Email Info BackUp ?!

For MS Internet Explorer and Standard Email.

How do I back up the info ?

On Sun, 04 Nov 2018 18:27:35 -0500, wrote:

For MS Internet Explorer and Standard Email.

How do I back up the info ?

"Standard Email"? What's that.

The good folks here are generous with their time, but you get better
results when you provide precise information. Which email program are
you talking about? And which version?

And what do you mean by "info"? Do you mean settings, or copies of
emails, or what?

For Internet Explorer, at least some of the settings (which I _guess_
is what you mean by "info") are in the system registry, so you'll
need to back up the registry files. See
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn479870.aspx
for the keys involved. (and if you don't have one of the listed
versions, that's why it's important to provide _precise_ information,
like versions of products.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://BrownMath.com/
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
Shikata ga nai...

"Standard Email"? What's that.

You're right, I should have said, as provided by my ISP, Optimum.

The good folks here are generous with their time, but you get better
results when you provide precise information. Which email program are
you talking about? And which version?

And what do you mean by "info"? Do you mean settings, or copies of
emails, or what?

All the names, Email addresses, telephone numbers, etc.

Im getting the impression that all this is kept by my ISP, and not
somewhere locally on my PC, since my laptop has access to the same
info. So, no need for backup here. Optimum Webmail does it for me.
Whew ...

In message ,
writes:

"Standard Email"? What's that.

You're right, I should have said, as provided by my ISP, Optimum.

The good folks here are generous with their time, but you get better
results when you provide precise information. Which email program are
you talking about? And which version?

And what do you mean by "info"? Do you mean settings, or copies of
emails, or what?

All the names, Email addresses, telephone numbers, etc.

Im getting the impression that all this is kept by my ISP, and not
somewhere locally on my PC, since my laptop has access to the same
info. So, no need for backup here. Optimum Webmail does it for me.
Whew ...

Until they fold, of course - or their service deteriorates so much that,
or prices rise so much that, you feel you have to part company with
them. I'd definitely not rely on a webmail supplier for the storage of
contact information, or emails. (Are you not also a little concerned
about their _use_ of your contact list, especially if it contains 'phone
numbers? Check your contract carefully ...)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Veni, Vidi, VO5 (I came, I saw, I washed my hair) - Mik from S+AS Limited
), 1998

Until they fold, of course - or their service deteriorates so much that,
or prices rise so much that, you feel you have to part company with
them.

They've been a good provider for years : TV, Internet, Mail, phone,
etc. A bit pricy but the service is great, including help with any
issues..

I'd definitely not rely on a webmail supplier for the storage of
contact information, or emails.

I probably should have copied the info. Maybe I'll start.

(Are you not also a little concerned
about their _use_ of your contact list, especially if it contains 'phone
numbers? Check your contract carefully ...)

Nah. First of all, I don't include phone numbers or addresses in all
the entries. It's mainly for the Email addresses.

I've never seen any nefarious uses on their part.

wrote

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| I probably should have copied the info. Maybe I'll start.
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I'd look on your system first. It may be stored locally
as well as online. If so it would probably be somewhere
in the app data catacombs, perhaps in a folder for
your ISP.

Next option: Look for some kind of
export option in the webmail page. It's typically called
an address book. You should be able to download that
in some kind of universal format.

3rd option: Select and copy the whole thing, then save
to Notepad and include in backups. It's easy and might
save you a lot of trouble sometime. Why not also
print out a copy?

.... And of course I'd also agree with everyone else:
Never, under any circumstances, use webmail.

In message ,
writes:

Until they fold, of course - or their service deteriorates so much that,
or prices rise so much that, you feel you have to part company with
them.

They've been a good provider for years : TV, Internet, Mail, phone,
etc. A bit pricy but the service is great, including help with any
issues..

In the UK, a good company like that tends to be taken over by someone
else who doesn't understand it, and - in effect - breaks it.
[]
I'd agree with the others who say do try a real email client. (And for
long enough to see the difference - two or three weeks at least, I'd
say.) Thunderbird is IMO a good compromise between best and
well-supported - a lot of ISPs, for example, have instructions specific
to setting it up with them, probably including yours.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

You know what the big secret about posh people is? Most of them are lovely.
- Richard Osman, RT 2016/7/9-15

On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 12:26:02 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message ,
writes:

"Standard Email"? What's that.

You're right, I should have said, as provided by my ISP, Optimum.

The good folks here are generous with their time, but you get better
results when you provide precise information. Which email program are
you talking about? And which version?

And what do you mean by "info"? Do you mean settings, or copies of
emails, or what?

All the names, Email addresses, telephone numbers, etc.

Im getting the impression that all this is kept by my ISP, and not
somewhere locally on my PC, since my laptop has access to the same
info. So, no need for backup here. Optimum Webmail does it for me.
Whew ...

Until they fold, of course - or their service deteriorates so much that,
or prices rise so much that, you feel you have to part company with
them. I'd definitely not rely on a webmail supplier for the storage of
contact information, or emails. (Are you not also a little concerned
about their _use_ of your contact list, especially if it contains 'phone
numbers? Check your contract carefully ...)


