I am currently backing up my Gmail accounts. 0.29% of the users got their data (temporarily?) whacked. Chances of it happening again are low and I never won a lottery, but I want to be on the safe side.
And, as Dennis said, Gmail rulz. I have a few friends still using web based email accounts with.. here it comes... 12
MB storage space!! When I send them some assignment we have to do (attached files) more often than not I get a message that their inbox is full.
Why they don't migrate and forward their emails into a new account (if the old address is so precious) with at least 1GB space is beyond me...
Lastly, I had an account with a local company years ago. It was the first email account I really used, so I had a lot of emails there I would like to have had now. Most of it sentimental, but still... So one day I awake to find both my accounts there... completely empty. Not a single letter. 2 days later I am invited to join the paid service, otherwise they will close my account.
I asked if I will get my mails back. Nope, they are completely and forever gone, huge failure. But you can start paying us. My reaction was pretty much WTF?! No... that doesn't even come close. You see... because it was not very common mail service, I made one more account... for my (then) new girlfriend. It was meant to be just a funny present, but she liked it very much and we started using only these accounts to communicate online... Can you see where this is heading?... Yep, her account was empty too. Most of you have more life experience than me, so you can guess the value of these first letters between us.
So what I learned was:
Have your mail with someone BIG, it's less likely they delete it all and then ask you to subscribe to their premium service (more likely the other way around).
Never put all your eggs in one basket. Now I have a gmail and she uses yahoo. If something happens it's unlikely that they will both simultaneously fail. And if so, it's probably WW3 anyway, so mails can wait
