Backup your Gmail in a few easy steps!
I’ve actually spent a few hours searching around for a good backup solution for my mailbox until I decided to stick with getmail. What you’ll be able to achieve after reading this HowTo and deploying the following setup is:
A full backup of your e-mail DATA in the Mbox format. (yes, Gmail’s labels / folders as well) Prevent getmail to mark all mails as read after delivering them. (this was a pretty bad issue since getmail was marking all my mails as read even if I did not access my e-mail at all) Keep your backups up-to-date with the latest content from your mailbox.
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