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nutjob2
21 days ago
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Incremental Backups of Gmail Takeouts
I've read somewhere that a GMail user was banned or the like for using IMAP for backups, trying to find the reference...
faust201
20 days ago
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Total BS. Lots of people use Thunderbird IMAP for Gmail.
actuallyalys
20 days ago
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I think you're right that it's very unlikely to be a common thing. However, so many people use Gmail (including with setups like Thunderbird like you note) that it's totally possible someone really did get banned due to a total fluke.
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