I am planning to install eM Client on my new Windows 10 laptop and set up my BT Yahoo! email account on it. I am currently using Windows Live Mail 2011 on my NON-WI-FI Windows 7 desktop PC to access my email account and would like also to have my old emails (of which there is a total of about 8,000!) on eM Client on the laptop. Is this possible? If so, how do I do it? Would it involve transferring files via a USB flash drive? (Windows Live Mail does have ‘Export email: Email messages’ and ‘Export email: Account’ options.) I think the desktop is the only place where the old emails are stored; I don’t think they are stored on the BT Yahoo! server. Thanks.
Yes, this is doable.
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Install eM Client on your Desktop PC and import the data from WLM. You will either be offered the import after installation, or you can do it through Menu > File > Import > WLM.
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Do a backup in eM Client using Menu > File > Backup. That will save a zipped file to Documents/eM Client directory. Copy the zipped file to a USB.
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Install eM Client on your laptop. After installation, plug in the USB and restore the backup using Menu > File > Restore.
Thanks for your prompt reply.