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Release Date: 06 of June 2012 (2012-06-06).


Distributions:

Select the right version according to your plateform from the table below:


Windows 7, Vista, XP
Gmvault Installer for all Windows platforms. gmvault_setup_v1.6-beta.exe

Mac OSX 10.7, 10.6 Intel 32/64 bits
Mac OSX tarball installer tested with intel 32/64 bits. For older version have a try or use the Python source distribution. gmvault-v1.6-beta-macosx-intel.tar.gz

Python Source distribution
Valid for all platforms (Linux, Mac OSX, Windows) if you have a Python 2.7.x or 2.6.x preinstalled.
This is the installation recommended for Linux.
gmvault-1.6-beta-src.tar.gz
Gmvault Source distribution on Pypi
Gmvault can also be installed from Pypi with pip or easy_install.
Consult the Gmvault installation documentation for more information.
gmvault-1.6-beta on PyPi

Github Repository (for developers, not for installing)
The source code is also available on Github. Ready, Set, Fork !! Gmvault-v1.6-beta release tag

Release Information

Gmvault v1.6-beta includes the following new features and bug fixes:

Added new Features:

  • Rename --restart in --resume as it is easier to understand. Currently maintain support for --restart.
  • Fix web site to work with low resolution screens (smart phones, ...). Thanks to @ahmadalfy for the help. [Github feature #41]

Bug Fixes:

  • Fix issue that was preventing --encrypt to work [Github issue #37, #46]
  • Fix Memory Error on Large restore. Gmvault was eating all the memory due to a bug in the underlying python libraries. [Github issue #42, #45]
  • Fix issue that was preventing the src and Pypi distribution to work with python2.7 on Linux Ubuntu. [Github issue #34]
  • Fix issue preventing --imap-req and --gmail-req to work on Windows plateform with request delimited by single quotes. [Github issue #35]
  • Fix issue preventing to restore special directories [IMAP]/Sent, [IMAP]/.. ... It is now handled correctly and will allow Android users to back up their mailbox. [Github issue #31]
  • Fix issue preventing Gmvault to work on a Mac OS X intel 32 bit plateform. It now work on 64 and 32 bits Mac OS X intels. [Github issue #25, #39]

Shout-outs

Thank you all for the supporting Gmvault on Twitter, Github and other social media.
Please keep buzzing about Gmvault and let me know if you discover an issue (go here to report the issue).

Below is a special thank you for all poeple that reported problems, asked for features and helped me testing intermediate versions:

Github id:
@ahmadalfy, @halu, @jpoa, @beemshake, @MarkSte, @codebox, @vrenna, @hrafnkell, @mysz, @kseistrup, @dennisse, @ratson, @kristofferR, @laserson, @jlongton, @lfpippa, @krzyk, @ndbroadbent, @ebner

Release Date: 16 of May 2012 (2012-05-16).


Distributions:

Select the right version according to your plateform from the table below:


Windows 7, Vista, XP
Gmvault Installer for all Windows platforms. gmvault_setup_v1.5-beta.exe

Mac OSX 10.7, 10.6 and other Intel 64bits
Mac OSX tarball installer. Not tested with older Mac versions. Have a try or use the Python source distribution. gmvault-v1.5-beta-macosx-intel.tar.gz

Python Source distribution
Valid for all platforms (Linux, Mac OSX, Windows) if you have a Python 2.7.x or 2.6.x preinstalled.
This is the installation recommended for Linux.
gmvault-1.5-beta-src.tar.gz
Gmvault Source distribution on Pypi
Gmvault can also be installed from Pypi with pip or easy_install.
Consult the Gmvault installation documentation for more information.
gmvault-1.5-beta on PyPi

Linux Binary distribution (experimental)
There is a 64bits packaged version for Linux. It is recommended to install the Python Source distribution on Linux. gmvault-v1.5-beta-linux-i686.tar.gz

Release Information

Gmvault v1.5-beta includes the following new features and bug fixes:

Added new Features:

  • Add --restart option in sync mode to restart a failing backup (Gmail can throttle and cut the connection sometimes) from where it crashed. [Github feature #7 #21]
  • Add a restart per account name. If you have multiple accounts, the restart will be saved for all of them. [Github feature #7]
  • The Windows installer now creates an uninstaller that appears in Control Panel/Remove Programs and can be uninstalled from there.[Github feature #32]
  • The Windws installer is a friendly installer (like Google Chrome) that do not necessitate Admin privileges. [Github feature #32]
  • Add --no-compression option to disable the compression and allow users to use their own compression. [Github feature #29]
  • Add --renew-oauth-tok to renew the oauth token from a given account from the command line tool gmvault. [Github feature #16]

Bug Fixes:

  • Improve Mac OS X distribution. It is now a binary distribution that can run on all intel Mac OS X versions(tested on 10.7 and 10.6). [Github issue #25 #4]
  • Fix gmvault bash script (launched from anywhere, sets the right Python Env variables). [Github issue #10 #13 #19 #22]
  • Gmvault now handle localised IMAP Folders. [Github issue #5]
  • Option --req-imap -r option now works properly on Mac OSX. Fix gmvault bash script to correctly pass params to python prog. [Github issue #23]
  • Fix issue of failing backup, ending up with imaplib.abort error: SystemError. [Github issue #4]
  • Error when you do not make the IMAP Gmail folder All Mail visible. [Github issue #2 #9]
  • Handle labels that are numbers. IMAPClient returns int type labels when they are number. It is now handled properly. [Github issue #24]
  • Print exception on screen when there is a problem in normal mode to give users the possibility easily send the error message. [Github issue #33]
  • Fix bug preventing Gmvault to finish its work when an email was not readable (corrupted ?) from Gmail. [Github issue #24]

Shout-outs

Thank you all for the supports on Twitter, Github.com and via our beloved Gmail.
Please keep buzzing about Gmvault and let me know if you discover an issue (go here to report the issue).

Below is a special thank you for all poeple that reported problems, asked for features and helped me testing intermediate versions:

Github id:
@namelessjon, @joeyates, @dmd, @pfsung, @miggaiowski, @offbyone, @jamesandres, @jarofgreen, @ghwegill, @rouge8, @sc68cal, @DanielHeath, @melpomene, @dwradcliffe, @tgulacsi, @joshkerr, @KeyvanJS, @glowbox, @gps, @zan5hin, @chbrown, @Anemome, @knurdle

Many Thanks to @stevemorin on Twitter for the brainstorming session. Very helpful !!

Release Date: 7th of May 2012 (2012-05-07).


Distributions:

Select the right version according to your plateform from the table below:


Windows 7, Vista, XP
Gmvault Windows Installer (Win XP, Win Vista and Win 7). gmvault_setup_v1.0-beta.exe

Mac OSX 10.7, 10.6 and other Intel 64bits
Gmvault Mac OSX (Intel) Binary tarball. Version 1.0-beta. gmvault-v1.0-beta-MacOSX.tar.gz
Gmvault Source distribution on Pypi
Gmvault can also be installed from Pypi with pip or easy_install.
Consult the Gmvault installation documentation for more information.
Gmvault 1.0 on PyPi

Linux Binary distribution (experimental)
Gmvault binary tarball for Linux 64bits. gmvault-bin-i686-v1.0-beta.tgz