Gmail Backup

[Christopher Browne]

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Charles Philip Chan <cpchan-CzeTG9NwML0 at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Daniel Wayne Armstrong <daniel-HRJVlgn2G/y5aS82P/H3Zg at public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> OfflineIMAP is another consideration ... but by default it appears to
>> sync folders in both directions. Maybe that can be changed.
>
> Imapcopy:
>
> https://code.google.com/p/imapcopy/

Haven't used it, but you might also consider Imapcopy:

http://home.arcor.de/armin.diehl/imapcopy/imapcopy.html

The latter has a Debian package.

An interesting question, I suppose, is which IMAP server one might
prefer for this purpose.  For backup purposes, I think I'd prefer an
option that, by hook or by crook, compresses messages.  A file-based
IMAP that compresses files would be attractive.  One that stows
message bodies in big-ish columns in Postgres would take advantage of
TOAST (which really is the best thing since sliced bread ;-)).
http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/storage-toast.html
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