Looking for testing and input for a new Gmail Backup Tool, Got Your Back

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Jay Lee

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May 9, 2011, 1:31:10 PM5/9/11
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Gmail lacks a good email backup tool so I decided to take it upon myself to write one. "Got Your Back: Gmail Backup" a free, open source, command line backup tool for Gmail:


GYB is still in Alpha testing meaning it's not ready for general use yet but it hasn't eaten anyone's email so far. Actually, on a reasonably fast Internet connection, GYB managed to backup my entire 6.8gb Gmail mailbox in one evening.

GYB has a few features that I think are going to be pretty popular:
  • GYB's goal is to backup and restore all your Gmail data. This includes full messages, labels and dates. A restore to an empty account should provide an exact copy of your email mailbox.
  • The ability to use Gmail style searches like in:inbox, is:starred, "after:01/01/2011" and such. GYB uses these searches to determine what it should backup. So pretty much any search you can come up with can limit the scope of your backups.
  • The ability for Google Apps Business and Education Admins to backup, restore and estimate their user's mailboxes without needing to know a password.
I'm looking for input, testing and bug reports. If you're interested, give GYB a shot. Since GYB will be an ongoing project, I've created a Google Group for it at:


ongoing discussion can happen there (but feel free to respond to this thread if that's easier).

Jay

Oliver Hartley

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May 9, 2011, 2:46:14 PM5/9/11
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hey!!! You never stop!!! Downloading right now, i'll send my feedback ASAP.



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Jasper Roman

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Dec 26, 2018, 3:09:47 AM12/26/18
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Try Google Takeout service to download Gmail emails & other google services data into the local machine. If you use google takeout to make back of Gmail emails it will save in .Mbox file. Try Google Takeout service it will help you. But if you want to make Gmail emails backup in the .Pst file then you have to use the Gmail backup tool it will download Gmail emails in PST file. Visit at more: https://www.osttopstapp.com/gmail-backup.html

Amrita Yadav

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Nov 4, 2022, 5:46:11 AM11/4/22
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The Gmail Email Backup Tool is a premium utility to backup and transfers Gmail data to different file formats and email clients. This utility provides advanced features that allow users to optimize the entire migration task according to their preferences.

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