.

What will be your reaction at that time?

It’s better that you backup Yahoo mail by following the effective strategies and play safe as anything can happen anytime and that time, you will not get a bit of chance to secure your email account. Just make sure that Y! email account is not linked to any of your banks. If you remember so. just make changes immediately and add a trusted email account to get notifications related to the financial transaction. If this action is not taken on time. time will slip away from your hands and no one would be able to help you. Not even Yahoo… That’s quite sure.

The most effective strategy to backup Yahoo emails saved in Inbox is that you can get the Y! email account getting configured in third-party email client apps like MS Outlook that is an integral part of Office 365 or Mozilla Thunderbird or the email client apps installed on Android or iOS device.

As MS Outlook is the trusted email application of all times, developed and managed by Microsoft, you can set up Yahoo email account in quick time manually just by filling up the essential account server details associated with POP3 or IMAP. Just get the account configured properly with SMTP (send message transfer protocol) to enable the sending and receiving of email messages in a feasible way and take essential backup of inbox emails as well as emails in other folders by adopting certain settings.

As many of the users including you might not have any idea regarding how to setup and configure Yahoo account in Mozilla Thunderbird, the following process can help you, take the backup Y! mails by storing them in email client App inbox.

Open Thunderbird Email Client app and go to the tool menu
Within the tool menu, certain options are inherited.
Click on account settings and go at the bottom of account list.
Go to the account actions drop-down as well as click Add Mail account
Enter the name, authentic email address of Yahoo mail along with password and click continue
DO make sure IMAP is selected. If another option is selected, tick on the radio button next to the option “IMAP (Remote Folders)”
Now click on “Create Account” button and now Yahoo account gets successfully configured in Thunderbird email client application
Finally, it’s quite essential for you to restart Thunderbird to let it reflect all your Yahoo emails reflect in its inbox and other folders.

Running a Thunderbird email application will simply backup your Yahoo account as a copy of mail gets downloaded in the email client app and other still remains in the server as you have selected IMAP option to set up and configure Yahoo mail account. In case of any contingency, Yahoo mail help center can be contacted by you to fetch any help when it is required the most.