Backing up e-mail address book

[Stooge1976]

If your e-mail address book is valuable enough to get upset over losing, writing/printing it on paper might do you good. Keep a piece of ruled paper in a place that you can easily access but no one else can. Then, every time you gain a new contact, write down that person's name & e-mail address. Or print a Word (or WordPerfect) document of an existing address list, then write new addresses as you go along. Such a piece of paper, if carefully kept, can be a last resort in the event of a disaster, when all other media (floppy, zip, CD-RW or CD-R) fail.

Using a web-based e-mail account can also lessen your risk of losing such data in the event of a HD crash. A HD-based address book would sink, whereas a web-based address book would swim.

[jabarnutcase]

Hi Stooge1976-
Thanks for the tip...Although If that much stuff all failed on my computer, I probably wouldn't have much need for my address book!(I'd be too busy trying to fix my computer!)
:D
Seriously though...A backup to a floppy or two, or CD-R, you could always go to your buddies house and print it out. If my hard drive failed "to boot"-(Pun intended), I'd have a heck of a time getting on line to retrieve my address book!
But, a printed copy sure wouldn't hurt I guess! ;)
(Forget the pencil....Not this guy!) :eek: :D