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We purchased a business and the previous owner had an email with our domain name along with info and such and it was hosted by google. I'm paying for info@olddomain.com and want to move to my email server but can't move without moving hers.

The catch is that she has a bunch of historical emails that she wants to keep and when I move the email she will lose the previous emails even though I have no objection to her keeping the address.

So, how to resolve and move this account to bluehost?

I found this and it wasn't a big help: moving emails from google apps to microsoft exchange 2010. I'm thinking that I have her install Thunderbird and have it sync with her mail folder and now all the emails are in thunderbird.

But now what?

So here's my current thought. I add her gmail account and her account with my domain to thunderbird and sync them both as it looks like Thunderbird can work with gmail. Then I create a new folder under her gmail account. Then I drag all of her old emails into the new folder and re-sync and then shut down thunderbird. Now i migrate the domain to bluehost as planned and all of her stuff is in her gmail account.

Opinions?

Thanks.

Thom
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There are many ways to achieve this, it all just depends on what your desired end state is.

If Thunderbird is your goal then I'd recommend checking out the data export tools from Google. Email should be exported in MBOX format, which you can then import into Thunderbird for viewing.

If you'd rather migrate them from the Google Workspace account to a personal Gmail account it can be done, too.

Jason
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