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		thejerz on Feb 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google turns on "Download Gmail Archive" feature When they announced it, it did not support Gmail. (Or many of the other Google services)

thrownaway2424 on Feb 9, 2014 [–]

Takeout was announced in 2011. Takeout for Gmail was announced in December 2013. Gmail has always supported POP and IMAP which are functionally equivalent to or superior to the MBOX archive format provided by Takeout, for most purposes.

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