[PLUG-TALK] downloading gmail to linux/home machine
Keith Lofstrom
keithl at kl-ic.com
Fri Sep 23 00:11:37 UTC 2022
I don't use Gmail much. An Arizona friend has in
the past, and now wants to download his many saved
emails to his own computer.
Or mine, then I him a flash drive.
The Ask (please respond to this part and delete
the second part):
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Is there an easy way download the entire folder of
ALL saved Gmail messages, besides screen-by-screen
cut-and paste?
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The Explanation:
(FYI, no response desired, but if so /please/ change
the subject line. This is an intelligence test)
After he owns his old correspondence, he can move to
another email provider that respects his privacy and
doesn't analyze his emails for other companies.
Perhaps unwanted "sharing" by Google in what got him in
(undeserved) big trouble with a Big Internet Retailer,
as a result of an unwelcome email sent to him, Gmail
to Gmail. His pointed refusal to help a now-ex-friend
do something wrong was treated by Gmail bots as /his/
solicitation to do something wrong.
Bots are stupid. We are insects. Kafka was prescient.
I will /not/ share the particulars on this list, or with
Gmail users, or I might get in trouble with BIR too.
For more details, contact me offlist, and please do not
use Gmail to do so.
Keith
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