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I fear the main contenders are likely to scrap the excellent Yahoo mail. Time to figure out how to backup and migrate 8 years of emails and move all services u
by rebootthesystem 11y ago
I fear the main contenders are likely to scrap the excellent Yahoo mail.
Time to figure out how to backup and migrate 8 years of emails and move all services using this account for login to a new address.
The more time I spend on the 'net the more I am convinced everyone needs to own their own email address and be "portable" as services implode or are discontinued. This includes calendar, address book and anything else. Even with Gmail, if Google doesn't like you it's "poof" and everything is gone.
- bsclifton 11y agoEmail is worth backing up, just as much as photos, code, or any other files. Grab a client like Thunderbird, setup IMAP, and download/save an archive of all your messages :)
- aidenn0 11y agoI don't know the current status of yahoo mail, but whether or not POP/IMAP has not always been available for free.
- jtrtoo 11y agoI have had great luck using MailStorr to back up and archive: http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home-email-archiving.aspx http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home-email-archiving.a...
- aidenn0 11y ago8 years? I've had my @geocities.com (which now aliases to @yahoo.com) e-mail address for about 20 years. There are probably on the order of 50-100 services for which that e-mail address is my contact info.
- vidoc 11y agoMy email is older than your email!
- rebootthesystem 11y agoI go back to pre-consumer-internet email...but, who's counting.
- chrisseaton 11y agoIf your email is precious to you, why aren't you backing it up already?