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backup to gmail?

Reading this article about a failing hard drive as well as this note Ⅰ realized that it would be pretty neat if Ⅰ had an available backup solution off-site (like somewhere on the net) for free – just to store really essential files/folders, maybe a total of 100 MB. There would be the possibility of .mac (which is quite easy and useful but not free); then there is my storage at GMX – accessible via WebDAV, but horribly slow; my webhoster (with too few space), and then there is gmail – free, 2 GB space, searchable, accessible from anywhere with a web connection. And happily all you ever need to store stuff is just a fast connection to your webserver. And a script that does the job for you – maybe with a Cocoa-GUI where you can drag & drop certain files & folders – and whoopie, they get sent to your backup gmail address daily. You can always delete stuff from gmail if necessary – or just create another backup account!.

Has anyone seen this little script/tool for OSX yet?

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  1. 25. Juli 2005, 00:34 | #1

    There is a utility or script that will do just that. From what Ⅰ recall, it was just for windows, but maybe it can be ported? Ⅰ don’t remember the exact name of it though, sorry.

  2. 16. August 2005, 11:02 | #2

    search for gmailfs. there’s linux & windows version. ⅰ think it’s not difficult to port from linux to mac?? or maybe somebody already did??

    for me, myself, ⅰ search for a progs that can sync my folders between my office pc and my laptop and my home pc. using gmail, off course.

    anything like this?

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