[MlMt] Mass importing from Gmail via Takeout?

[Robert M. Münch]

On 14 Nov 2024, at 17:30, Bill Cole wrote:

>> Has anyone tried to use Google Takeout to export all Gmail content and import it into MM? Does that work? What if I already downloaded some emails via IMAP? Are duplicates recognized?
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> That's an Option #2 variant and is not going to work.
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> The message-per-file layout of the MM local message store is easily understood by a human looking at it, but it is not in any way a standard that Google Takeout would follow.

Hi, Google Takeout exports your Gmail content as mbox messages, which is why I'm thinking about importing them into MM.

However, if mbox import is too brittle, I can keep the system running for some days and download everything from Gmail.

An annoying side effect is that MM (or IMAP?) starts with the oldest emails. So, I have to download everything before I can use the new system.

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Robert M. Münch
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