Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:31:22 +0300 | From | Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <> | Subject | Re: Is there any way to download all email archive of linux kernel, and then import to Gmail for search? |
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On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:25:16 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 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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