[jk2323]

By the way, the day I went off gmail, I used a script like this to download all my emails: http://taoofmac.com/space/projects/imapbackup

[duiker101]

Pretty sure there's an option in the Google settings to download all your data from any of their services

[sschueller]

Yes, but you can use this script to make a continuous backup so you can keep using google but have your data when they decide to shut you off.

[josefresco]

We use Thunderbird Portable.