Helm is a personal server that lives where you do

Re:Helm is a personal server that lives where you do by digitalsushi on Sunday August 29, 2021 @05:33PM (#28350652)

If I could reliably transfer my gmail legacy freebie grandfather thing account without it taking 7 to 11 days of API rate limited transfer at 100% luck, I would get my email out of there. Alas.

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Re:Helm is a personal server that lives where you do by gsreenivas on Sunday August 29, 2021 @07:31PM (#28351459)

A workaround is to set up a desktop email client - allow it to fully sync, then use the desktop email client to export your email and import to another account.

Google rate limiting and restricting access to your own data is pretty awful. They are similarly terrible about OAuth permissions for 3rd parties - some companies are allowed to export data on behalf of customers while others are not.

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Re:Helm is a personal server that lives where you do by denton-scratch on Monday August 30, 2021 @08:27AM (#28354926)

Doing this via an email client is going to be really slow. Use something like fetchmail.

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Re:Helm is a personal server that lives where you do by h4waii on Sunday August 29, 2021 @05:59PM (#28350856)

Fire up gyb [0] now, and by the time this (or whatever solution you want) is ready for an import, you'll be done.

0. https://github.com/jay0lee/got-your-back

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Re:Helm is a personal server that lives where you do by philips on Sunday August 29, 2021 @06:55PM (#28351232)

Why this and not takeout?

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Re:Helm is a personal server that lives where you do by eps on Sunday August 29, 2021 @05:46PM (#28350764)

If it's a one-time thing, then even it taking weeks is quite acceptable.

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Re:Helm is a personal server that lives where you do by breakingcups on Sunday August 29, 2021 @06:04PM (#28350907)

Would Google Takeout not suffice in this, maybe after some post-processing?

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