How to Back Up Email from Verizon Mail to a Computer?

Are you searching for a method to back up emails from Verizon to a computer or hard drive? If yes, then your search ends here. In this blog, we have explained the manual and automated methods to back up emails from Verizon Mail to a computer.

Verizon is a telecommunications company that provides services in the communication field. It provides communication services through wireless and wireline media and internet services. 

Verizon’s webmail service was given to its customers who are using Verizon services. Verizon stopped giving webmail service in 2017 and migrated its users to AOL and Yahoo Mail.

It provides its customers with an email account with the domain name verizon.net, for example, username@verizon.net.

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Why back up emails from Verizon Mail to a computer?

There are numerous reasons to back up emails from Verizon Mail to a computer, and some of them are explained below.

• Offline Access: By backing up, users can access emails offline on their computer anytime and anywhere.
  
• Migration to a different email client: Users can back up and save the Verizon mailbox in different file formats, such as PST, MBOX, EML, etc, that can be opened in email clients like Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird and Gmail, respectively.

• Data loss prevention: There is a chance of data loss when you access emails from the server because the server can be crashed due to a virus, malware attack, and the user can lose their precious data.

• For legal or documentation purposes: Emails that are used for documentation or forensic purposes can be obtained in a printed format.

How to back up emails from Verizon Mail to a computer manually?

For the manual method, you need to add your Verizon email account to Microsoft Outlook. After adding, you can take a backup of Verizon Mail in the PST files.

1. Open Microsoft Outlook on your computer.
2. Go to File >> Open & Export and then click Import & Export.
3. Choose the option Export to a file and press the Next button.
4. Choose the option Personal Folder file(.pst) and press the Next button. 
5. Select the Verizon email account folder and click the Next button.
6. Click Finish, and the export process will be complete.

All the emails from the Verizon email account will be backed up in the PST files.

Limitations of the Manual Method

• Microsoft Outlook needs to be installed.
• It requires technical knowledge.
• Need to configure the Verizon email account in Microsoft Outlook.

How to back up emails from Verizon Mail to a computer automatically?

The eSoftTools IMAP Backup & Migration software can be used to take a backup of a Verizon email account in different file formats like PST, EML, EMLX, HTML, MHTML, MSG, MBOX and Thunderbird. The software works even without the installation of any other application on the computer. 

This software has a feature where you can select the folders of the Verizon mailbox that are required for backing up. Moreover, the software gave the option to the users to migrate Verizon Mail emails to cloud applications like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Office 365, Outlook.com and other IMAP email accounts.  

In order to have a backup of a Verizon email account on a computer,  you need to install the software and must know the Verizon email address, password, hostname and Port No.

Steps to back up emails from Verizon Mail to a computer

Download the eSoftTools IMAP Backup & Migration tool on your Windows system.

Choose the IMAP server option from the list of options.

Enter your Verizon email address, password and IMAP settings as

1. Host: imap.aol.com
2. Port: 993

Preview the Verizon mailbox folders in the tree structure on the left side of the preview panel.

Select the folders that are required to back up on a computer.

Choose the export option from the list of options and browse the saving location.

Apply the Naming convention and Mail filter feature according to your requirements.

Click the Save Backup button, and the backup process on your computer will start.

Conclusion

In the above blog, we have explained a manual and automated method to back up Verizon emails to a computer. In the manual method, you need to have Microsoft Outlook installed on your system and have technical knowledge of it. However, the eSoftTools IMAP Backup & Migration Tool backs up the emails without the need of any other application. Its interface is designed in such a way that the user doesn’t need to have technical knowledge.