This is a small command-line tool that backs up your Gmail.
It downloads your email messages as RFC822 formatted *.eml text files, which are compatible with most email clients.
This requires Python 2.7. You can install dependencies using this command:
pip install gmailbackup
Download all email messages into the "email" directory:
gmailbackup -u <username> -p <password>
Download all email messages labeled "foo" and "bar" into their own subdirectories under "mydir":
gmailbackup -u <username> -p <password> -l foo,bar -o mydir
To get started, use the GmailClient class in a with statement, authenticate it, then iterate any mailbox (label) you'd like.
The GmailClient is a simple wrapper around the IMAP4 client.
from gmailbackup import GmailClient
with GmailClient() as client:
client.authentiate('[email protected]', 'mypassword')
client.save_mailbox('Some Label', 'path/to/downloads')