Yes, and I'll add to that that as far as I'm concerned, webmail is by
far the worst way to do e-mail, for a variety of reasons. Almost any
e-mail program is far better than the worst webmail site.

So I suggest to casagiannoni that he at least try an e-mail
program--not just for a day or two, but for try it for several weeks;
give yourself enough time to learn it well and explore all its
features, and discover for yourself why it's so much better than
webmail.

On 11/5/18 9:41 AM, Ken Blake wrote:

[snip]

Yes, and I'll add to that that as far as I'm concerned, webmail is by
far the worst way to do e-mail, for a variety of reasons. Almost any
e-mail program is far better than the worst webmail site.

So I suggest to casagiannoni that he at least try an e-mail
program--not just for a day or two, but for try it for several weeks;
give yourself enough time to learn it well and explore all its
features, and discover for yourself why it's so much better than
webmail.

Webmail can be convenient when you have to use a different computer (or
let someone else use yours to check mail), although IMAP with a mail
program is better (including getting to make your own backups).

The email I use allows webmail and IMAP with the same mailbox.

I do backup regularly by having filters setup to copy mail to local
folders as well as those on the server.

--
50 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1
day).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"There are ten church members by inheritance for every one by
conviction." [Anonymous]

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 08:41:05 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
Yes, and I'll add to that that as far as I'm concerned, webmail is by
far the worst way to do e-mail, for a variety of reasons. Almost any
e-mail program is far better than the worst webmail site.

I agree, but I'm not sure you said what you meant. And if you meant
"Almost any e-mail program is far better than the BEST webmail site"
then I must respectfully disagree. Some are better, certainly; but
some are less good.


--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://BrownMath.com/
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
Shikata ga nai...

On Mon, 05 Nov 2018 07:10:19 -0500, wrote:


"Standard Email"? What's that.

You're right, I should have said, as provided by my ISP, Optimum.

The good folks here are generous with their time, but you get better
results when you provide precise information. Which email program are
you talking about? And which version?

And what do you mean by "info"? Do you mean settings, or copies of
emails, or what?

All the names, Email addresses, telephone numbers, etc.

Im getting the impression that all this is kept by my ISP, and not
somewhere locally on my PC, since my laptop has access to the same
info. So, no need for backup here. Optimum Webmail does it for me.
Whew ...

I don't understand why you don't ask them your question. If you're
paying them for service, you should be able to get answers to
reasonable questions.

The pages of computing history are littered with people who lost
important information because it was stored on someone else's
computer (a/k/a "the cloud"), something happened to that other
computer, and they didn't have their own backups. Shutting your eyes
and relying on your "impression" strikes me as quite a risky
strategy.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://BrownMath.com/
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
Shikata ga nai...

On 11/4/2018 3:27 PM, wrote:
For MS Internet Explorer and Standard Email.

How do I back up the info ?


Why not backup your entire system? See my
http://www.rossde.com/computer/computer_backup.html.

--
David E. Ross
http://www.rossde.com/

President Trump claims there would have been no victims in
the Pittsburgh synagogue if there were armed guards inside.
He ignores the fact that there were two police officers already
in the facility, armed with their service weapons, before
the shooting started. The problem of mass shootings cannot
be solved by having even more guns.

Why not backup your entire system? See my
http://www.rossde.com/computer/computer_backup.html.

Indeed a possibility, but I just didn't want all the trouble.

I do keep regular backups of critical stuff ( docs, spreadsheats,
passwords, music mp3s, developed softeare programs, other special
programs, etc. ).

On 11/5/18 6:20 AM, wrote:

Why not backup your entire system? See my
http://www.rossde.com/computer/computer_backup.html.

Indeed a possibility, but I just didn't want all the trouble.

I do keep regular backups of critical stuff ( docs, spreadsheats,
passwords, music mp3s, developed softeare programs, other special
programs, etc. ).

I have found system backups useful several times, when the system became
unbootable. Maybe I needed a new hard disk

--
50 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1
day).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"There are ten church members by inheritance for every one by
conviction." [Anonymous]

On 11/5/2018 10:58 AM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 11/5/18 6:20 AM, wrote:

Why not backup your entire system?Â* See my
http://www.rossde.com/computer/computer_backup.html.

Indeed a possibility, but I just didn't want all the trouble.

I do keep regular backups of critical stuff ( docs, spreadsheats,
passwords, music mp3s, developed softeare programs, other special
programs, etc. ).

I have found system backups useful several times, when the system became
unbootable. Maybe I needed a new hard disk

With all of the replies here it is obvious that there are many different
requirements depending on individual circumstances.

Primary:
There is NO BACKUP unless there are at lest TWO independent copies of
the info.

I am also an Optimum user and I travel. Win 7 Desktop at home and iPad
and iPhone while away. I use Gmail web-mail because IMO it has the best
spam filters and message filters which Optimum does not offer. My
contact list is on my D/T AND iDevices. While home my d/t is backed up
nightly to NAS and includes contacts. While traveling, if needed, I can
access NAS over the net. Primary email access is thru FireFox. Secondary
on D/T is Thunderbird IMAP.

iCloud can be configured to copy contacts if you want a suspender to go
with your belt but there is NO back up without at least two copies.
--
Zaidy036