irefay Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Ok so lets say that you use a free email service like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc. Do you know what happens when your email gets hacked or something goes wrong with the servers that your account is hosted on? You are SOL (Shit Out of Luck). Forever gone are your archived emails, attachments and personal notes. So, with that in mind, what should you do? BACK UP your emails. There are two protocals that allow you to view emails on your computer without using a web browser. They are POP and IMAP.First you need to download Thunderbird (or another mail client such as outlook)POP:- offers one-way downloading of your messages from the mail serversto your computer- always downloads the entire message, making it easy to back-up yourmail- only downloads your messages -- not your labels- good for people who don't want to leave mail on the mail servers, ordon't want two-way synchronizationIMAP:- offers two-way syncing between mail and mail client actions. If youread a message in your email client, it will be marked read on theweb!- save space by downloading only the message headers, or downloadwhole messages to work offline, your choice- your labels appear as folders, and vice versa -- so it's easy tostay organized- provides access to mail's Drafts, Sent Mail and Spam folders- great if you check your mail from multiple computers or mobiledevices -- you'll see the same messages and folders, no matter whatemail client you're usingSo, depending on your needs, you now have the information to make a good choice. There is the data in black and white (unless your crazy and use CSS to make it purple and brown). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks for the info..... :rolleyes: :frusty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Long time no see sumant :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks irefay, but can you use IMAP with Hotmail (& Thunderbird)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Thanks irefay, but can you use IMAP with Hotmail (& Thunderbird)?I dont have hotmail anymore (once you go gmail, its hard to go back) but I signed into a buddies account and I could not find any settings to enable (or disable it)After a little research, it looks like Hotmail does not support IMAP. It does support POP;."Hotmail currently only supports POP3. For POP3, use pop3.live.com and smtp.live.com on ports 995 and 25 using SSL. For detailed instructions, go to the Windows Live website listed in Related Links. " - http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_set_up_IMAP_for_hotmailGood luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Ah, that sucks... Because every time I log in to MSN it shows like 20 unread messages now :king:But I've thought of a way to fix this already, will write a guide about it :dance2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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