• Archive Gmail Messages

1. May 12, 2010 - Universal Extractor - Extract files from any type of archive.
2. Dec 05, 2010  Universal Extractor is a program do to exactly what it says: extract files from any type of archive, whether it's a simple zip file, an installation program (like Wise or NSIS), or even a Windows Installer (.msi) package. This application is not intended to be a general purpose archiving program. It will never replace WinRAR, 7-Zip, etc.

Just now, we’ve updated to version 1.10. This new release adds the ability to download email messages from the user’s Gmail account for offline analysis.

Archive Extractor is a small and easy online tool that can extract over 70 types of compressed files. Supports password-protected archives. Can unpack multi-part archives (zip.001, rar.part1, z01, etc). Supported formats: 7z, zipx, rar, tar, exe, dmg, iso, zip, msi, nrg, gz, cab, bz2, wim, ace alz, ar, arc, arj, bin, cdi, chm, cpt, cpio,.

In order to do that, we had to develop a highly specialized email client. We opted to use Google’s proprietary Gmail API to download mail.

In this article, we’ll explain our decision and detail the benefits you’ll be getting by choosing a tool that can talk to Gmail in Gmail language. The Gmail API The Gmail API is a set of publicly available APIs that can be used by third-party developers to access Gmail mailboxes. Google cites the Gmail API as the best choice for authorized access to a user’s Gmail data. According to Google, the Gmail API is an ideal solution for read-only mail extraction, indexing and backup, as well as for migrating email accounts. Elcomsoft Cloud Explorer does exactly that: it offers read-only mail extraction to create an offline backup of messages from the user’s online account. Unlike universal email protocols such as POP3 and IMAP, Google’s new API offers flexible access to the user’s Gmail account.

By using the proprietary API, developers gain access to the user’s inbox complete with threads, messages, labels, drafts and history. Most importantly, the Gmail API is blazing fast compared to legacy email protocols, and offers the ability to selectively download specific messages and threads (such as those falling within a certain time period).

Fetching Google Mail: At the time we released the initial build of, we didn’t have the time to implement proper Gmail support. The initial build could extract a lot of data including detailed location history, photos, notes, contacts and whatnot. At the time, we felt that Gmail required a dedicated module, so we decided to spend extra time and effort in order to properly implement the feature.

We believe it was worth the wait. The updated Elcomsoft Cloud Explorer now fully supports Gmail messages. Instead, we built a fully featured client to access everything stored in the user’s Gmail account by using Google’s official Gmail API. Introduced two years back, the Gmail API offers fine-grained access to the user’s Gmail account, allowing Elcomsoft Cloud Explorer to have full control over what exactly is downloaded for offline analysis. Unlike POP3 or IMAP, the Gmail API allows specifically requesting messages that were sent or received during a certain timeframe.

Archive Gmail Messages

Using the Gmail API allows Elcomsoft Cloud Explorer accessing Gmail elements such as Threads, Labels, Drafts and History. As a result, we can naturally group messages by threads, display corresponding labels, watch unsent messages and review communication history. What does that mean for digital forensics? First and foremost, you’re in for a smooth ride. Once you authorize a Google account, will download Gmail messages at a rate of about 3000 messages per minute (depending on your connection speed and the size of messages being downloaded). Putting things into perspective, this is approximately 5 times faster than Google Takeout, and about 3 times faster compared to a commercial IMAP client on the same Internet connection. You’ll be able to specify whether to download the complete set or concentrate on a certain period of time.

Return to castle wolfenstein secrets. Once the messages are downloaded, you’ll be able to browse, search and filter messages, navigate through communication threads, group messages by their respective Gmail labels, and basically do everything else offline.

If you're an Android user, Google probably has almost your entire digital life stored on its servers. Family pictures are backed up on Google Photos, your e-book library resides with Google Play Books, videos are on YouTube, chat logs in Gmail and Hangouts, starred places and location history in Google Maps, and so much more. But Google's a private business, and they reserve the right to delete your account and all associated data when they deem it necessary for whatever reason. In the past, users have had their Google accounts terminated for reasons like, or even just, whatever that means. If this were to happen to you, just think of all the memories and important information that would be lost forever.

Fortunately, this scenario can be avoided by periodically taking the time to back up all of your Google account data using Google Takeout. This allows you to keep all of this sensitive information on a separate hard drive for safe keeping, and I'll show you how it works below. Step 1: Create a Backup Using Google Takeout First up, head to Google Takeout, which is an official site from Google that allows you to download all of your account data. From there, make sure to log in with your primary Google account, then scroll down to the section titled Select data to include. Next, you'll see a list of all the Google services that have data available for download, with toggle switches next to each category. Make sure to enable the toggle switches for any service whose data you'd like to download, then scroll to the bottom of this page and tap or click 'Next.' Step 2: Choose Where to Send Your Files From here, select the type of archive to use for the Google account data you'll be downloading—we recommend setting this to '.zip' for maximum compatibility.

Beyond that, you can set a max archive size, though the default '2GB' option should be fine for most users. But the most important option to note on this page is the 'Delivery method' setting. Here, you can choose to have a link sent to your Gmail address that can be used to download your Google account data.

Alternatively, you can set it to automatically upload this data to a cloud storage service like Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive, though note that you'll need to provide login information with this option, and you'll have to have enough storage space available to house all of your Google account information. When you're finished adjusting these settings, make sure to tap or click 'Create archive' at the bottom of the page.

Step 3: Download Your Backup for Safekeeping After following the above steps, Google Takeout will get to work on exporting your Google account data as an archive. This process can take some time, depending on how much data you had stored on Google's servers. If you're a light Google user, you can expect the file to be ready within 30 minutes or so. However, heavy Google users may have to wait as long as three days for the archive to be ready.

Once the archive has been created, it'll be sent using the delivery method you selected in Step 2. If you chose to send the archive to a cloud storage service, it should be uploaded automatically and available for download from any connected device. If you opted for the email delivery method, you'll receive a link to download your Google account data archive—but note that this link is only valid for 7 days, so make sure to download the archive promptly. Once you've got the archive downloaded, you should transfer it to an external hard drive for safe keeping. In the future, should you ever need to access your Google account data for any reason, you can simply extract the contents of the ZIP, and all of the files will be ready to view.

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