Just in case anyone ever wants to be cool like me, I actually sync all my email using Windows Mail (yah, I know, I'm not very cool), which means it shows up in

Just in case anyone ever wants to be cool like me, I actually sync all my email using Windows Mail (yah, I know, I'm not very cool), which means it shows up in my desktop search as well as in gmail. Just in general, the backup strategy of storing things in at least two places is the only way to go, and simply knowing in the abstract that I could backup my data if I so chose is meaningless. Make a cron job, sync your home directory, whatever floats your boat, just do it. (I work at Google, and I am consistently surprised by the amount of effort people put into portability. I think this is important and underappreciated)