Sethos Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Read the TOS and this wouldn't happen. I thought everyone knew if you didn't login for 30 days they removed emails. Maybe YOU should read the thread :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al92lt1 Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Why would antbody save valuable data on the web without a backup? :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DotChris Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 I would just move to gmail as they offer pop3 access which you can access from your desktop with Thunderbird or such and you can get Mozbackup to store all your emails and settings into a password protected container so to say. I love having my own mail server even though I have my gmail set to forward any emails I havent switched over yet to it. I feel is more controllable than any free service and you can get dedicated email space for little to nothing and they are often the most reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Natan Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Judging by the message, it is the free account... Up until a few months ago, it was 2MB... How much info could you have had in those 2MB? Drama queen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted October 1, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 1, 2006 Judging by the message, it is the free account... Up until a few months ago, it was 2MB... How much info could you have had in those 2MB? Drama queen... Nope, we've had 250 MBs of storage for quite a while here. (or did that increase to 2 GB? I forgot.) @OP: In the future, you should use a program such as Outlook Express or even Windows Live Mail Desktop to download the messages locally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Judging by the message, it is the free account... Up until a few months ago, it was 2MB... How much info could you have had in those 2MB? Drama queen... A few months? Try a couple of years. I switched to gmail shortly after it was announced in April 2004. I think I got one of the then coveted invites around June/July and I haven't looked back since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomaliMafia Posted October 1, 2006 Author Share Posted October 1, 2006 @OP: In the future, you should use a program such as Outlook Express or even Windows Live Mail Desktop to download the messages locally. Never knew that I could copy my messages like that. If I get all my mail back then I definately will back em up on hard drive and CD. Still no reply from MSN. They dont operate on weekends? Looks like I have to wait until monday :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porp Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Never knew that I could copy my messages like that. If I get all my mail back then I definately will back em up on hard drive and CD. Still no reply from MSN. They dont operate on weekends? Looks like I have to wait until monday :unsure: Don't worry! Thing's will work out.. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganpugh84 Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 1) Try and get in DIRECT contact with MSN. - They will have lots of backups.2) Switch to Gmail. I'm not trolling with the gmail comment, I'm serious, the whole account closing/deactivating thing just doesn't happen with google. I had a gmail account from day one (well end of April 2004, so almost day one) and had about 4,000 messages in it and was using it as my primary email account. Then one day in October 2005 I went to login and it said I got my password wrong. I tried about 100 times but it kept saying my password was wrong. I requested a new password and it said no account existed. I thought it was just a little problem as gmail was beta and would try later. I tried the next day and the same thing. I contacted google and they said said they had no record of the account and that was it. so i lost loads of emails and the account. the worst bit was losing the account as I had everything setup from that account, Amazon, etc. all went there and it was a nightmare to get it all changed to another account again. As much as I like Google they were no help and I learnt my lesson not to use free services. I no pay ?20 a year for my email provider and they are legally bound to backup my email, etc. This is easily worth it, I spent about 60 hours getting that whole gmail problem sorted. My time is worth a lot more than ?20 so I decided to go with a professional company. Free email services are great however you have no SLA with them so they don't care when you have a problem. For people who use their email for important things a free service should be avoided IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_architect Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 For those of you claiming that Gmail does not close inactive accounts you are wrong and obviously havn't read the Gmail TOU: "Account Inactivity. After a period of inactivity, Google reserves the right to disable or terminate a user's account. If an account has been deactivated for inactivity, the email address associated with that account may be given to another user without notice to you or such other party. For more information on how Google deals with account inactivity, please consult the Program Policies." This has happened to 2 of my accounts thus far. As for the problem at hand, you should have backed everything up, to bad mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha Bloo Monkee Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 That sucks how you lost everything... I better back up my stuff now :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I had this happen the other day. checked it. next day went to check it and it said re-activate and everything was gone, and contacts too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I know its been said before... but why the hell would you keep such important things on a e-mail server. Next time invest in a flash drive... they are pretty cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I know its been said before... but why the hell would you keep such important things on a e-mail server. Next time invest in a flash drive... they are pretty cheap. Mine wasnt really important, I would have thought messenger would have kept the contacts though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 For those of you claiming that Gmail does not close inactive accounts you are wrong and obviously havn't read the Gmail TOU: "Account Inactivity. After a period of inactivity, Google reserves the right to disable or terminate a user's account. If an account has been deactivated for