Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Rosenberg
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Mathieu Malaterre < mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just for reference I gave up on icedove/thunderbird, it would simply > sit, do nothing and fill up 38% of my 4Gb memory for downloading a > folder of ~4000 messages. > I gave up on firefox/iceweasel a coup

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-28 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Sarunas Burdulis > wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 01/17/2011 04:45 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>>   Last week I decided to back up some of my mails

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-18 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:21:44 +, T o n g wrote: > Thanks a lot for your detailed explanations, Camaleón. > > On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:13:04 +, Camaleón wrote: > >>> Moreover, how can I view those folders in thunderbird? (I was able to >>> view local mailbox files before, but somehow I can't

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread T o n g
Thanks a lot for your detailed explanations, Camaleón. On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:13:04 +, Camaleón wrote: >> Moreover, how can I view those folders in thunderbird? (I was able to >> view local mailbox files before, but somehow I can't do it now) > > You only have to create a new IMAP account in

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:27:36 +, T o n g wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:17:11 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Another thing to try: >> >> http://blog.fealdia.org/2008/08/11/backing-up-gmail-on-debian-using- > isync/ > > Thanks for the info. I skimmed through the man page, but wasn't able to > f

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread T o n g
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:17:11 +, Camaleón wrote: > Another thing to try: > > http://blog.fealdia.org/2008/08/11/backing-up-gmail-on-debian-using- isync/ Thanks for the info. I skimmed through the man page, but wasn't able to find out how can I backup only a certain folders (labels in gmail t

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/17/2011 04:45 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> Hi there, >> >>   Last week I decided to back up some of my mails from my gmail >> account. I remember that there used to be gmailfs me

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/17/2011 04:45 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi there, > > Last week I decided to back up some of my mails from my gmail > account. I remember that there used to be gmailfs mechanism for this. > However the package is not available on my debia

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Petrus Validus
> What are other people using when there gmail mailbox is becoming big ? I currently have three Gmail accounts configured in Evolution on this Lenny box. I will annually log into the webmail interface and archive _everything_ from the year before into the "All Mail" folder. Next time I log int

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:45:34 +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Last week I decided to back up some of my mails from my gmail > account. I remember that there used to be gmailfs mechanism for this. > However the package is not available on my debian/squeeze anymore. > I also tried using the ima

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread shawn wilson
i'd go with thunderbird - it's a no brainer to setup, drag 'n drop. hell, i even used to use it to import email from one email server to another of a different kind with imap on both (lotus -> exchange, groupwise -> exchange). you can also tell thunderbird to store in mbox which is real cool. oh, a

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Davide Mirtillo
Il 17/01/2011 10:45, Mathieu Malaterre ha scritto: > Hi there, > > Last week I decided to back up some of my mails from my gmail > account. I remember that there used to be gmailfs mechanism for this. > However the package is not available on my debian/squeeze anymore. > I also tried using the

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread J.A. de Vries
Hi Mathieu, I use Disconnected IMAP (DIMAP) in KMail for this. Works like a charm. Syncs both ways and without any errors (as far as I can see). Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 01/17/2011 04:45 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > What are other people using when there gmail mailbox is becoming big ? > > Thanks ! have used thunderbird & IMAP account for gmail for a long time.. all emails on my server. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Mihira Fernando
On 01/17/2011 03:15 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Hi there, Last week I decided to back up some of my mails from my gmail account. I remember that there used to be gmailfs mechanism for this. However the package is not available on my debian/squeeze anymore. I also tried using the imap serv

GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi there, Last week I decided to back up some of my mails from my gmail account. I remember that there used to be gmailfs mechanism for this. However the package is not available on my debian/squeeze anymore. I also tried using the imap service, using evolution, but it became quickly a nightma