On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:25:16 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

quoted text
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:21:42 +0800 zhp <zhpsub@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have found that there is some methods for me to migrate local
> > existing emails to Gmail for search.
> > 
> > * Gmail Loader
> > see http://www.linux.com/articles/60733
> > 
> > * imapsync,
> > see http://freshmeat.net/projects/imapsync/
> > 
> > However, the problem is where can I get all of the old mails to my
> > local computer?
> > Has anyone done such things sucessfully?
> 
> http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/lkml-mbox-archives/ might be useful.
> 
> (Gad, 8MB/sec bandwidth from my Tokyo hotel room to kernel.org!)

I'm reading LKML via NNTP from Gmane (not Gmail). But Gmane also
provides mbox exporting, take a look at http://gmane.org/export.php

I suppose you could use one of these two methods (NNTP or their export
stuff) to download your old mails.


	Cheers,
	Eduard
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