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Email Info BackUp ?!
For MS Internet Explorer and Standard Email.
How do I back up the info ? |
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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... |
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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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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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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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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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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] |
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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. -- 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] |
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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, -- 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] |
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| | 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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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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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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