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Old November 5th 18, 12:27 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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For MS Internet Explorer and Standard Email.

How do I back up the info ?
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Old November 5th 18, 01:10 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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"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 ...
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Old November 5th 18, 01:20 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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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. ).
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Old November 5th 18, 01:26 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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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 ...)
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Old November 5th 18, 04:00 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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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.
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Old November 5th 18, 04:41 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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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.
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Old November 5th 18, 05:04 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Mark Lloyd[_2_]
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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.

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Old November 5th 18, 05:06 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On 11/5/18 8:19 AM, Wolf K wrote:

[snip]

The best solution IMO is to use an email client like Thunderbird. It's
available for Windows, Mac-OS, Linux and Android. Thunderbird will set
up the connection automatically when first installed, and you can add
addresses later if you wish. It stores all that stuff in a Profiles
folder. You can copy the Profiles folder to any new device. Backing up
the data is just Saving the Profiles folder to a safe place. Other
clients work similarly.


You can even copy to another OS. At least I've copied between Windows
and Linux.

There's more, so I expect other posters to add to, clarify, and correct
the above.

Best,



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day).

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conviction." [Anonymous]
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Old November 5th 18, 05:44 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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wrote

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

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.


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Old November 5th 18, 06:05 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Ken Blake[_5_]
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 10:04:52 -0600, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

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).



Back in the days before wi-fi access in hotels was common, when I
traveled I used to use public computers for e-mail. So I would use
webmail then. But those days are long gone: it's been years since I
needed to do that.


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Old November 5th 18, 09:14 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 11:44:23 -0500, Mayayana wrote:

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


That seems a bit harsh. Email service providers can include secure
storage and communication in their package, and whether the messages
are accessed by IMAP or webmail makes no difference to that.
 




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