I’ve used gmail since the beta launched touting a whopping 1GB of storage. I thought this was a massive leap in email technology at the time. I was lucky enough to get an invite fairly quickly. Not suprisingly, I have many years of emails, attachments, and photos. I certainly do not want to lose the content of many of these emails. Despite the redundancy of the data that Google secures, I still feel better retaining a copy of this data on my own physical machines.
The thought of completely de-googling has crossed my mind on occassion. The convenience coupled with my admiration for their engineering has prevented me from doing so thus far. Though, I may end up doing so at some point in the future.
Synology products are reasonably priced for what you get (essentially a cloud-in-a-box) and there is very little maintenance required. I’ve recently been in interested in constantly syncing and snapshotting my personal data. I’ve setup Synology’s Cloud Sync and keep copies of most of my cloud data.
+Synology products are reasonably priced for what you get (essentially a cloud-in-a-box) and there is very little maintenance required. I’ve recently been in interested in syncing and snapshotting my personal data. I’ve setup Synology’s Cloud Sync and keep copies of most of my cloud data.
I’ve used tools such as gmvault with success in the past. Setting this up on a cron seems like a viable option. However, I don’t really need a lot of the features it offers and do not plan to restore this data to another account.
Synology’s MailPlus seems to be a good candidate for backing up this data. By enabling POP3 fetching, it’s possible to both retroactively and continually fetch these emails. If a disaster ever did occur, having these emails would be beneficial, as they are an extension of my memory bank.
Installing MailPlus can be done from the Package Center:
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ personal blogSince Synology devices are not hermetically sealed, it’s a good idea to secure them by enabling MFA to help prevent being the victim of ransomware. It is also wise to backup your system settings and volumes to the cloud using a tool such as Hyper Backup. Encrypting your shared volumes is also a good idea, since sadly Synology does not support full disk encryption.
Having backups is essential for almost everything. Backing up your cloud data shouldn’t be any different. I certainly feel more at ease for having done this.
+Having backups of various forms cloud data is a good idea, especially in these uncertain times. I wish more online services offered the ability to do this. I certainly feel more at ease for having backed up my emails.