[Boatanchors] A Cautionary Tale

[Bry Carling]

Losing your email address book that way is actually no worse than changing from a windows XP machine to a new Windows 7 or Windows 8 machine.

Microsoft has conveniently arranged so that you cannot transfer over your outlook contacts or mail into the new operating systems.

They just have to be typed in by hand. Pathetic.

Bry Carling
http://af4k.com

> On Nov 18, 2013, at 6:09 PM, DAve Mayfield <laptop at gwltd.com> wrote:
> 
> Personally I never use web based e-mail, I do use Gmail, but I have always used a PC based program like Thunderbird or if you like you can use Outlook, then it's all on the PC not in the Dark Cloud.
> 
> J. Forster wrote:
>> This is a cautionary tale for anyone who uses webmail services (IMAP).
>> Examples are Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoomail, and many others.
>> 
>> With such services everything is stored 'in the cloud'...  ie: on remote
>> disks rather than on your own local HD.
>> 
>> I had a very nasty experience yesterday and had to contemplate how to
>> recover. My email went completely dark.
>> 
>> Since my Address Book was also on the remote server, I lost ALL my email
>> addresses. Rebuilding it would be a nightmare.
>> 
>> Soo, if you don't back up everything from the web to your local disk, at
>> least copy your Address Book so that does not go Poof!!!
>> 
>> YMMV,
>> 
>> -John
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