Just a quick note on how to configure backups of Google Apps email to a local machine.
Install getmail
apt-get install getmail4
create config directory
Create a subdirectory in users home folder (and change permissions)
mkdir .getmail touch .getmail
create config file
Create a file such as .getmail/username.gmail
[retriever]
type = SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever
server = imap.gmail.com
username = username@domain.tld
password = password
mailboxes = ("[Gmail]/All Mail",)
[destination]
type = Maildir
path = /path/to/storage/directory/
[options]
# print messages about each action (verbose = 2)
# Other options:
# 0 prints only warnings and errors
# 1 prints messages about retrieving and deleting messages only
verbose = 1
message_log = ~/.getmail/gmail.log
create data directories for storage
Create 3 sub-directories in your designated data directory
mkdir cur new tmp
run getmail
getmail -r username.gmail
Whilst this is more a ‘note to self’ rather than actual documentation – maybe it’s of use to somebody.
Thanks go to Matt Cutts: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/backup-gmail-in-linux-with-getmail/ for the start.
