Lorenzo Quatrini wrote: > Lanny Marcus ha scritto: >> I now have the mbox files on my hard drive. I think that is the default >> with Evolution. I assume google backs up their gmail servers, but >> having a local copy, my own backup, is a plus. >> > Lanny, if you are concerned about data loss, you could install a local imap > server (over wich you'll can do all the backups that you like) and keep it in > sync with google with imapsync (rpmforge repository). > Looks simple and straightforward to do: > > http://nivox.blogspot.com/2008/02/gmail-imap-backup.html > > Hope this helps. Lorenzo: Thank you for the above. I will read up on that. I'm sure google backs up their gmail servers, but, having a local backup seems like a good idea to me. So far, Thunderbird seems to be very stable and is running without any issues. That's not the case with Evolution. Lanny