Comments on: How to Backup Gmail via POP Email

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:47:33 +0000

@google tricks – Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I’m paranoid about losing my email too. You definitely don’t want to lose the emails between you and your wife – you know printing them out and putting them into a book would be a great anniversary gift for her :-)

By: google tricks

google tricks — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:26:00 +0000

Nice trick. I also back up my email and I use your trick. being paranoid is one of strongest point! LOL!!! anyway it is always good to have a back up of your most important email. in the Gmail i have all the emails i exchanged with my wife at the time when we where boyfriend and girlfriend!

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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:36:03 +0000

Vered – The photo is great. The computer was in a fire and the blob on the top is a completely melted telephone.

I can be too obsessive about saving digital information so sometimes I think it would be nice to feel the way you do about email.

By: Vered

Vered — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:10:44 +0000

Interesting.

The photo that you used for this post is at least as interesting as the text. :)

I actually don’t place that much importance on email. I don’t save most of it – I treat it as verbal conversation basically.

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By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:05:34 +0000

I’ve done upgrades for around 30 sites, several of those more than once. Admittedly they have never been older than the previous version which may have made a huge difference.

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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:54:51 +0000

Oh they can be. How many have you done?

This was from a very old version to the most current version. There was a code dependency on a plugin that hasn’t been upgraded and doesn’t work anymore. It’s also frightening when it’s for someone else – I don’t mind mucking up my own site but not someone elses site. I also ran into an odd issue where the database backup was a blank file.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:50:02 +0000

Joanna? Do I look like a woman??? :D

How can a WordPress upgrade be complicated? It’s normally just a few clicks and you’re all done.

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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:42:55 +0000

Lee (or is it Joanna),

I think it’s just habit :-) Plus I just did a complicated WordPress upgrade for someone – it went well but my head is swimming.

Well, see, there is a reason to login to gmail if you access personal email from work ;-) Plus I don’t like standalone email applications, especially Outlook. I backup with Thunderbird but otherwise don’t use it.

But we all have different ways of getting our work done. It’s interesting to learn the different methods people use for backing up.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:30:56 +0000

I start using my real name and you still call me ‘Scam’ – I guess the branding does work after all! ;)

Yes, I do get all the headers intact after forwarding so no issues there, though I can’t say that I ever login to gmail directly these days – there’s no need to.

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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:26:28 +0000

@Scam – When you forward everything to your regular email is all the header information retained. Or does everything show as being from you? Part of my backup issues is that I want all the original header information such as from, date, etc. retained. I also don’t like using my regular email – it’s existed for too long and it an enormous spam repository.

I didn’t have any issues until recently. But it’s been wonky lately. Others have noticed the same problems. You say you have Outlook open but do you have gmail open? If not, maybe that is why you aren’t noticing the errors. It is almost always open in my browser.