On Thursday, December 5, 2013 9:01:51 PM UTC+8, billhansen wrote: > > Aah - that (loss of all previous gmails) would be a tragedy for most of > us. The lack of ability to save or archive essential emails to our own HDs > is a serious shortcoming in gmail. I know - most people, including me, > realize that "The Cloud" is usually safer than one's own HD. But being able > to save a few essentials locally would be a big advantage. >
The cloud is not safer at all. With the new FBI Ransomware virus that contaminates your cloud drive, arguably it's even less safe, since users would otherwise not make multiple copies of their HD as they would offline. In recognition of this, Google will, this late winter or spring, allow users to download all their Gmails and store them on their HD I've read. They are working on the software to do this now, and it should be ready by Feb of next year. RL -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
