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Is there a tool to backup my email inbox

2 points by avallark ↗ HN
I am running out of space at my current email provider and I hate being held hostage to upgrade my account.

I need to be able to backup my email regularly. This could be a scheduled job/cron etc. Preferably this should work on Linux. I would like to also run searches for my email on this tool. I am not expecting a cloud based services as I am more than happy with having it on my desktop (or my own servers). Is there any such tool?

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greenyoda
If your e-mail provider supports the IMAP protocol, you can sync your e-mails on the provider's mail server with a desktop e-mail client like Thunderbird. Once you have a local copy of your messages in Thunderbird, you can search them locally, back them up (copy the local files/directories), etc.

If you want to retain messages on the desktop and delete them from the mail server, you can move them into a local e-mail folder that's not synced with the server.

This is how I manage my e-mail (my e-mail provider is FastMail).

avallark
the problem is with using multiple devices for email, that the local storage within apps like thunderbird wont suffice. I need to have a backup of all email somewhere, where I can quickly access/search stuff as well, not matter where i am.