or this... http://www.gmail-backup.com/download again, just googled it, can't vouch for quality. Eric On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Eric Cope wrote: > It sounds like a method to download all emails to a database initially, > then keep up with emails at a normal rate. > What about something like this - > http://www.broobles.com/imapsize/imap-backup.php - I just googled it, I > can't vouch for quality... > > Eric > > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: >> > I don't have an answer to your main question, just questions. In your >> > original post you stated: >> > >> > "And it has to allow streaming it all in continuously. We're talking >> > about almost 6gig." >> > >> > These requirements are not clear to me. >> >> Ah. Yeah. My bad. >> >> OK, I have nearly six gigs in Gmail right now. There's gotta >> be...heck, I dunno, 30,000 messages in my inbox alone. Thousands in >> "sent". God ONLY knows what's in the spam trap. >> >> :) >> >> I'm going to take an empty local EMail client, point it at that >> beeyatch and say "open up and say aaaahhhh" one evening with the >> laptop on a fast pipe, and go to bed. >> >> When I wake up, I want that stuff held locally. >> >> If I have to restart the download every 700 or 900 or whatever >> messages, it'll take frackin' forever. I need it to suck that stuff >> down unattended. And I'll make sure I have enough local disk space to >> eat it all. >> >> Once it's synced the first time, then it's pretty easy to keep up. >> It's gonna be that first download that will be a complete and utter >> PITA. >> >> :) >> >> Jim >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >