An update to storage policies across your Google Account

Post by visarga » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 11:40 PM UTC

eins1234 wrote: post #120

jamesfe wrote: post #30

What's another good email provider? I am starting to feel really nervous about storing my life in Google. It's not that I wouldn't pay for these things...it's just that I worry one day I'll lose access and fall into the pit of "trying to get Google to help a single human regain access" that sounds horrible.

More important than the current email provider you happen to use is controlling your email _address_, and this means using a domain you control. It enables for a surprisingly pain-free email migration experience as I found out not too long ago, where all you have to do is point the DNS records to the new provider and do an IMAP import from your old email provider, and everything will just work as you'd expect. If I w…

Post by Cactus2018 » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 11:41 PM UTC

sys_64738 wrote: post #27

fhrow4484 wrote: post #9

The same happened to my old "...@hotmail.com" email, Microsoft deleted old childhood emails, still bitter about that. Per https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail... , the limit is 365 days of inactivity.

M$ used to delete HoTMaiL emails after 2w inactivity in the early 2000s. Back when the limit was 20MB.

Post by dec0dedab0de » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 11:41 PM UTC

ge96 wrote: post #68

fhrow4484 wrote: post #9

The same happened to my old "...@hotmail.com" email, Microsoft deleted old childhood emails, still bitter about that. Per https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail... , the limit is 365 days of inactivity.

I guess my deceased dad's email was deleted(hotmail). I found an old email address of his and was trying to get into it just to reconnect since he died when I was a child. I get shouldn't see other people's stuff but still... would have been interesting as it was in the early 2000's that he was around. Would have liked to see how his mind operated. Afterall he was a successful person (eg. operating a 60ft yacht for s…

Post by m1117 » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 11:42 PM UTC

t-writescode wrote: post #152

jeffgreco wrote: post #116

Google encouraged opening a Gmail account for your kid and emailing it memories as they grow up. So now once they turn 13 and you hand over the password, it'll be deleted?

You could log in to the email account you haven't given your kid yet?

Post by edub » Thu, Dec 03, 2020, 11:43 PM UTC

javagram wrote: post #52

Set a reminder every 3 or 6 months to use Google Takeout. Download a full copy of your data to a hard drive in your local possession. If you’re really paranoid, download a 2nd copy and put it on a hard drive that you then leave unplugged from all computers and the internet until the next time. Simple solution for anyone with broadband, and then if you ever lost your cloud data due to subscription lapsing or inactivit…