I'm just curious: Does anyone download their email to their own computer and delete it from the server anymore?
I do it for privacy reasons. I don't want my entire email archive available to anyone with Internet access who may be able to crack my password), and I don't need access to any email older than a month or so from every device I own.
Having the bulk of my email offline also means I can switch email providers quickly, because I don't have thousands of messages to migrate.
Backup is as a simple as zipping the Thunderbird folder in %APPDATA% and copy the zip file to two external hard drives, one of which I always carry around with me, and one I keep at home.
Am I the freak here?
-peviha
I do it for privacy reasons. I don't want my entire email archive available to anyone with Internet access who may be able to crack my password), and I don't need access to any email older than a month or so from every device I own.
Having the bulk of my email offline also means I can switch email providers quickly, because I don't have thousands of messages to migrate.
Backup is as a simple as zipping the Thunderbird folder in %APPDATA% and copy the zip file to two external hard drives, one of which I always carry around with me, and one I keep at home.
Am I the freak here?
-peviha