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I run an internal mail server which I make nightly backups of. I want to also make backups of 3rd party email accounts such as Gmail and Hotmail. I know that both these services have access via POP/IMAP, but is there an easy way to grab messages from the commandline and back them up as with normal Maildir format files?

Jay White
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Someone heard about the google debacle. :-)
Every service that has POP or IMAP, can be backed up by using fetchmail in Maildir-format.

This is a very nice tutorial: wains.be

Bart De Vos
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  • Quick question, can I download via imap, and can I download only inbox and sent folders and exclude certain labels? – Jay White Mar 01 '11 at 00:51
  • Someone wrote a script for getmail (alternative to fetchmail) that should do the trick. http://www.propertymaps.com/blog/technical/deciphering-gmail-imap-labels-with-getmail/ – Bart De Vos Mar 01 '11 at 07:40