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+====== Howto Backup Gmail ======
+  * [[getmail]]
+  * [[http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/|Homebrew]]
+  * [[http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/|getmail 4]]
+  * [[https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833|Google application-specific passwords]]
+Getmail is a small script written in Python that downloads a copy of your mailbox contents.  Each email is stored in an individual file, and it is an excellent way to make a backup of your Gmail contents.
+To set it up, you will need to install getmail through brew, create a specific password for getmail to access GMail, make some changes to your GMail settings, and finally configure getmail itself.  We will also be setting up a cron job so getmail will run in the background and continue to download updates regularly.
+=== Install Homebrew ===
+First, install the Homebrew package manager, which we will then use to install getmail.
+Open your Terminal application and run this command:
+<code>
+ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
+</code>
+Next, verify that Homebrew has permissions to install applications on your computer.  Depending on your OS X setup, it may request your password to continue.
+<code>
+brew doctor
+</code>
+Finally, install the getmail application.  We'll be configuring it later.
+<code>
+brew install getmail
+</code>

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