Gmail Backup

[Syed Faisal Akber]

Have you tried fetchmail?  It is very similar in nature but should  
work to pull all of your e-mail from a remote IMAP/POP server.

Also, you can also look at writing an application in python to use the  
API to pull down all of the e-mail without using IMAP/POP.  That  
method will also allow you to backup everything including Docs,  
Calendar, etc...

Faisal Akber

Quoting Daniel Wayne Armstrong <daniel-HRJVlgn2G/y5aS82P/H3Zg at public.gmane.org>:

> Hi all ... I have started to investigate different tools for creating
> a full backup of a Gmail account.
>
> Requirements include the ability to run in the console and be setup as
> a cron job on my home server. Also I want to synch in only *one*
> direction - Gmail->LocalFolder - (I don't want to misconfigure
> something and end up corrupting or wiping out my Gmail archive). This
> is strictly a backup that is stored locally and can be browsed in
> read-only mode. I plan to keep using the Gmail web interface.
>
> I configured my Gmail account for IMAP access and tried getmail -
> http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/configuration.html - and after
> running it for the first time appears to do what I want with one
> exception: after all messages are downloaded to my local server they
> are all marked in my Gmail account as having been read. This is what
> the program's developer intended and has no plans to change -
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.getmail.user/4081 ... Considering
> the way I handle my mail this is not a big deal to me but it would be
> a dealbreaker for a few other people I would help backup their own
> Gmail accounts.
>
> OfflineIMAP is another consideration ... but by default it appears to
> sync folders in both directions. Maybe that can be changed.
>
> I am curious ... Do other list members backup their Gmail accounts and
> what tools do you like to use?
>
> Thanks
> Daniel
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