How to back up your Gmail Account
Gmail Backup in a single-click
Gmail Backup allows to backup and restore the content of your Gmail account. It uses the IMAP protocol to fetch and store your messages. It can also be used to migrate your messages between two accounts, for example between your private inbox and the Google Apps acount.
This project contains the open source code of Gmail Backup (hosted at www.gmail-backup.com) licensed under GNU GPL v3.
To user support, please use our mailing list gmail-backup-com-users@googlegroups.com Google Groups page .
Installation & system requirements
Running an installed program (.exe package, MS Windows OS)
- Microsoft Windows XP or higher
- Download an run the .exe installer
- Run Gmail Backup using a shortcut icon
Running from a source code (.tar.gz package, GNU Linux, Mac OS X)
- OS with Python 2.5 installed
- wxPython 2.8 installed
- Unpack the .tar.gz package
- Run gmail-backup-gui.py to use a graphical user interface
- Run gmail-backup.py to use a command line interface
- Version 20110307
- Fixed bug with marking new messages as read
- Supports Python 2.6 found in any newer Linux distribution
- Based on a fully open source code
- Licensed under GNU GPL v3 license
- Any updates are welcome, if you are interested in the Gmail Backup development, please, contact us.
Official mirrors
Documentation
