Gmvault

Email accounts become the target of hackers daily and that is why it's important to set a strong password and configure robust security settings. However, no system is foolproof. To avoid data loss, you can create account backups periodically. Gmail offers the Google Takeout Backup application to archive the content of your mailbox and export it locally. An alternative is to use desktop email clients to create the backup, but note that there are also third-party applications that can carry out this task. Gmvault is one of them.

It's important to highlight from the start that Gmvault only runs in the Windows console. Although there is no traditional graphical interface available, the help system and the large number of usage examples makes Gmvault accessible to all users.

The application's commands allow you to run synchronize a Gmail account and export the resulting database to a specific format (for instance, as a mbox mailbox, which is compatible with Thunderbird and other mail clients). There are commands for matching the locally saved database against a Gmail account and, as expected, for restoring the Gmvault database to an email account.

Gmvault enables you to create backups of your Gmail account, performing full, quick, or custom synchronizations. It can schedule backup tasks, which saves you the trouble of having to remember to perform this operation yourself. You can configure Gmvault to only include email messages or chat conversations in the resulting backup.

The application features automatic authentication options, although it is not recommended you use them, for security-related reasons. And speaking of security, Gmvault can encrypt the email messages in the backup database to protect them from prying eyes.

There is no doubt that creating backups with Gmvault might seem a bit difficult to those who have never interacted with the console. Nevertheless, more experienced users are sure to appreciate the application's capabilities to backup data, synchronize two email accounts and provide a powerful solution to migrating to another email client.