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A Python script to download all your mail from Gmail to your local hard drive.

3 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 1 story, 2 comments · first 2011-07-08 · latest 2016-11-18

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  1. Here's one I wrote: https://github.com/abjennings/gmail-backup Not as full featured (can't restore), but it's just a 77-line Python script. You could audit it yourself to make sure it doesn't upload your creds to another server.
    comment by ajennings · 2016-11-18 · in Gmvault: Backup and restore your Gmail account
  2. yep but you still need to know a few things as well as: https://github.com/abjennings/gmail-backup or http://www.fetchmail.info/ and https://github.com/Flushot/gmail-backup
    comment by pirer · 2013-10-02 · in Who owns emails?
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    Back up all your Gmail emails with 58-line Python script
    story by ajennings · 2011-07-08 · 0 comments