[ARC5] [Boatanchors] A Cautionary Tale

[Peter Gottlieb]

I moved Thunderbird from my XP to 7 machine without any issue at all. And since the email programs import from each other, there's your workaround for any balky MS products. 


Peter

> On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Bry Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
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> 
>> 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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