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The 'restore' feature looks nice. But would it be of any value if Google decides to close your account? That is, can I take my backup emails from Gmail and 'restore' it to myemail@self-hosted-domain.com in order to migrate all those emails over?

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From reading the docs it seems possible

Go to the website click on documentation then indepth then restore.

You can also export to other formats ex. mbox

Good question, I wonder if anyone’s tried this before. It would be invaluable if that were the case.

I have opted to have 3 gmail accounts with various names; 1 outlook, 1 yahoo account. Every email sent to my gmail is forwarded > outlook > yahoo. I use 2 other gmail accounts for newsletters and etc. I am sure at least 1 company will remain free to access data! BTW thanks for the thunderbird tip.

I've tried and yes, you can.

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