The only way you would lose email would be if you deleted it manually, which smart users don't do with Gmail - they archive it. Much simpler system, as you never have to worry about accidently deleting something and wanting it back. I have all 70,000 or so email messages I've sent from both my personal and business gmail accounts over the last 5+ years. The only thing I delete is spam (actually, gmail deletes it for me after a set period of time).
If you do use Google Apps to host email for your company, they do provide a backup service for those that still see the need to delete stuff. And since Gmail uses standard IMAP and POP protocols, you can easily back everything up if you really want to. I use a service call Backupify which backs up my personal Gmail to their cloud service, and also a program called MailStore which backs up both my personal and Gapps accounts to my home NAS, which is then mirrored to my Amazon S3 account. Belt and suspenders.... --------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Thane Sherrington < [email protected]> wrote: > At 11:40 AM 22/07/2010, Brian Weeden wrote: > >> Which is why I love gmail. >> > > What happens when you lose mail in gmail? Do they keep a backup? > > T > >
