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| Thread ID: 114461 | 2010-12-03 22:16:00 | Do many of you back up your Thunderbird emails | Digby (677) | Press F1 |
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| 1158550 | 2010-12-03 22:16:00 | Hi Guys I have been backing up my Thunderbird emails etc. But its such a pain. I just wish Thunderbird would have a simple export option with 3 choices export emails, export addresses, and export settings. I am copying the whole folder at the moment. I don't trust backup programs that create their own file format. What method do you use ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1158551 | 2010-12-03 22:19:00 | Nope, tried TB once, it took 1/2 an hr just to configure it for email. So, it went in the bin | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1158552 | 2010-12-03 22:28:00 | No need to back up, I use IMAP :D | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1158553 | 2010-12-03 22:58:00 | Nope... I use MS Outlook, since everything sits on a single PST file, I just back that up :thumbs: | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1158554 | 2010-12-03 23:48:00 | Nope, tried TB once, it took 1/2 an hr just to configure it for email. So, it went in the bin I've installed it many times and it has never taken me more than 5 minutes to get everything set up the way I like it. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1158555 | 2010-12-03 23:50:00 | I copy the directory to a USB drive which I then use from my netbook when I'm away and then copy it back. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1158556 | 2010-12-04 00:16:00 | I've installed it many times and it has never taken me more than 5 minutes to get everything set up the way I like it. Well if it didnt guess what your email / server settings were (it thinks it knows, it doesn't), it wouldnt take so long. Using anything else (OE/OL/Windows Mail etc), takes less than 1 min |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1158557 | 2010-12-04 00:45:00 | I don't trust backup programs that create their own file format Totally agree there :thumbs: As for backups, personally I use WHS along with Ffbackup (http://www . fbackup . com/) as a secondary backup . I use Outlook, and have simply set ffbackup to copy the compete pst file/folder over to a network backup folder, along with several other important files/folders . Screen Shot ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/BAckup1291423205 . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) it saves it in a Zipped file ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/Zipped1291423667 . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) along with the full restore path . If you used that program, all you would do is when you select "what to back up" navigate to the TB folder store, select it, then tell it where to back up to . To run the program, either select the backup job (on the left) hit backup, or as I have set it to a Schedule . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1158558 | 2010-12-04 01:41:00 | MailStoreHome which is useful when I want to search the past 10 years emails. And - belts and braces - Mozbakup about every 6 months. | coldot (6847) | ||
| 1158559 | 2010-12-04 02:41:00 | I have been backing up my Thunderbird emails etc. But its such a pain. What method do you use ? What I do is: If the attachment is necessary I save the file to my HDD. If the mail is important (and 90% aren't), but say, a bill not yet paid or like my lawyers letter when we bought the house, stuff like that - I print it or save the contents into a Word doc and save to HDD. I NEVER keep emails. In all the places I've ever worked it amazes me the people who think their email folder is a kind of HDD storage facility. |
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