Transferring e-mail from an Android tablet

[Billie Walsh]

On 02/05/2014 02:28 AM, Phil wrote:
> 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.
>

I know that Thunderbird can save e-mails with the "eml" tag just fine. I 
assume that it will import same. [ never had occasion to try ] I don't 
know what the e-mail reader in Android is like though, I don't ever use 
my tablet for that purpose. [ is there a Thunderbird for Android? never 
looked. ] If it will I assume you can either use a cloud to move it or a 
USB cable to transfer if your tablet supports that. Failing that, 
possibly a thumb drive or a memory card of whatever sort works in your 
tablet.

I didn't really "need" a tablet and rather wanted a book reader, but it 
always seemed ridiculous to me to buy a computer that only has one 
function in life, and tablets were, in my opinion, highly over priced. I 
already have all the portable devices any one person should need, but 
one must have toys you know. A good laptop for doing whatever I want 
computer wise when traveling and in hotel rooms and such. Two netbooks 
that are small and compact, one of which converts to something like a 
tablet, for use in coffee shops and cafes when traveling. But I found a 
sub $100 dollar tablet at Wal Mart called a Nextbook. Not as fancy as 
some, but suitable for my toy count. I tell you all that in order to 
explain this:

Buy yourself a tablet. You will find many other uses other than just 
e-mail. If nothing else you can take along a library for those long 
hours traveling between destinations. You can amuse yourself with it in 
the off hours when not actively "touring".

-- 

A cat is a puzzle with no solution.

Cats are tiny little women in fur coats.

When you get all full of yourself try giving orders to a cat.

_ _...  ..._ _
_._  ._  .....  ._..  ...  .._