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Old 26-05-2010, 23:15   #5
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Re: Migration of Email to Google: What's the downside?

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Originally Posted by meld51 View Post
OK I've had the hype about this reconfiguration of the VM email service.

So, who can tell me about the downsides?

I'm particularly thinking of Google data mining, security, etc...
Keep checking on what is going straight to the Spam folder on Webmail - the filters are good but they're not perfect, and some genuine emails can end up in there.

The default is that they'll keep all of your non-spam emails forever, unless you delete them from Webmail - deleting from a POP client doesn't count. There's an option to change that.

Data mining, security, etc. are always concerns, that's why I don't like using Webmail and having all emails and other data stored long-term "somewhere" on the internet. I have no reason to suspect gmail at the moment, but they can always change their own rules without asking - there are plenty of examples, including Google.
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