If you’re like most people, you probably use Gmail to store important files like photos and videos. But if you’re like most people, you don’t know how to backup your Gmail account. Here’s how to backup your Gmail account with Backup To Email:

  1. Log in to your Gmail account.
  2. Click on the three lines in the top left corner of your screen and select “Backup my email.”
  3. You’ll be asked to choose a location for your backups. You can either save them to a USB drive or store them on your computer’s hard drive.
  4. Once you’ve chosen a location, click on the “Backup my email” button.
  5. Your backups will be created and will be stored in the same folder as your original Gmail emails!

Note: Backup To EMail is also known as Send To GMail.

Setup

Installation of Backup To EMail is simple and straightforward. Once you have finished with the installation process and have started the program up, this is the window that you will see.

Clicking on the Advanced Button will show the following window. You can sign into your Gmail account here and also see details regarding a pro version if you would like to use other E-mail Service providers.

A quick look at the System Tray icon and the Right Click Menu…

Once you have entered your Gmail User Name and Password, you will see the following message.

Backup To EMail in Action

To get started backing your files up, right click on the file and select/click on “Backup To EMail”.

Once you have selected/clicked on “Backup To EMail”, you will see a Progress Window like this. Click “OK” when the upload is finished to close the window.

As you can see, the file was quickly sent to our Gmail account and this is the view when we opened the e-mail. Notice that the file was placed directly into the Inbox.

Conclusion

Backup To EMail provides a quick and easy way to store backups of your files in your Gmail account. With the addition of a Mail Filter, you can easily bypass the Inbox and have your files “presorted” with their own label.

Links

Download Backup To EMail (version 2.1.1 build 185) -(B.T.E. Homepage)

Download Backup To EMail (version 2.1.1 build 185) -(SourceForge)