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  • George KG George K

    Another question: What to keep, what to delete (forever)?

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    @george-k said in Organizing email:

    Another question: What to keep, what to delete (forever)?

    Simple. Keep everything, delete nothing. There is no reason anymore to delete anything

    I have about 30K emails in my inbox that I haven't even read.

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      Maybe you'll find this tool helpful.

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        By the way, it also wouldn't be too hard to set up an IMAP server on your local network, migrate the emails there, and you could continue accessing the emails in the same way as before.

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        • George KG George K

          Another question: What to keep, what to delete (forever)?

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          @george-k said in Organizing email:

          Another question: What to keep, what to delete (forever)?

          When they knock on the door with a subpoena you will wish it was all deleted.

          Learn from Ms. Clinton.

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          • KlausK Klaus

            By the way, it also wouldn't be too hard to set up an IMAP server on your local network, migrate the emails there, and you could continue accessing the emails in the same way as before.

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            it also wouldn't be too hard to set up an IMAP server on your local network

            @klaus how hard would that be for a non-geek like me?

            I know I could simply download all my mails to my Mac locally, but the convenience of IMAP is attractive.

            Keep everything, delete nothing.

            Well, yeah, of course. But if I switch from GoDaddy to another service, and GoDaddy uses Microsoft Exchange, don't they all go away if I use a different service?

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • George KG George K

              it also wouldn't be too hard to set up an IMAP server on your local network

              @klaus how hard would that be for a non-geek like me?

              I know I could simply download all my mails to my Mac locally, but the convenience of IMAP is attractive.

              Keep everything, delete nothing.

              Well, yeah, of course. But if I switch from GoDaddy to another service, and GoDaddy uses Microsoft Exchange, don't they all go away if I use a different service?

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              @george-k said in Organizing email:

              @klaus how hard would that be for a non-geek like me?

              If you want to give it a try, check this out. I assume you do have homebrew?

              It does seem to involve some fiddling with configuration files etc., so maybe it's not worth it.

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              • KlausK Klaus

                @george-k said in Organizing email:

                @klaus how hard would that be for a non-geek like me?

                If you want to give it a try, check this out. I assume you do have homebrew?

                It does seem to involve some fiddling with configuration files etc., so maybe it's not worth it.

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                @klaus said in Organizing email:

                I assume you do have homebrew?

                That's where I stopped reading, LOL.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  I don't know what other hardware you have around. If you have a NAS, some NAS web interfaces make it very easy to install an IMAP server.

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                  • KlausK Klaus

                    I don't know what other hardware you have around. If you have a NAS, some NAS web interfaces make it very easy to install an IMAP server.

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                    @klaus just my iMac and a bunch of external drives for media storage, backup, etc. I've considered getting a NAS, but I don't see the advantage for me.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      I don't keep anything outside of work stuff, and that's mostly taken care of for me.

                      I've got better things to do than fuck about with old email. That beer's not going to drink itself, you know.

                      I was only joking

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                        Funny, I purge my emails all the time. Weekly.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          I just have my gmail since (whenever I started). I do search it at times to find an old purchase or email address, otherwise it might be cathartic to just purge it all, man!

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