inactivity, the email address associated with that account may be given to another user without notice to you or such other party. For more information on how Google deals with account inactivity, please consult the Program Policies." This has happened to 2 of my accounts thus far. As for the problem at hand, you should have backed everything up, to bad mate. Google's is 9 months rather than 30 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Add one to the "you should have used gmail" list :p Hotmail IMO just isn't worth the hassle :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shof Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 This happen to me like 3 years ago with my hotmail account, lucky i had nothing important on that account and thats what made me switch to gmail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_over Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Jesus Christ!!! How many people decided to post about the 30-day rule after the guy had already said he uses his account at least 3 times a week... i've noticed this with alot of threads on here lately, people reading only a small part and then posting CRAPP!!!!!!!! On the subject of e-mails it's GMail all the way! never liked hotmail from day 1, and still don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsahnocub Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I had a gmail account from day one (well end of April 2004, so almost day one) and had about 4,000 messages in it and was using it as my primary email account. Then one day in October 2005 I went to login and it said I got my password wrong. I tried about 100 times but it kept saying my password was wrong. I requested a new password and it said no account existed. I thought it was just a little problem as gmail was beta and would try later. I tried the next day and the same thing. I contacted google and they said said they had no record of the account and that was it. so i lost loads of emails and the account. the worst bit was losing the account as I had everything setup from that account, Amazon, etc. all went there and it was a nightmare to get it all changed to another account again. As much as I like Google they were no help and I learnt my lesson not to use free services. I no pay ?20 a year for my email provider and they are legally bound to backup my email, etc. This is easily worth it, I spent about 60 hours getting that whole gmail problem sorted. My time is worth a lot more than ?20 so I decided to go with a professional company. Free email services are great however you have no SLA with them so they don't care when you have a problem. For people who use their email for important things a free service should be avoided IMHO. I had that same thing happen to me about 5 months ago. The crazy thing was I'd logged into gmail just the day before with no problems. I ended up loosing a ton of registration codes for programs I'd purchased and other important emails. I won't ever touch gmail again. Google was absolutely no help when I contacted them about it. Honestly, the best thing to do would be to use an email with POP3 access and download it through a desktop program you can backup with (Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I had that same thing happen to me about 5 months ago. The crazy thing was I'd logged into gmail just the day before with no problems. I ended up loosing a ton of registration codes for programs I'd purchased and other important emails. I won't ever touch gmail again. Google was absolutely no help when I contacted them about it. Honestly, the best thing to do would be to use an email with POP3 access and download it through a desktop program you can backup with (Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, etc) Uhhh...you mean like gmail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted October 2, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 2, 2006 how do you backup messages on hotmail and gmail to harddrive, i want to make a full backup now. please anyone thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmarE D Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 1) Try and get in DIRECT contact with MSN. - They will have lots of backups. 2) Switch to Gmail. I'm not trolling with the gmail comment, I'm serious, the whole account closing/deactivating thing just doesn't happen with google. Then how come after I first got it, used it daily for about 3 months and didn't sign in for about 4 days, everything was gone? Happens with them too. Don't know how often, but it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addc182 Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 yeh that happened to me when i hit 1200 emails :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted October 2, 2006 Veteran Share Posted October 2, 2006 Never knew that I could copy my messages like that. If I get all my mail back then I definately will back em up on hard drive and CD. Still no reply from MSN. They dont operate on weekends? Looks like I have to wait until monday :unsure: You need Hotmail Plus to store your e-mails locally. It's ?14 a year. My dad uses it because of the seriousness of the account. Exemption from the 30-day rule Store e-mails anywhere No ads! Erm, other things... Switch to Gmail. To all of those who say Switch to Gmail, STFU!!! He asked for a solution to his f***ing problem, not some marketing pitch for a rival e-mail client!:angry:: :crazy:: :angry:: Would you say the same in this situation? Guy 1: My mate was working, and slipped on his Black and Decker drill, mangling his hand. He wrenched out the drill out of instinct and made it much worse. He's in a terrible condition, both physically and emotionally. I just don't know what to say to him. Guy 2: Switch to Hitachi. Jesus Christ!!! How many people decided to post about the 30-day rule after the guy had already said he uses his account at least 3 times a week... i've noticed this with alot of threads on here lately, people reading only a small part and then posting CRAPP!!!!!!!! QFT. Oh, and BTW, we have 2GB nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooSH Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 what do u mean 'store email locally' ? is this the pop3 thing they charge for now? never had a problem with gmail. constantly clean my inbox and all folders. then snyc them with WLM Desktop ;) Hotmail (WLM)- Never keep anything important on there, just my contacts. also syncd with WLM Desktop- had premium service at one time Yahoo! great!. worth the premium service (no ads) even tho i dont have it. sucky spam filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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