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Locally back up Gmail messages using Gmail's API over HTTPS. tldr-pages

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Estimate the number and the size of all emails on your Gmail account

gyb --email email@gmail.com --action estimateIdentify

Back up a Gmail account to a specific directory

gyb --email email@gmail.com --action backup --local-folder path/to/directoryIdentify

Back up only important or starred emails from a Gmail account to the default local folder

gyb --email email@gmail.com --search "is:important OR is:starred"Identify

Restore from a local folder to a Gmail account

gyb --email email@gmail.com --action restore --local-folder path/to/directoryIdentify