A Complete Tutorial to Download 126 Mail Attachments on Computer
You can download 126 Mail attachments in bulk on Windows using the Email Attachment Downloader tool. The tool connects to your 126 Mail account via IMAP and saves all attachments from selected folders to your computer, sorted by sender or date, without opening each email manually.
126.com is one of China’s oldest and most widely used webmail services. It’s owned by NetEase and used by millions of people for personal and business email. If you need to download and save all attachments from your 126 Mail account to your PC, doing it one by one is not practical for large mailboxes.
The Email Attachment Downloader tool automates this process. It connects to your 126 Mail account via IMAP and downloads all attachments from selected folders in one operation.
Why Download 126 Mail Attachments in Bulk?
There are several practical reasons to download all attachments from 126 Mail at once:
- You’re closing your 126 Mail account and want to keep all attached documents, images and files
- You’ve accumulated years of email attachments that you need to organize and back up locally
- You need specific file types (PDFs, images, Excel files) from across your entire mailbox
- You want to free up storage on your 126 Mail account by downloading and archiving attachments
- You’re migrating from 126 Mail to another email platform and want your attachments saved locally first
Opening each email and manually saving each attachment is time-consuming for large mailboxes. A mailbox with 5,000 emails might have attachments in 500 or more of them. Manually saving those would take hours. The bulk download tool handles the entire batch in minutes.
What You Need
You need the Email Attachment Downloader tool installed on a Windows machine. You also need your 126 Mail email address and password. The tool connects to 126 Mail using IMAP, which 126.com supports for all accounts.
Note: 126 Mail uses IMAP server settings of imap.126.com on port 993 with SSL. You may need to enable IMAP access in your 126 Mail account settings before the tool can connect.
How to Download 126 Mail Attachments
Follow these steps to download all attachments from your 126 Mail account in bulk.
Step 1: Launch the Tool
Install and open the Email Attachment Downloader. The main screen shows the email account configuration options.
Step 2: Enter Your 126 Mail Credentials
Enter your 126 Mail email address and password. Select IMAP as the connection type. The tool will connect to imap.126.com and load your mailbox folders.
Step 3: Select Folders and Set Filters
Choose which mailbox folders to include in the attachment download. You can select all folders or specific ones. Use the advanced filter options to download only attachments from specific date ranges or of specific file types.
Step 4: Set the Destination Folder
Choose where you want the attachments saved on your computer. The tool creates a folder structure that mirrors your 126 Mail organization, so you can see which folder each attachment came from.
Step 5: Download
Click Download or Start. The tool processes each email in the selected folders and saves any attachments it finds. A progress indicator shows how many emails have been processed. When done, open the destination folder to see all downloaded attachments.
Key Features
The Email Attachment Downloader handles attachment downloads for 126 Mail and many other webmail providers. Key features include:
- Selective download by file type: Download only PDFs, images, Excel files, or other specific formats
- Date range filter: Download attachments from emails within a specific date range
- Folder organization: Output mirrors your mailbox folder structure for easy navigation
- Batch processing: Download thousands of attachments in one unattended operation
- Multiple webmail providers: Same tool works with AIM, AOL, BTinternet, Yahoo, Gmail and many more
- Duplicate handling: Avoids downloading the same attachment file twice
The file type filter is particularly useful when you only need specific types of attachments. For example, if you only want Excel files from your 126 Mail account, you can filter to download only .xlsx and .xls attachments, skipping images and PDFs entirely.
Limitations to Know
Limitations
- Windows only. No Mac version is available.
- 126 Mail requires IMAP to be enabled in your account settings before the tool can connect. Check your 126 Mail settings and enable IMAP if it’s not already active.
- The free trial has a processing limit on the number of attachments. The full version removes this restriction.
- 126 Mail’s IMAP server may rate-limit connections for large downloads. Very large mailboxes may take longer due to server throttling.
- Emails without attachments are scanned but no files are downloaded for them. Only emails with actual attached files produce downloads.
- Inline images embedded in email bodies are not saved as attachments. Only files explicitly attached to emails are downloaded.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I enable IMAP in my 126 Mail account?
Log in to 126 Mail at mail.126.com. Click the Settings gear icon, then go to Account Settings. Look for the POP3/SMTP/IMAP section and enable IMAP access. 126 Mail requires this setting to be active before any external tool can connect via IMAP. After enabling, allow a few minutes for the change to take effect.
Can I download attachments from specific senders only?
The date range and folder filters are the main filtering options. Sender-specific filtering depends on your email organization. If you’ve sorted emails from specific senders into dedicated folders, select those folders for the download. Otherwise, use the date range filter to narrow the download to relevant periods.
What file types can be downloaded?
The tool downloads all file types that appear as email attachments including PDF, Word, Excel, images (JPG, PNG, GIF), ZIP archives, and any other files your contacts have sent. The file type filter lets you select specific extensions if you only need certain types of files.
Will the downloaded attachments be organized by sender or date?
Downloaded attachments are organized into folders that mirror your 126 Mail folder structure. Within each folder, files are named to include the email subject or sender information. This makes it easy to trace each attachment back to its original email.
Can the same tool download attachments from other webmail providers?
Yes. The same tool supports many other webmail providers that use IMAP including AIM Mail, AOL, BTinternet, Yahoo, 1and1 and many more. See the guides for specific providers on the right side of this page for setup instructions for each one.
How many attachments can be downloaded in one session?
The full version has no limit on the number of attachments. A mailbox with 10,000 emails containing a total of 2,000 attachments will download all 2,000 in one session. The free trial limits the number of attachments to give you a chance to test the tool before purchasing.
