Gmail says that they have the right to delete your accounts after like 9 months or something. I know that plenty of missionaries use other email accounts, so I don't think that it's a set policy only to use the Church's email system. Some missions may require it, however.
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:00:47 -0600, Jacob Biesinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the church is fairly set on using their own email setup, so > > missionaries aren't seen using yahoo or hotmail with nearly pornographic > > advertisements. I do have a friend that uses Hotmail in a Chilean > > mission, but that's the only exception I'm aware of. > > I think so too- I'd rather be safe than sorry anyway. > > > > > > I would tell you to set up BYU email forwarding so that you wouldn't > > have to change your accounts at all, but I just remembered that BYU > > locks down your account while you are on your mission. It can't be found > > on Route Y at all. (Unless they changed that in the last year or so). I > > would still try to set it up to forward to you LDS mail account in case > > someone sent you mail there, but I don't think it will work. > > Frankly, I don't want to receive email from my byu account while I'm out > there. Not that I don't like you guys- I am just only supposed to get mail > from the family (at least in my mission- anyone who corresponded with their > sweethearts, I'm not calling you evil...:) > > > > Like He > > suggested though, you could forward all the mail you want to save to > > your Gmail account. Most free email providers clear out accounts after 6 > > months of inactivity, so it would require someone to refresh your > > accounts (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, whoever) occasionally. > > I'll have to check if Gmail does that- a main feature is that I can > "archive" instead of delete, so I don't think (hope not) they do. Thanks > for the comments! > > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
