GMail Backup 0.105 Submitted by jan.svec on 3. December 2008 - 15:27. This is the next pre-final release of the GMail Backup tool - the ultimate one-click solution for doing backups of your GMail account. Here is the changelog of this version: The user interface was improved. Now it has the minimize button , so you can hide your backup process. If you want to see how many percent is done, you can simple look at the window title in the task list!

, so you can hide your backup process. If you want to see how many percent is done, you can simple look at the window title in the task list! We tried to fix an "Invalid credentials" error during backup . Now, the Gmail Backup tries to reconnect if it occurs. Can somebody test this feature?

. Now, the Gmail Backup tries to reconnect if it occurs. Can somebody test this feature? Internal structure of program was changed in many ways. The program now supports the ZIP archives to store messages. You can simply enter the path ending with .zip into the directory path and the program will add all messages into this archive.

to store messages. You can simply enter the path ending with .zip into the directory path and the program will add all messages into this archive. The Gmail Backup now uses templates to generate the filename inside the backup directory. You can simply specify the template using the hashmark after the directory name. The variables in the template are substituted with values extracted from the stored emails.

For example you can enter the directory like this:

c:\Backup\honza.svec@gmail.com#$YEAR\$FROM\$YEAR$MONTH$DAY-$SUBJ

You can also use templates with ZIP files. Currently, the following variables are supported: $YEAR, $MONTH, $DAY $HOUR, $MINUTE, $SECOND $FROM, $SUBJ You can write the variable as $YEAR if you can use ${YEAR} if some alphanumeric characters follows immediately after the variable name.

to generate the filename inside the backup directory. You can simply specify the template using the hashmark after the directory name. The variables in the template are substituted with values extracted from the stored emails. For example you can enter the directory like this: Gmail Backup can be now easily localized into other languages. If you are familiar with software localization, look at the gmail-backup.pot file included in the installation directory. The installation comes with one localization into Czech.

into other languages. If you are familiar with software localization, look at the gmail-backup.pot file included in the installation directory. The installation comes with one localization into Czech. Gmail Backup should be portable application. If you copy the content of installation directory to your flash-disc and create and empty file called gmail-backup-gui.cfg in this directory, the Gmail Backup will use files only in this directory (there are no hardcoded paths in the program). This version contains major changes into the core of the program. It is considered less stable then the previous 0.104 version but it comes with many improvements. If you want so, please help us with testing it. IMAP & Gmail Labs note: If you are using the Gmail Labs, please make sure that you have enabled the IMAP access into the All Mails folder. You can check this in the Settings/Labels page of your Gmail account. Otherwise, Gmail Backup will tell you, that you are using "Unsupported language of Gmail"! Download gmail-backup-0.105.exe Download gmail-backup-0.105-linux.zip Bug reporting: Please use our forum for reporting bugs and wishes. Thanks! Linux note: Under Linux you will need the wxPython (http://wxpython.org) packages installed. It also requires the ctypes module, it should be included in the Python 2.5 distribution. For earlier versions of Python you can find the package in the repositories of your distribution. Thank your for testing and bug reporting Your GMail Backup Team