Cloud based email is great. Providers such as Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo Mail offer web access to their email services that allow users to access their emails from everywhere, provided that they have an Internet connection and compatible web browser at hand. A minority of Gmail users recently noticed that all of their emails were [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Most desktop email clients have one big problem, that becomes apparent over time: They do not offer email archiving or backup options. This means that the email databases will increase with every email, which in turn can have an impact on the performance of the email software. It should be obvious that it takes longer [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Thunderbird is a desktop email client that is seen by many as a viable alternative to Microsoft Outlook on the Windows operating system. Users who use the client heavily might experience slow downs or lags when using the desktop email client after some time. This can usually be attributed to corrupted msf files in the [...]

Categories: Email

Online mail users without a software client should still make sure that their precious emails are backed up regularly to avoid data loss. Lifehacker mentioned the tool Gmail Backup which can be used by Gmail users to perform regular backups of all stored Gmail messages. Gmail Backup will backup all Gmail mail folders and mails [...]

Categories: Email, Software