5 Mistakes You’re Making When Backing Up Your Emails—and How I Fixed Mine
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Summary
Mistakes can be made when backing up emails, with five of the biggest ones outlined here:
Not backing up emails regularly enough, with important threads lost due to infrequent backups
Only backing up select folders, meaning important details can be missed from folders such as Promotions or Sent
Not testing if your backups restore, meaning you might not actually be able to access backed-up data when needed
Relying on a single backup location, meaning that if this location fails then all backups are lost
Not encrypting emails, meaning sensitive data is at risk of being accessed by unauthorized people should the backups be compromised in some way.
To avoid these traps, it is suggested that backups occur regularly (daily or weekly), that more than one location is used for backups, that backups are tested to ensure they work and that data is encrypted for security.
