Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-28 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Mathieu Malaterre mathieu.malate...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Sarunas Burdulis saru...@math.dartmouth.edu wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/17/2011 04:45 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: Hi there,   Last week I

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 couple of

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 do it

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

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

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 UNSUBSCRIBE,

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

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 imap

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,

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 imap

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 into

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

Re: GMail backup on debian

2011-01-17 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Sarunas Burdulis saru...@math.dartmouth.edu 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

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

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 find out how

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