That is a good notion, David, but you have to remember that a) hotmail has a
2meg limit on storage and b) that you have to remember to access the
account(s) at least every 30 days now else they're expunged.
I think the best advice to Erminia for the future would be to make multiple
copies, in print, on floppies, on hard disk, of everything she does, so that
she would have 'insurance' against any future tragedies. That's my normal
practice, altho' of course like any other inconsistent human being I don't
always keep to it myself.
I'm starting to have paranoid thoughts about safe deposit boxes now so I
better shut up on this.
But my heartfelt sympathies to Erminia on this.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Howard" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: URGENT: LOST FILES ANF POEMS
> Dear Erminia,
>
> This cannot ease your grief, however it may be useful in the future. Set
up
> a (free) hotmail account and e-mail manuscripts as attachments to it
weekly;
> because the material can be accessed from any computer you cannot lose it
> (providing you stay under the account maximum for storage) - even if your
> hard drive is destroyed and your floppy discs or CD roms melt in a fire.
>
> Blessings,
> David
>
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