a proprietary email system . I use Thunderbird, for the office standard
client, and am considering moving the data files to the network for ease
of backup (easy with one person, harder with two, 4 is looking to be too
much hassle). Thunderbird, which is free (speech and beer) and quite
good, stores all files in uncompressed text format, and can be reviewed
and searched with any text editor, including full headers, should
Thunderbird magically disappear from the world. Still, I do print a
paper or separate PDF copy, as I'm trying to go fully digital for the
archive) of anything really critical.
Jordan
Daryl Richardson wrote:
> Mark,
>
> I wasn't going to respond to this line but you've written
> something which got hold of me.
>
> You should keep electronic material such as e-mails and input
> data files ON PAPER!! When you change computers or software the old
> electronic material is not always retrievable; a paper copy is.
>
> Regards,
>
> H. Daryl Richardson
>
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