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[edit] Gibareto - GMail Imap Backup and Restore Tool

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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.

Then, in "Labels", check "Show in IMAP" for those labels that you want to backup.
Gibareto

GMail Imap Backup Restore Tool

AuthorMiguel Ángel Molina
Version0.1
API Version0.1.2
DownloadGibareto Screenlet [1]

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