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When I first set up offlineimap, it downloaded my entire account history on the first day - I'm not sure how that would be less expensive than a single zip file
by chimeracoder 14y ago
When I first set up offlineimap, it downloaded my entire account history on the first day - I'm not sure how that would be less expensive than a single zip file to download on that same day too.
- cytzol 14y agoI imagine that most people would download their entire e-mail history, stick with what they know, and re-download their entire history week after week.
- chimeracoder 14y agoSure, but it would be easy to wrap that inside a Google 'download my data' tool' only downloaded the diff of all your data (not just email) and provided that in compressed form. I'd prefer the direct zip, sure, but I'm just saying that it's not inconceivable.
- amirmc 14y agoYou can argue that's it not technically inconcievable but if anyone were to implement it this way, it would likely become a nightmare of usability and broken expectations. If I'm 'downloading' or otherwise 'exporting' data from any service, I expect it to be all the data. Not a diff wrt the last time I clicked the button.