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Re: Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data

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Post by Matt_Cutts »

znowi wrote: post #44

OK, my archive is being collected as of now. It was so easy, with a direct link to the takeout, with Gmail preselected, and a one click operation - I almost wonder what the catch is :) I suspect it might have been a bit of a battle to push this through the top management. Anyhow, whoever did this - thank you.

Gmail has supported POP and IMAP for years, and it's been possible to back up your email using that, e.g. http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/backup-gmail-in-linux-with-get... but I'm really glad that it's much easier now.

Re: Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data

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Post by jcastro »

gky2 wrote: post #60
vijucat wrote: post #32

Here is the simplest solution I found to taking a backup of your gmail. The only glitch is that the mirror account will of course be a perfect image only if you set up the forwarding from day one :-( I had to use gmvault (gmvault.org/) to make a copy of my gmail; it was quite doable. Pasted from http://www.webmonkey.com/2008/11/simple_solutions_to_help_yo... "Create some backup accounts — This one is so obvious I’m a…

Thanks for sharing. In the case of GMVault, how "important" do you think your email needs to be for you to use something like that, as opposed to using Google's solution when it comes out? Or asked in a different way, what do you feel GMVault could offer which regularly archiving emails using the Google solution can't?

You can automate gmvault to snag everything and then just do daily/weekly syncs instead of manually having to remember to go to a website every once in a while and download everything each time.

Re: Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data

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Post by baudehlo »

bradbatt wrote: post #59
makmanalp wrote: post #33

Hmm, first thing I thought was, there goes Backupify's business model: https://www.backupify.com/ Also, holy crap, it's great to see MBOX going strong after 20 odd years.

Not really imo…they are an automated, set-it-and-forget-it backup service. Not quite the same thing for me to have to remember to go in occasionally and download a full copy of my data versus having a service do it for me once or multiple times a day. Especially for businesses who want to manage multiple accounts and have a centralized backup system.

Plus the critical thing here: Backupify has restore. Who wants backup without restore?

Re: Download a copy of your Gmail and Google Calendar data

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Post by resu_nimda »

lukasm wrote: post #26
ISL wrote: post #5

Thank you, Google. Glad to hear that the Data Liberation Front is alive and well: http://www.dataliberation.org/ From 2006: "We would never trap user data," he [Schmidt] said. [1] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/google-ceo-eric-schmidt-we-wou...

I have ambivalent feelings about this. All in all, this is my stuff.

To play devil's advocate - you willingly gave it to them, with almost zero contractual expectations. In a technical sense it is their stuff, and they have graciously implemented a feature allowing you to retrieve a copy of it.

I definitely agree that it's the "right" thing to do, but this kind of comment speaks of entitlement and lack of personal responsibility. They're offering a service, they don't have any inherent obligation, and you can choose not to use it.

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