How-to: Backup Del.icio.us to Gmail

I recently decided that I have a serious dependency issue with the del.icio.us social bookmarking service. I access all my bookmarks from multiple computers and mobile handsets on a daily basis. Of late I’ve realized that the disappearance of my del.icio.us account – however unlikely – would cause me to go into internet dependency retardation and/or shock.

I’ve tried a few of the scripts that are floating around the net for backing up del.icio.us to Gmail. The easiest one by far to get up and running with minimal dependencies would be Bill Mill’s version. The end result will backup your entire del.icio.us links collection to your 2GB Gmail account.

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Update: If you’re having difficulty updating your backup collection on Gmail, delete the update file which is created by the script and re-run.