Mail backup X — why choose this?
This is the penultimate Yahoo backup tool for users with the most secure and the most user friendly process. You can take a look at the process below. This tool can be run on both Mac and Windows for the best backup and recovery results.
Look over this step by step process for Yahoo email backup to grasp the ease and efficiency provided by this tool
Important info: Prior to initiating the backup process for Yahoo mail service, you will need to get an app generated password. This tool will need it for accessing your Yahoo mailbox. When using the tool for backup, you will login to your account using this particular password.
The way to do so is by logging into your Yahoo account and then going straight to the Info section. Here you will find the option to generate app password under Account security. Click on this to get the password which you must keep safely.
Step by Step Guide to Backup Yahoo Email by Mail Backup X Yahoo backup Tool
- Begin the download and finish by installing this Yahoo mail backup tool.
- Press the tool icon twice to Launch this application on your device
- Move ahead in the process by clicking on ‘setup a new backup profile’ in the first window
4. In the successive window, you are presented with different mail services in form of icons. You see these options because this software application can be used for all major mail services. You will click on Email server. More icons will appear.
5. Going forward, click on IMAP server.
6. You have reached the point where you are prompted to login your Yahoo account ny entering your credentials. Use the app generated password here as the other will not work.
7. All folders from your Yahoo account, which you chose, get screened and displayed neatly. Choose the items you wish to have in your backup. Ignore the empty folders.
8. You have now come to the important window where customisations can be made to alter your backup profile.
- In this customisation window, you can easily name your backup profile suitably. The same can be done for the folder in which your mail backups will be stored. This makes it easy to search for the backup folders.
- In the same window, you see choose a space option which is for your convenience to select location in local drive and also to configure a Cloud service for online and offline backup storage.
- Your data is as such encrypted with this tool. But dual layer encryption provides more security for which you can set a secret password.
- Choose a desired frequency for the tool to back up your mailbox. You can choose recommended settings for ease.
- This is a smart tool which allows you to map your USB drive to it. Then it can sense when this drive gets plugged in. With this, it can save USB snapshots on this drive automatically and this is how you get portable backups.
The backup process will start after you hit the Save button.
This Yahoo email backup process can be tracked live because you are provided a live dashboard. Log reports are also provided which can be saved by downloading them if you want it.
