Transferring e-mail from an Android tablet

[Phil]

Thank you for reading this.

I will be touring Asia for a month and I'm wondering if I should buy a 
cheap Android tablet to receive e-mails from the many lists that I 
subscribe to and perhaps do a little web browsing as well. I'm not sure 
that I can justify the cost of even a cheap device for what seems like a 
trivial use.

My question is; is it possible to transfer e-mail from an Android device 
to the Thunderbird reader on my home computer when I arrive back home? 
If I can't then I'll save a hundred dollars and have the joy of sorting 
through 4,000 e-mails on my return.

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Regards,
Phil