Now, you are done with setting up Gmail in Outlook Express to send/ receive and retrieve Gmail messages. Eventually, Drag and Drop all the EML files in Outlook Express pane.

In Windows Explorer Navigate to the location of saved EML files.

Create a folder to store Gmail exported EML files.

Go to Start > Programs > Outlook Express.

Once the backup procedure gets completed, click on OK.

The software will display the progress report of backup.

To begin the backup process, click Start.

Use E-mail Filter to export the data of a particular time period.

From Select Folders, the menu includes the folders for backup creation.

Click on Apply Filters for applying customized filters.

Now, select a destination location for the resultant file and click OK.

Choose EML radio button in Select E-mail Format section and hit Browse button.

In next window, click on Allow button to permit the software to have access to your Gmail account.

Next, type the credentials of Gmail account for which the backup needs to be taken.

Click OK in next pop up window to configure Gmail to Outlook Express.

Enter the Gmail account credentials and click on the Login button.

To launch the tool, click on Start > All Programs > Software.

First, download and install Gmail Backup software.

Below are the guidelines to accomplish this task successfully: The Gmail Backup software helps users in downloading Gmail emails in EML file format so that, users can import the resultant EML into Outlook Express. Hence, taking the backup of Gmail data always proves handy as we can retrieve the data from it at any data loss condition. Over the years, your Gmail collects a lot of important information that you do not want to lose. Exporting Gmail Database to Outlook Express The following are some techniques to configure Gmail emails to Outlook express. For this, one needs to set up Gmail to allow downloading emails as POP or IMAP. Users can simply configure Gmail to Outlook Express. Which one is correct? Please, someone, assist me with technical guidance to fix this problematic situation.” Currently, I am using POP3 server so, does it mean that I cannot set it to IMAP and must leave it as POP, or is there any other way to do this? Another issue is I have found two different numbers for Outgoing mail i.e., 465 and 587. Even I have followed all the instructions but end up with two obstacles: first, I need to set up the incoming mail server to IMAP but, unable to make the changes in Settings. “I am facing difficulty while setting up Gmail in Outlook Express.