[TechAssist] Re: Mozilla thunderbird ver1.0. How to back up lots of emails off the PC?]
- From: Jim Myers <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 10:09:12 -0500
But I didn't change email address, just changed from Outlook Express to
Thunderbird and all the spam disappeared.
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Since 1972 *
Jim Myers *
Telrad Electronics *
Fort Wayne Indiana *
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Damon wrote:
> That might be a time -related thing too.....I had my old address for 4-5
> years and got 160 spams a day average, my new address has 1 terribly
> insistant spam generated by responding to an ad.....for college tuition.
> How's the wife going to go to college without it?
> Another thing is Joe and John Smith probably get hit more than
> say......Eblehoer Zinderhoffen would, using their name in their address.
> Damon EB seems to have little. (And now I thank my parents for that god
> awful uniqueness)
>
> All quiet on the Western Front....for now.
>
> Damon B
> Telrad Electronics
> Fort Wayne IN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 1:32 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Mozilla thunderbird ver1.0. How to back up lots of
> emails off the PC?]
>
>
>
>>As far as I know........not really know but have been led to
>>think..........Thunderbird is less vulnerable to spam and it seems to be
>>true since I get very little and used to get a lot with Outlook Express.
>>
>>
>>********************************
>>Since 1972 *
>>Jim Myers *
>>Telrad Electronics *
>>Fort Wayne Indiana *
>>********************************
>>
>>
>>Electric Medic wrote:
>>
>>>What can't Outlook do that Mozilla Thunderbird can? I use Outlook 2000
>
> sp3.
>
>>>It can search old archives, create folders, and so far the folders still
>>>hold mail. Some folders have 15,000 emails. It can backup individual
>
> folders
>
>>>or all folders to hard drive or CD. My outlook backup file is 1.3 gigs
>
> now
>
>>>and still growing. Just curious how Mozilla and Netscape are better.
>
> Maybe
>
>>>it's like these folks that don't like IBM's and swear by Mac's. I never
>
> used
>
>>>a Mac.
>>>
>>>Perry Bower
>>>Electric Medic
>>>"It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
>>>http://www.electricmedic.com
>>>3850 Washington Road Suite 4C
>>>Martinez, Georgia 30907
>>>Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424)
>>>Phone: 706-863-3474
>>>Fax: 706-863-2316
>>>mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Phil Bader
>>>Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:51 AM
>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Mozilla thunderbird ver1.0. How to back up lots of
>>>emails off the PC?]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I use Mozilla Thunderbird for my email.It looks and feels like my old
>>>familiar netscape 4.7. It seems better than Outlook express as for
>>>sorting and searching high volumes of my tech emails archived in
>
> folders.
>
>>>I want to be able to drag and drop (copy) the email over to some medium
>>>off the PC like a USB hard drive, DVD,etc. Outlook Express scatters it's
>>>data all over. The old Netscape,I could go to programs, netscape, mail,
>>>users, folders and get the actual mail folders and slide them to a back
>>>up medium. If I wiped the PC HDD clean all I needed do was reload
>>>Netscape, go back to programs, mail, users,etc and reinsert all my
>>>folders back on the HDD and it was all there as before.
>>>I don't see an easy method here.
>>>Any answers to this?
>>>I am terrified I may lose this valuable info. I probably have several
>>>gigs and more than several hundred thousand emails with a wealth of
>>>fix-info.
>>>Phil Bader
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>Philip Bader
>>>Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
>>>3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
>>>Fax (863) 299-8821
>>>email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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