I would choose thunderbird, but don't quite understand your intent. This choice is to do with keeping my own email on my own system. It does make backup easier. The only things I put on a web server are my website files, and even then, all of them are backed up on my system. The need for that has been demonstrated on numerous occasions when unexpected things happened on the server requiring replacement of files. Everyone of course is free to choose. Is that what you wanted to know? support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >I should let "sleeping dogs lie" but John mentioned that he rather back up his >own data files than leave them on a webmail server. Okay John, here is a >choice of one of the three: > >How do you back up: > >1. Outlook Express >2. Netscape 7.2 >3. Firefox Thunderbird > >I await your answer. > >Gerald > > -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/index.html?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.