[edit] Gibareto - GMail Imap Backup and Restore Tool

[edit] Info

Gibareto Screenlet performs unattended backups of GMail accounts into a local folder.

(The restore feature has not been implemented yet (but soon :-))

Install Gibareto Screenlet (See Install instructions below).

Configure your account/s.

• Setup dates:
  • If you don't specify any date, Gibareto will backup all your account e-mails.
  • If you specify dates (any of them), Gibareto will backup e-mails within dates specified.
  • If from_last is enabled Gibareto only backups new e-mails arrived since last run.
  • Gibareto doesn't download already existings local e-mail copies.

• Setup Backup interval in seconds.

[edit] Install

Place all files, respecting folder structure and file names, into ~/.screenlets/Gibareto

[edit] Configuration

Configure your GMail account:

• Mail host: imap.gmail.com
• Mail host port: 993
• Account User name: your-email-address@gmail.com
• Account password: your-email-account-password
• Backup base path: Base directory to store backups

It's mandatory that you enable IMAP access in you GMail account:
(in GMail) Go to Settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP, check "Enable IMAP" and Save Changes.