[codegeek]

I think the techies on HN should come up with something like this:

1. Get a custom domain for your emails

2. Backup your google emails

3. Setup your own hosted email server somewhere with ability to receive emails. IMAP etc.

4. To send emails, use an SMTP provider (help with the spam issue)

5. Forward the existing emails from google to this new address (not sure if you can bulk forward)

6. Setup IMAP on the server and make sure you are using a local email client on your desktop that saves emails locally

Will this work ?