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Gmail vs rdiff-backup

A side-by-side look at Gmail and rdiff-backup. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Gmail

Gmail

Social & Communications

Gmail is a free email service provided by Google. It offers great spam filtering, 15GB of storage, support for email labeling, automatic sorting, integrated chat, and robust search capabilities.

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rdiff-backup

rdiff-backup

Backup & Sync

rdiff-backup is an open source utility that backs up one directory to another, storing incremental differences instead of full file copies to save space. It supports remoting backups over a network.

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