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This group is to discuss Got Your Back (GYB), the Gmail Backup program. GYB's project page is at: http://git.io/gyb.

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Aug 30

Access blocked: GYB has not completed the Google verification process

Post gybsetup.exe I executed gyb.exe --email xxxx...@gmail.com and got Select the actions you wish

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Access blocked: GYB has not completed the Google verification process

Post gybsetup.exe I executed gyb.exe --email xxxx...@gmail.com and got Select the actions you wish

Aug 30

Aug 30

Client ID changes by Google - danger ahead!

Not sure how it might affect GYB but some questions I read in the groups point to some related

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Client ID changes by Google - danger ahead!

Not sure how it might affect GYB but some questions I read in the groups point to some related

Aug 30

Aug 30

Questions on how to use gybsetup.exe

Hi all, New user to GYB, have some questions on the client. I feel https://github.com/GAM-team/got-

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Questions on how to use gybsetup.exe

Hi all, New user to GYB, have some questions on the client. I feel https://github.com/GAM-team/got-

Aug 30

Phil Staub, … Jay Lee8

Jul 16

OAuth 2.0 action advised

OK, I THINK I got it. But what a mess that interface is! For what used to be a nice, simple tool,

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OAuth 2.0 action advised

OK, I THINK I got it. But what a mess that interface is! For what used to be a nice, simple tool,

Jul 16

Jul 12

Project Creation and Disabling Key Creation

Is there a way to set the Disable Key Creation policy only for the GYB project? Before I start a GYB

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Project Creation and Disabling Key Creation

Is there a way to set the Disable Key Creation policy only for the GYB project? Before I start a GYB

Jul 12

Priya Chandra, Rodrigue Merhi2

Jul 10

Restoring to Vault

Hi, I just started dabbling with gyb yesterday actually and I was doing a test backup and restore and

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Restoring to Vault

Hi, I just started dabbling with gyb yesterday actually and I was doing a test backup and restore and

Jul 10

Anv, … John Voegtlin4

May 18

GYB - Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MSR

Any advice / guidance on how I would disable all the BS to get this update installed? On Saturday,

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GYB - Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MSR

Any advice / guidance on how I would disable all the BS to get this update installed? On Saturday,

May 18

Jarrod Daley, … Barb Ballard4

May 6

Access blocked: GYB has not completed the Google verification process

Thank you for this! On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 2:41:30 PM UTC-5 Ben Hurwitz wrote: Just to add

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Access blocked: GYB has not completed the Google verification process

Thank you for this! On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 2:41:30 PM UTC-5 Ben Hurwitz wrote: Just to add

May 6

GYB Newbie User, Jay Lee3

Apr 2

Hello, just tried restoring a .MBOX from takeout. What am I doing wrong?

Much appreciated. I'm currently running the command and it seems to be working. Fingers crossed!

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Hello, just tried restoring a .MBOX from takeout. What am I doing wrong?

Much appreciated. I'm currently running the command and it seems to be working. Fingers crossed!

Apr 2

Timothy Pfeifer, … Chris Tasker4

Mar 16

Backup non-gmail inbox and restore to google group

Hey Timothy, I've been doing exactly this. My work around has been to use the Gmail Data import

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Backup non-gmail inbox and restore to google group

Hey Timothy, I've been doing exactly this. My work around has been to use the Gmail Data import

Mar 16

mario, … Jay Lee5

Feb 27

ERROR: 400: The size of the Bcc header value (76666 bytes) exceeds Google's limit of 32768 bytes per individual header size.

Hi, sounds good but how to I find the affected message, gyb seem not to prints this information....

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ERROR: 400: The size of the Bcc header value (76666 bytes) exceeds Google's limit of 32768 bytes per individual header size.

Hi, sounds good but how to I find the affected message, gyb seem not to prints this information....

Feb 27

Dale Courtney, … Roo Riop4

Jan 22

GYB backup failing with Gmail API 429 (rateLimitExceeded) + “sqlite3.OperationalError: database is locked”

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GYB backup failing with Gmail API 429 (rateLimitExceeded) + “sqlite3.OperationalError: database is locked”

Jan 22

Daniel Schablowski, Dan Casmas2

12/10/25

Uploading Backup to Group

should be something like this gyb --email $DestinationEmailAddress --action restore-group --local-

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Uploading Backup to Group

should be something like this gyb --email $DestinationEmailAddress --action restore-group --local-

12/10/25

Karan Khandelwal, Allen Hancock2

11/29/25

Issuing Uploading Backup to Group

Yes, the documentation is at https://github.com/GAM-team/got-your-back/wiki#--action-restore-group

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Issuing Uploading Backup to Group

Yes, the documentation is at https://github.com/GAM-team/got-your-back/wiki#--action-restore-group

11/29/25

Dan Casmas, Allen Hancock2

11/17/25

restore to group

What I've noticed is that GYB tracks the emails it downloads, and which ones it's uploaded. I

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restore to group

What I've noticed is that GYB tracks the emails it downloads, and which ones it's uploaded. I

11/17/25

11/17/25

GYB "sections" for multiple users on one computer?

