ggscrape(1)

Download emails from a Google Group. Rescue your archives.

Usage

ggscrape <group_id> test
check if you have permission

ggscrape <group_id> topics
get a list of topics

ggscrape <group_id> messages <topic_id>
get a list of messages in a thread

ggscrape <group_id> download <dest_dir>
download emails! :)

Options

-c, --cookie <cookie>
Use the given cookie string. Needed to access private groups.

-b, --begin <topicnum>
Topic number at which to begin downloading

-e, --end <topicnum>
Topic number at which to stop downloading

-l, --ln <ln_dir>
Hard link email files into this directory. Useful for setting to a Maildir directory, so that your local mail server can move the emails from there but ggscrape will still know it downloaded them in the main <dest_dir> (in case ggscrape is interrupted and you have to restart it.)

Environmental variables

GG_COOKIE
equivalent to --cookie

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Charles Lehner

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.