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<blockquote data-quote="ProDave" data-source="post: 412632" data-attributes="member: 6969"><p>Yes you are right.My emails are hosted by the doman host, and their servers can be accessed by POP3 or IMAP. I have been using POP3</p><p></p><p>I don't like the idea of IMAP as I don't like things on "the cloud" and not being able to access them if the internet connection is down (which happens a lot here) so though old fashioned I will probablt stick to POP3.</p><p></p><p>But that is not the issue. the issue is finding a replacement email program, one I can rely on.</p><p></p><p>As to losing things if your computer crashes, that's what backups are for. I had a recent backup of my emails and imagine my horror when the new version of my email program when through the motions of restoring the backup, then showed no files at all.</p><p></p><p>THAT is why I don't want an email program that stores messaes in a proprietery format (in this case one file contained all emails in a folder, so one file per folder). I want storage in a standard format that can, of necessary be read by a different email program, and is easier to backup with standard backup tools, not relient on the whim of the program you use whether it bothers to read a backup or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 412632, member: 6969"] Yes you are right.My emails are hosted by the doman host, and their servers can be accessed by POP3 or IMAP. I have been using POP3 I don't like the idea of IMAP as I don't like things on "the cloud" and not being able to access them if the internet connection is down (which happens a lot here) so though old fashioned I will probablt stick to POP3. But that is not the issue. the issue is finding a replacement email program, one I can rely on. As to losing things if your computer crashes, that's what backups are for. I had a recent backup of my emails and imagine my horror when the new version of my email program when through the motions of restoring the backup, then showed no files at all. THAT is why I don't want an email program that stores messaes in a proprietery format (in this case one file contained all emails in a folder, so one file per folder). I want storage in a standard format that can, of necessary be read by a different email program, and is easier to backup with standard backup tools, not relient on the whim of the program you use whether it bothers to read a backup or not. [/QUOTE]
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