Good lord - of course they store them! I am using Gmail! the question is can they be relied upon to keep them indefinitely or will they either be hacked or go bankrupt or just decide to screw us? Darn I have to say all this again.
I regularly clear sensitive emails from Gmail & keep them in .pst files offline. On dual external hard drives. Not mirrored - dual independent hard drives. Every few years I buy another external drive or two for this and other backups. Offsite copies are made to DVD or CD. I have 12 years of both my private email & my company emails stored in this way. Private is 300+MB and company 3.8GB (is actually an Exchange archive now since I sold the company). Calendar app, open-source, using Drupal - anyone? Nico Morrison 2009/7/14 Phil Lewis <[email protected]> > On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 04:23 +0100, Nico Morrison wrote: > > Realised that about 30 secs after emailing, thanks for no sarcasm. > > > > I think I am surprised that Backstage is using a proprietary embedded > > closed-source program for this. I thought it would be an open-source > > app. > > > > I do not trust Google, nor Facebook, nor Microsoft, etc, etc ...... I > > use them all - to the minimum that enables my work. For example my > > Gmail fowards to other accounts that I hold locally. It's always a > > Don't you think that they might retain your emails anyhow even when > forwarded? > > > compromise between trust, security & usability. I try to spread > > closed-source risks. We have only to look at Geocities to see the > > long-term risks. They also ruled the world once. > > > > I suppose you at BBC Backstage are forced by time & money constraints > > to employ closed-source, it is a shame. > > > > I'd still like tips on any calendar/database apps that fit into Drupal > > as I'm a Drupal neophyte with a real need. > > > > Regards, > > Nico Morrison > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
