[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Gmail backup?

[Nimrod Levy]

On Feb 8, 2008 11:27 AM, Chris W <cwolfe at mlug.missouri.edu> wrote:
> Now that it's all there and my newer emails are all coming into Gmail,
> and my sent mail is being stored there directly, I am trying to come up
> with a good backup solution.  There have been times in the past (reading
> online sources) that people have been blocked or shut out of their gmail
> account.  And though very unlikely, anyone's email could get lost or
> scrambled.  So I'd like an ongoing, active way to keep copies of the
> email on one of my PCs, preferably Linux.  This could be pulled nightly
> into Thunderbird or even to an mbox format file or the like.

Here's an interesting thought, use google groups to back up
gmail...http://www.googletutor.com/2007/03/29/using-google-groups-to-backup-gmail/

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Nimrod