Setting up GmailFS

First, get SuperUser priviledges:

sudo -s -H

Install the needed packages:

sudo aptitude install gmailfs

Create the directory for the filesystem:

mkdir /mnt/g

Adjust the priviledges:

REMEMBER TO REPLACE "USERNAME" WITH YOUR USERNAME!

chmod 777 /mnt/g
chown USERNAME:USERNAME /mnt/g

Open /etc/fstab and insert this in the bottom:

REMEMBER TO REPLACE "USERNAME" AND "PASSWORD" WITH YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION! - fsname should be set as something hard to guess!

/usr/share/pycentral/gmailfs/site-packages/gmailfs.py /mnt/g gmailfs username=USERNAME,password=PASSWORD,fsname=RANDOM

Run "mount -a" to see if everything is fine: (This will be done automatically after reboot!)

mount -a

Troubleshooting

HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

The HTTP 400 error is probably due to bugs in libgmail, please go to their homepage and manually upgrade to the newest version:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/libgmail/

News

Check out the GmailFS page, to see if there's been any changes lately:

http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-filesystem/gmail-filesystem.html