http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/08/07/will-your-trust-in-google-screw-you-someday/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/08/07/will-your-trust-in-google-screw-you-someday/comment-page-1/#comment-4129 Jeffrey Powers Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:48:35 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/08/07/will-your-trust-in-google-screw-you-someday/#comment-4129 Was that a backup plan? It works both ways. A backup plane could take me far away.... <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> This is one of the exact reasons why I got off my Yahoo account. I had another email account that got locked out and they would not reinstate it until I could give the birth date I entered in the settings. When I signed up for that email in 1998, I don't remember if I even put in a birth date. I lost all email and communications from there. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> My other Yahoo address is still open, but rarely used. I will not pay $$ just to download my email. Was that a backup plan? It works both ways. A backup plane could take me far away….

This is one of the exact reasons why I got off my Yahoo account. I had another email account that got locked out and they would not reinstate it until I could give the birth date I entered in the settings. When I signed up for that email in 1998, I don’t remember if I even put in a birth date. I lost all email and communications from there.

My other Yahoo address is still open, but rarely used. I will not pay $$ just to download my email.

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/08/07/will-your-trust-in-google-screw-you-someday/comment-page-1/#comment-4128 Dan Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:22:59 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/08/07/will-your-trust-in-google-screw-you-someday/#comment-4128 Could you suggest the best way to maintain a backup locally if we are using Gmail as our main source? POP w/copy on server? IMAP? <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I'm not being smart, I would seriously like suggestions. Could you suggest the best way to maintain a backup locally if we are using Gmail as our main source? POP w/copy on server? IMAP?

I’m not being smart, I would seriously like suggestions.

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