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Old 6 Nov 2019, 05:29 PM   #32
JeremyNicoll
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Originally Posted by Grhm View Post
Yes indeed. An archive or back-up is completely useless if the things archived or backed-up can't be restored when they are needed!
It's not /completely/ useless. You get a zip; if you unpack it, it's full of files, one per email. You can search them (using your OS's file-search facilities) and read them - if necessary - with just a text editor. It's a long way better than not having a copy of the mails at all.

You can also import them to desktop email clients and probably some other providers' online email systems. It's a nuisance that you can't get them into FM again directly, but it doesn't make the archives useless.
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