#GYB GMAIL BACKUP SOFTWARE#

Pick one.Ĭommand to backup a labeled mailbox: (the text after -search can be tested in gmail by searching with the exact text, no quotes) Labeled backup You can do a selective backup if the user labeled their emails or backup everything.You will notice that a new file has appeared called will need to be deleted when the whole process is complete.The browser will say authentication complete and the command prompt will say ' 403: Insufficient Permission - insufficientPermissions' this is normal as we did not want the destination account to be read.(GYB will request access to the account and specify the permissions it needs. edu -label-restored Restored-April5- 2016 edu -action restore -local-folder GYB-GMail-Backup-source. Authentication was already done before the backup so GYB should be able to restore all the data.Also note that you must be in the folder that contains both gyb.exe and the folder or you will need to adjust the command.

#GYB GMAIL BACKUP SOFTWARE#

The software is well designed if any step fails you can just run it again.Click done then Continue to account settings.Click remove on Got Your Back: Gmail Backup (you may need to expand the list to see it).Click Looks good twice to get to Check your account permissions.If you have multiple bethel accounts linked to you name select the appropriate account.Near the top of the page you will find Security Checkup click Get Started.Delete folder Delete files: Important: Make sure to tell the user to revoke access for GYB on their google account.Once the process of restoring is complete and you no longer need access the the users account delete the downloaded mail folder and the cfg files that were mentioned.If it fail for some reason you can run the command again and it should not duplicate any of the emails.

Multiple restore attempts should not generate duplicated emails.

Before the transfer occurs, communicate to the user they are only allowed to keep personal emails and must separate any work related emails out.However every time you restore you should label the restore to have a backup plan so you can delete all the duplicates should something go really wrong. Ideally, have the user create a specific label to contain the mail designated for migration.

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