Not Necessarily a How To *?*

[JustSkye]

But when you reformat a PC will you lose all the email you have in your account(s) , will they be wiped out as well?

 

[Jaybird3]

You shouldn't. You aren't storing the emails on your PC are you? I mean you don't download it and then read it?

 

[LOST&FOUND]

But when you reformat a PC will you lose all the email you have in your account(s) , will they be wiped out as well?

When your format a PC whatever is on it is lost. But in the case of e-mails it depends if they are saved on your computer our your ISP's mail server.

 

[midwestyankee]

The answer depends entirely on what sort of email program and/or account you are using. Email through Yahoo, or AOL, for example, resides on their servers and not on your PC. Outlook, at least the way I have it configured, puts a copy of all saved emails on my hard drive in folders I have set up for this purpose.

But if you merely read your email and do not save any of it, then there won't be any email files on your hard drive to be deleted when you format the drive.

Caution: if you do have saved emails, be sure to read the Help file carefully to make sure that you can export these files correctly to a CD or other storage medium before you format your drive. Email files (at least the ones that Outlook creates) are an unusual type of file and must be exported in a specific manner so you can replace them on your newly formatted hard drive later.

 

[JustSkye]

Thank you all

 

[quickfoot]

If you are using a normal email client such as Outlook Express or Netscape Mail you will usually lose your mail if you reformat.

Most ISP's use POP3 which allows you to download your mail to your computer but does not normally leave a copy on the server, with IMAP (microsoft exchange, other servers) the mail usually stays on the server and can be accessed from anywhere. The problem here is you consume space on the mail server.

If you are using a normal pop3 account you can backup your email data files and restore them once you reformat, this way you can save your mail and your address book.

Look for exporting mail help topics, or if this does apply to you let me know what email client you use and I can provide you with steps on backing up the data files.

 

[JustSkye]

If you are using a normal email client such as Outlook Express or Netscape Mail you will usually lose your mail if you reformat.

Most ISP's use POP3 which allows you to download your mail to your computer but does not normally leave a copy on the server, with IMAP (microsoft exchange, other servers) the mail usually stays on the server and can be accessed from anywhere. The problem here is you consume space on the mail server.

If you are using a normal pop3 account you can backup your email data files and restore them once you reformat, this way you can save your mail and your address book.

Look for exporting mail help topics, or if this does apply to you let me know what email client you use and I can provide you with steps on backing up the data files.

Thank you I was just worried about losing my email on yahoo and MSN , some are very important to me . Aohell will be wiped out and off so I'm not worried about that ...
You seem very knowledgeable.

 

[quickfoot]

Sounds like you are safe regarding the reformat but I would recommend making copies of those mails either saving them into .txt files or saving them as .html files unless you are paying yahoo a yearly fee.

The reason is hotmail and yahoo are free mostly free and they reserve the right to delete old mail from free accounts if the system resources reach low levels. Either hotmail or yahoo recently had a lot of bad press about this practice.

Eudormail has also been known to do this and it makes business sense but most people don't relalize this when they get their accounts.

 

[JustSkye]

Sounds like you are safe regarding the reformat but I would recommend making copies of those mails either saving them into .txt files or saving them as .html files unless you are paying yahoo a yearly fee.

The reason is hotmail and yahoo are free mostly free and they reserve the right to delete old mail from free accounts if the system resources reach low levels. Either hotmail or yahoo recently had a lot of bad press about this practice.

Eudormail has also been known to do this and it makes business sense but most people don't relalize this when they get their accounts.

Yahoo I will be paying for .. MSN , no. SO you're saying I could possibly lose it all regardless? Grrrrrrrr ...

 

[Guest]

you really don't need the internet do you anyways.......I mean your not really a good friend are you..............Btw thanks for replying to me pm's skye............means a lot.........Your such a good person.