Steven Button
Administrator
... oh man, 4 years worth of email lost this week.... or so I thought!!
Got a new 27-inch iMac last week (loving life right now!) and decided that I would change email settings because I want all delete/reply/forward, etc. email actions to be replicated across laptop, phones and ipad - changed from POP to IMAP settings using our unlimited godaddy email account.
For some reason it wiped all the messages on the godaddy server from before March 15, tech support were useless - even that is being complimentary to the idiots there.
With so many important attachments, contacts, communications and leads, I was ready to break something.
Long story short, I back up our computers to an external hard drive a couple of times a week and found the old files hidden away in the back-up archives... only problem is I can't seem to import them into the inbox on this latest version of OS X and have to search the archive files manually, which is a slow process.
Some advice to you guys/gals if you're not already doing it:
- Back up all your files
- Save email sender/recipient contact details in a separate contact management system
- Download and save all attachments
- Back up or archive email files before making any POP/IMAP changes.
... anyone else got any tips/advice on good systems or procedures to put into place in relation to this kind of thing?
Got a new 27-inch iMac last week (loving life right now!) and decided that I would change email settings because I want all delete/reply/forward, etc. email actions to be replicated across laptop, phones and ipad - changed from POP to IMAP settings using our unlimited godaddy email account.
For some reason it wiped all the messages on the godaddy server from before March 15, tech support were useless - even that is being complimentary to the idiots there.
With so many important attachments, contacts, communications and leads, I was ready to break something.
Long story short, I back up our computers to an external hard drive a couple of times a week and found the old files hidden away in the back-up archives... only problem is I can't seem to import them into the inbox on this latest version of OS X and have to search the archive files manually, which is a slow process.
Some advice to you guys/gals if you're not already doing it:
- Back up all your files
- Save email sender/recipient contact details in a separate contact management system
- Download and save all attachments
- Back up or archive email files before making any POP/IMAP changes.
... anyone else got any tips/advice on good systems or procedures to put into place in relation to this kind of thing?