From this[1] report:<p>"'I’ve had that account for the last, say, 15 years,' said Peterson to TheDCNF. 'All of my correspondence is in that account. It’s hundreds of thousands of emails from people all over the world.'"<p>Setting aside the fact that Gmail hasn't even existed for 15 years[2], this underscores the need for users to backup their cloud-based email accounts. A few of the many options include MailStore Home for Windows[3], Horcrux for macOS[4], imap-backup[5] for *nix (or anything Ruby runs on apparently), and Gmvault[6] for Windows, macOS, and Linux.<p>[1] Google And YouTube Ban Prof Who Refused To Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/google-and-youtube-ban-prof-who-refused-to-use-gender-neutral-pronouns/?utm_source=site-share" rel="nofollow">http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/google-and-youtube-ban-pro...</a><p>[2] History of Gmail <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gmail" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gmail</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/</a><p>[4] <a href="https://thehorcrux.com" rel="nofollow">https://thehorcrux.com</a><p>[5] <a href="https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/joeyates/imap-backup</a><p>[6] <a href="http://gmvault.org/" rel="nofollow">http://gmvault.org/</a>