Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of gmail-export-email

Timestamp:

Aug 2, 2016, 6:15:43 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

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gmail-export-email

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 = Export Email From Gmail =
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+Before you export your Gmail data - empty your trash and your spam folders try to delete as much email as you can (that you don't want). 
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+Gmail will provide you with a single file with everything in it - which is probably more than you want and will be very slow and difficult to import.
 
 Google has a [https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190 wiki page on downloading your data]. It directs you to login and then go to the [https://www.google.com/settings/takeout download your data page].
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 On this page, you can choose which data to download and what format to save it in. If you are not sure about the format, choose a zip file.
 
-It seems to take a while for Google to send you the link.
+It may take a while for Google to send you the link (like a day or more).
 
-Once they do, unzip the link and you should have a file called....
+Once they do, unzip the link and you should have a folder called Mail and inside that folder is a file called "All mail Including Spam and Trash.mbox".
 
-You can use this file to [wiki:roundcube-import-email import your email via roundcube].
+If this file is more than 16MB (and it probably is), then you will need to split it up into smaller chunks before you can import it.
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+You can download a [http://www.hjsplit.org/ multi-platform file splitter] to do the trick. However, it won't be perfect - It can create a series of 15 MB files for you. But, it won't split the files at the right place. Each file should start with a line that has:
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+{{{
+From 
+}}}
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+It will be followed by the name or address of the person sending the email (note - this is different from lines that start with From:).
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+So - you may need to manually adjust each file by adding the top portion of each file that preceeds the From line to the end of the previous file.
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+Once you have your 15 MB files ready, tou can use this file to [wiki:roundcube-import-email import your email via roundcube].