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FASmail Archiving

  • These instructions apply to FASmail accounts only
  • FASMail email is stored on a UBC mail server and downloaded/synchronized to your computer when your email app checks the server for new messages
  • Each email account has a limited amount of disk space on the UBC mail server. When you run low or out of disk space, you need to archive your email.
  • Archiving email moves messages off the mail server and into a file you store locally on your machine or on a network drive.
  • This is a good way of cleaning up old emails that you want to keep but don’t access frequently.
  • Note: Email archive files are not backed up on the FASmail server, so we recommended you save the archived files on a network drive which is backed up.

Please click one of the links below for instructions specific to your operating system and email program:

Windows

PHAS Email Archiving

Import PHAS emails to gmail

While you still have access to your PHAS email account, you can import your PHAS emails into your gmail account following these instructions:
 
If you no longer have access to your PHAS email account, but you have downloaded or otherwise obtained your emails from the PHAS server, you can do the following:
 
  • Install and open Mozilla Thunderbird.
  • Install the “ImportExportTools NG” Thunderbird add-on.
  • Import the Maildir folder to a local folder in Thunderbird.
  • Verify emails
  • Add your Google account to Thunderbird (Thunderbird connects to Gmail via IMAP).
  • Select the local Maildir emails/folders and copy them to your Google account in Thunderbird.