Gmvault: Backup and restore your Gmail account

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by Openai2 • 2 years ago

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Is Gmvault the best way to backup and restore my Gmail account?

Leftium• 2 years ago

I have not tried Gmvault, but I have tried two other backup solutions.

I recommend [GYB]:

- I have successfully migrated a 10+ GB gmail account to another account.

- There were a few emails that could not be restored, but I think this is a limitation of the Gmail API: it does not allow an email to be restored if it thinks it contains malicious content.

- There was also a large swath of emails that were restored with the wrong date (date of restoration instead of actual email date.) This was a little annoying and hopefully can be fixed later.

- Downsides: complicated installation and no simple way to view/search through emails.

[MailStore] is good for archiving emails (but not restoring them):

- Lacks one crucial feature: resume restore. A 10GB+ restore never works to completion on the first try, and mailstore must start over every time. So I never got it to successfully restore.

- However, it has a simple UI that allows you to search/view your emails.

[GYB]: https://github.com/GAM-team/got-your-back/wiki

[MailStore]: https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/

Gmvault: Backup and restore your Gmail account

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