Ed, Is "your email archives and address book are held on their Website" a possible problem? Could it leave you open to loss of privacy? Ken Smith Gulf Technical Services 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:01:06 -0400 Tel-Tek <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It does filter it, better. > I have used Gmail for a year, have yet to get a Spam message. Plus > they give > you 2.5GIG for your Mailbox. > Also...your email archives and address book are held on their > Website...so > if you accidentally dump...you can retrieve it. > > > > -Ed- > -- > Tel-Tek Electronics > Ontario-Canada > > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx > teltek@xxxxxxxxx > > > > From: Damon <DamonEB@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Reply-To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:28:16 -0500 > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Mozilla thunderbird ver1.0. How to back > up lots of > > emails off the PC?] > > > > Really...well heck, I'm going to try it then......just can't > figure out how > > an e-mail program can stop e-mails from being posted to your > address. > > Probably doesn't.....just filters better, eh? > > > > Damon B > > Telrad Electronics > > Fort Wayne IN > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 10:09 AM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Mozilla thunderbird ver1.0. How to back > up lots of > > emails off the PC?] > > > > > >> But I didn't change email address, just changed from Outlook > Express to > >> Thunderbird and all the spam disappeared. > >> > >> > >> ******************************** > >> Since 1972 * > >> Jim Myers * > >> Telrad Electronics * > >> Fort Wayne Indiana * > >> ******************************** > >> > >> > >> 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 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>>>> - > >>>>> This Email List is Public. 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