Olde Hornet
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How to Back Up Your Most Important Emails
Google, Microsoft, or Apple may deliver and store your emails, but the most valuable ones deserve a second home, just in case.
We're all used to having all our emails available in the cloud all the time, easily searchable and on all of our devices. But there are multiple points of failure to think about—what happens if something in the cloud breaks, or your connection to the internet does? What if your account gets banned or closed for whatever reason, and all of your email goes with it?
Those are only a few potential problems. You might accidentally delete a bunch of emails you didn't mean to; someone else could access your account and wipe everything they find; or your email provider might suddenly decide to lock you out.
With all that in mind, access to your email doesn't seem like such a given. It might not matter for all those newsletters, special offers, and account notifications that clog up your inbox, but what about emails and documents you really need access to? It helps to have at least some of your emails backed up in another location so that you can always get at them, offline or otherwise.
Forward Emails to a Backup Account