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I was wondering what could be a good strategy to backup Gmail's emails locally.

As an Outlook 2010 owner, I thought I could use it to download all messages locally, using POP3, in place of IMAP, to avoid a potentially destructive sync, on Gmail's failure (in case Gmail should eventually loose all messages, an IMAP sync would delete everything locally).

As Oulook is a resources-eater, I would provide offline downloads manually, say once a week

Alternatives? Your thoughts?

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What exactly is your question? Are you looking for alternative email clients? – terdon Feb 20 at 11:12
As I wrote: "I was wondering what could be a good strategy to backup Gmail's emails locally." - I mean on my PC, to avoid potential Gmail failures (downtimes, loss, etc). Any suggested tool/strategy would be appreciated – Riccardo Feb 20 at 11:34
@Riccardo - Download your emails over POP3. Of course seems a little silly in over 8 years of Google mail existing its been down what an entire hour? – Ramhound Feb 20 at 12:04
@Ramhound, yes little if none downtime. I have also read about some emails lost....mostly it could be an archiving solution – Riccardo Feb 20 at 12:48
@Riccardo - It would only be as good as your own backup plan since the inbox will be local. You also have to worry about the size of the inbox, Outlook will run like sludge with a huge ( 4GB+ ) pst file. – Ramhound Feb 20 at 13:01
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