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Re:Imap-backup: Backup Gmail or other IMAP accounts to disk by chrisseaton on Saturday January 08, 2022 @08:49AM (#29851650)
> What if I just want an offline record of my emails for the day that google decides to delete me from the internet?

Well this is what just a normal email client does - it downloads latest emails via IMAP.

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Re:Imap-backup: Backup Gmail or other IMAP accounts to disk by willis936 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:29AM (#29851949)
What if I don't want an email client? I just want a headless program that downloads my emails. They can be kept on a NAS that is backed up offsite and keeps the emails searchable. I want this to happen even if I don't happen to open an email client on a desktop at my home for months.

That's why imap-backup is useful.

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Re:Imap-backup: Backup Gmail or other IMAP accounts to disk by chrisseaton on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:45AM (#29852117)
> I just want a headless program that downloads my emails.

Lol that’s an email client! Not all email clients have a manual UI.

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Re:Imap-backup: Backup Gmail or other IMAP accounts to disk by Kye on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:14AM (#29851843)
I also have my client make a copy in local folders, and then Backblaze scoops both up. It's a little redundant, but it's not that much space use and it gives me something to compare if I ever have reason to worry an email was tampered with on the server and downloaded over the original. More concern toward a hack than government/host meddling.
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Re:Imap-backup: Backup Gmail or other IMAP accounts to disk by encryptluks2 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:06AM (#29851786)
isync (aka mbsync) works great for this.
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