Is there any way to download all email archive of linux kernel, and then import to Gmail for search?

Is there any way to download all email archive of linux kernel, and then import to Gmail for search?

[zhp]

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?

Re: Is there any way to download all email archive of linux kernel, and then import to Gmail for search?

[Erik Mouw]

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On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 10:21:42PM +0800, zhp 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?

I don't think so, the full linux-kernel is too large for a single gmail
account (FY: last month was 91 MB of traffic, that's about 1.1 GB per
year). However, you can use standard Google search on the various
linux-kernel archives. Here is your message:

http://www.google.com/search?q=imapsync+site:lkml.org
http://www.google.com/search?q=imapsync+linux-kernel+site:gmane.org


Erik

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Re: Is there any way to download all email archive of linux kernel, and then import to Gmail for search?

[Andrew Morton]

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!)

Re: Is there any way to download all email archive of linux kernel, and then import to Gmail for search?

[Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu]

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

Re: Is there any way to download all email archive of linux kernel, and then import to Gmail for search?

[zhp]

Thank you for your help, guys!

I think it will be an viable method to achieve my goal in the following way:
1. Export part of or all (maybe Gmail cannot hold all) of the archive
mail from Gmane to a local mbox file.
2. Upload the mbox file to Gmail by Gmail Loader.

I will try this way and tell you the result.

I think it will be very nice if Google is willing to use its Gmail
technology to archive mail lists. Anyway, Gmail is the best Web Mail
(functionality, user experience) that I have ever used.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:31 PM, Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu
<eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> wrote:
> 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
>