# Download a backup from an email link with \`wget\`

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-a-backup-from-an-email-link-with-wget/170623>\
**Category:** Sysadmins\
**Tags:** backups, how-to\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-a-backup-from-an-email-link-with-wget/170623 "2020-11-19T15:45:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![pangbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pangbo/32/538562_2.png) [@pangbo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pangbo)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/download-a-backup-from-an-email-link-with-wget/170623/4 "2025-06-23T11:28:41Z")

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I think this won’t work, as S3 authenticates identity through the `X-Amz-Signature` parameter in the URL, whereas downloading directly from Discourse requires cookie-based authentication. Merely copying the URL into wget does not suffice for authentication.

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