Backup non-gmail inbox and restore to google group

[Timothy Pfeifer]

Hi all,

Here's the task:

Backup Source = non-google inbox. Can be accessed by IMAP

Restore Destination = google group

I know gyb can handle the restoration into a Google Group. Is there a format I can perform the backup into which would be compatible?

Thanks!

[Dan Casmas]

assuming the Google group exists
gyb --email $DestinationEmailAddress --action restore-group --local-folder $RestoreFolder --service-account --batch-size 4 --strip-labels --use-admin $GoogleSuperAdmin

The downside of this is there is a size limit to what a group will take. if you have an email over a certain size it will error, be skipped and continued. 

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[Dan Casmas]

you can ignore the batch size  --batch-size 4 and you decide if you want labels if so delete  --strip-labels