Backup your gmail
Yes, it has been possible for a while now to download all the gmail account emails into desktop client using POP feature. But I was looking for the way to download selected messages only. Now they have it too and the name is Offline Mode. Again, exists for quite a while now, but I never tried it. Basically it allows you to download selected messages by label either taking all of them or restricting to the recent conversations only where the longest resent period is 5 years. As far as I recall about 5 years gmail accounts became widely accessible so this period covers pretty much of it.
This backup is still running so I'm yet to find how long will it take to get my "important" stuff. Anyway, after download is complete you are supposedly free to back up the underlying database (by Gears) on to any regular backup media.
This backup is still running so I'm yet to find how long will it take to get my "important" stuff. Anyway, after download is complete you are supposedly free to back up the underlying database (by Gears) on to any regular backup media.