On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:27:36 +0000, T o n g wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:17:11 +0000, 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 term). > I suppose it is not the pattern(s) for "mailbox", which means something > else to me.
I have not read the full manual for "isync", but by giving a fast reading to the above URL, I think the folder to backup is defined using this variable in the configuration file: *** Master ":gmail-username:[Gmail]/All Mail" *** That stanza seems to set the "All" folder as the source of the data to be backed up but I think (I "hope" :-P) it can be changed to whatever you want. >> But I use the manual way and try to keep the mailbox folders in a good >> shape to avoid having lots (thounsands!) of message is just one >> "label". > > Could you share how you do it the manual way please? Oh, I use Iceweasel for that task (create a new Gmail account and copy/ paste the e-mails in the fodlers I want to back up). I also have Mutt installed and I use it for reading Gmail's e-mails but still have not found the way (nor had the time) to see how to get a local copy of some folders via IMAP :-) >> Split messages by years/topics is the clue to have a "sane" Gmail :-) > > Is it ok to do it *afterward*? I.e., is it OK to, at the beginning of > the year, do something like > > mv my_important_mails my_important_mails_2010 mkdir my_important_mails > > and not break anything? All the Gmail's messages are stored in the folder named "All", so you are only "virtually moving" -or in Gmail's parlance, "tagging"- them to another place... so no, there should be no problems at all, in fact, I opened my Gmail account in 2006/2007 and created/moved the e-mails in their respective folders afterwards. IIRC (as I said, I've created the sub-folders back in 2009 so things could have changed a bit since then), you have to do it within their webmail interface (I mean, create the "labels") but after that you can access the labels/subfolders from any standard e-mail client (I've tested in Mutt and Iceweasel). > 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 Iceweasel/Thunderbird for your Gmail account and then you can access your Gmail's folder/sub- folders as in any other IMAP server. What I'm not so sure about is if by creating a new subfolder using Thunderbird it will be visible/available inside the webmail interface, maybe someone can confirm/deny this point :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.01.17.19.13...@gmail.com