In GAM, I've got a number of "sections" configured for the various google domains I

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GYB "sections" for multiple users on one computer?

In GAM, I've got a number of "sections" configured for the various google domains I

11/17/25

Jay Rausch, Jay Lee2

11/5/25

Backup a group and restore into a user account

No. Google doesn't offer an API to backup groups thus there's nothing GYB can do to backup

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Backup a group and restore into a user account

No. Google doesn't offer an API to backup groups thus there's nothing GYB can do to backup

11/5/25

Douglas McIlroy, Jay Lee2

10/28/25

Access is denied

Show the exact command you ran and the full error message. Jay Lee On Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 3:56 AM

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Access is denied

Show the exact command you ran and the full error message. Jay Lee On Tue, Oct 28, 2025, 3:56 AM

10/28/25

Sherwood Botsford, Jay Lee3

10/27/25

Capabilities on restoration of threads and dates

Cool. You are a prince. I will start tiny trial runs tomorrow after coffee. Yes. Old sysadmin here.

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Capabilities on restoration of threads and dates

Cool. You are a prince. I will start tiny trial runs tomorrow after coffee. Yes. Old sysadmin here.

10/27/25

Kevin Herring, Andy2

9/22/25

Import finishes in a few seconds but does nothing

Same thing happens for me On Friday, April 26, 2024 at 11:39:47 AM UTC-5 Kevin Herring wrote: I am

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Import finishes in a few seconds but does nothing

Same thing happens for me On Friday, April 26, 2024 at 11:39:47 AM UTC-5 Kevin Herring wrote: I am

9/22/25

Daniel Schnitterbaum, Chad Ramey3

9/4/25

Handy SwiftBar Status Widget for Monitoring Long Restores 🚀

Nice! Thank you for sharing! On Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 5:53:38 AM UTC-5 Daniel Schnitterbaum

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Handy SwiftBar Status Widget for Monitoring Long Restores 🚀

Nice! Thank you for sharing! On Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 5:53:38 AM UTC-5 Daniel Schnitterbaum

9/4/25

Ron Allison, … John Voegtlin7

9/2/25

Restore to Group Issue

super. I'm running my backup now, will report if I have any issues when it comes to restoring to

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Restore to Group Issue

super. I'm running my backup now, will report if I have any issues when it comes to restoring to

9/2/25

8/14/25

Issue in Restoring Backup to User

Hello, I have a mailbox backup that I need to restore to another user account. I tried the command

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Issue in Restoring Backup to User

Hello, I have a mailbox backup that I need to restore to another user account. I tried the command

8/14/25

8/5/25

GYB uninstallation

Is there a checklist of what to do to uninstall GYB and remove permissions it was granted? - delete

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GYB uninstallation

Is there a checklist of what to do to uninstall GYB and remove permissions it was granted? - delete

8/5/25

7/11/25

Restoring inbox and labels as subfolders of a folder/label

In the source account, I have: Inbox and some labels: test abc test def In the destination account, I

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Restoring inbox and labels as subfolders of a folder/label

In the source account, I have: Inbox and some labels: test abc test def In the destination account, I

7/11/25

IT PI, Jay Lee2

6/5/25

inactive Oauth client warning - but I use GYB regularly

If you are always using --service-account with GYB then you aren't actually using the

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inactive Oauth client warning - but I use GYB regularly

If you are always using --service-account with GYB then you aren't actually using the

6/5/25

6/3/25

Unable to backup - Error 400: redirect_uri_mismatch

You were 100% right. Fixed that and it's working. Thank you very much Jay! Much appreciated! On

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Unable to backup - Error 400: redirect_uri_mismatch

You were 100% right. Fixed that and it's working. Thank you very much Jay! Much appreciated! On

6/3/25

5/20/25

Unable to get GYB to install keeps looping through the OAuth allow

Hi I'm running into an issue getting GYB to install. I run the .msi I get the CMD prompt to enter

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Unable to get GYB to install keeps looping through the OAuth allow

Hi I'm running into an issue getting GYB to install. I run the .msi I get the CMD prompt to enter

5/20/25

4/16/25

restore multiple MBOX

I'm trying to restore from 4 MBOX files to a single empty mailbox. I'm only seeing some of

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restore multiple MBOX

I'm trying to restore from 4 MBOX files to a single empty mailbox. I'm only seeing some of

4/16/25

Joey Lutes, Dan Casmas2

3/24/25

Restore to Group

There is a limit to the ability to restore a group. You are unable to restore emails larger than

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Restore to Group

There is a limit to the ability to restore a group. You are unable to restore emails larger than

3/24/25

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