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Backup and Migrate IMAP Email Accounts

10 mentions on Hacker News by 9 people: 1 story, 9 comments · first 2017-08-01 · latest 2025-10-07

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  1. …account gets banned maybe the forwards will still work... concept but in general something like https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup to backup your email and then add them to a typical backup process with your other files works well.
    comment by bks · 2025-10-07 · in Become unbannable from your email
  2. …does its job and exits. If anyone wants an ARM version, I maintain a container at [1]. [0]: https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup [1]: https://hub.docker.com/r/bayindirh/imap-backup
    comment by bayindirh · 2025-02-12 · in Imapsync
  3. I can recommend https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup for backing up gmail.
    comment by jbub · 2024-12-21 · in Ask HN: Do you backup your Emails?
  4. …Fortunately this was a temporary issue that I was able to recover from. Apps like imap-backup ( https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup ) allow retaining IMAP data. In short, don't rely on TB to retain IMAP data, (like Dropbox) it is not a…
    comment by pbhjpbhj · 2024-09-16 · in LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat
  5. Personally, I use https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup to archive all my emails and then only keep them on the remote server for as long as I need to (basically until I read them and respond or download an attachment into…
    comment by Kluggy · 2024-01-05 · in Degox – Taking back my internet privacy and presence
  6. …happened to star on GH. * https://github.com/gauteh/lieer * https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync * https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup
    comment by newman314 · 2022-01-20 · in Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying
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    Imap-backup: Backup Gmail or other IMAP accounts to disk
    story by miles · 2022-01-08 · 79 comments
  8. …container for a couple of years, it has been rock solid. I test a full restore quarterly. https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup
    comment by shrike · 2021-07-27 · in Ask HN: What is your ideal email backup solution?
  9. I've used this project, but it's been a while: https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup . It's a CLI app, though, so it's maybe not the best solution for non-technical end-users. Some email providers have IMAP import, where you just give…
    comment by ratww · 2021-02-08 · in Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
  10. …[3] https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/ [4] https://thehorcrux.com [5] https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup [6] http://gmvault.org/
    comment by miles · 2017-08-01 · in Professor who refused to use other genders pronouns, was banned by Google