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Re:Google deletes artist’s blog, a decade of his work by Bromskloss on Friday July 15, 2016 @07:09AM (#12100130)
Speaking of that, what is the best way to make a backup of the contents of an email account (not specifically Gmail, but IMAP in general)?
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Re:Google deletes artist’s blog, a decade of his work by sandij on Friday July 15, 2016 @07:42AM (#12100274)
An easy way is to use an IMAP client like the macOS Mail.app that syncs raw email + metadata in .mbox format. You can find the files in ~/Library/Mail/V4. Combine with Time Machine for extra backups in case you’re worried that your mail server decides to clear your local copy over IMAP.
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Re:Google deletes artist’s blog, a decade of his work by duerrp on Friday July 15, 2016 @07:20AM (#12100176)
Not sure if it's the best way or not, but I use offlineimap...
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