Ask HN: Backup and restore your Gmail account

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	Ask HN: Backup and restore your Gmail account
	1 points by Openai2 521 days ago
	What's the best way to Backup and restore your Gmail account (including attachments over 20MB in size) ?

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slater 521 days ago

Google Takeout?

https://takeout.google.com/

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LinuxBender 521 days ago

Enable IMAP over SSL in your account settings. Use Thunderbird or whatever your favorite IMAP client may be to copy the emails including attachments locally. Push any of the contents up to whatever account you wish over IMAP.

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