Comments on: Backups, Part II http://nedward.org/2005/02/03/backups-part-ii nedward.org is the personal weblog of John Niedermeyer, an Editorial Designer at NYTimes.com, living in Brooklyn. Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:12:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Nedward http://nedward.org/2005/02/03/backups-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-1165 Nedward Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:12:24 +0000 http://nedward.org/wp/?p=578#comment-1165 I've been using IMAP since Suckahs was launched -- but I am so nervous about backing shit up, that I POP everything to my local machine, just so I have a copy. This includes 2 Gmail accounts, as well. You trust everything to your web host? I’ve been using IMAP since Suckahs was launched — but I am so nervous about backing shit up, that I POP everything to my local machine, just so I have a copy. This includes 2 Gmail accounts, as well.

You trust everything to your web host?

]]> By: Casey http://nedward.org/2005/02/03/backups-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-1164 Casey Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:13:07 +0000 http://nedward.org/wp/?p=578#comment-1164 Ethan also recommends IMAP mail. Dear God, listen to him. If you are using POP and keeping all your mail on one computer, stop! IMAP IMAP IMAP. Many hosts give you IMAP access, lots of disk space, and web-based clients you can use when you are away from home. Take advantage. Ethan also recommends IMAP mail. Dear God, listen to him. If you are using POP and keeping all your mail on one computer, stop! IMAP IMAP IMAP. Many hosts give you IMAP access, lots of disk space, and web-based clients you can use when you are away from home. Take advantage.

]]> By: Casey http://nedward.org/2005/02/03/backups-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-1163 Casey Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:41:42 +0000 http://nedward.org/wp/?p=578#comment-1163 Rsync is cool. You can get rsync style backups (ie fast and not wasteful) with a nice user interface on top by using BackupPC. I've used it for a couple computers or (at my last job) for 200 computers. It's pretty nice. "http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/":http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ (Yeah - it has "PC" in the name) Rsync is cool. You can get rsync style backups (ie fast and not wasteful) with a nice user interface on top by using BackupPC. I’ve used it for a couple computers or (at my last job) for 200 computers. It’s pretty nice.

“http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/”:http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/

(Yeah – it has “PC” in the name)

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