gmbackup

Simple tool to backup a Gmail account.

• Does a full sync using the Gmail API.
• Saves only message contents, not metadata such as labels.
• Message saved in EML format, which just the raw email data in RFC2822 format.
• Restore functionality not yet implemented.

Use your own client id

If the rate limits on the default client id becomes a problem you can create your own client id in the Google Cloud Console.

Drop the client credentials JSON file in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gmbackup/credentials.json.