Well one solution would be not to use any cloud email programs such as gmail, yahoo or hotmail, etc, etc.. I use Eudora, an industry standard program. All my emails are in my laptop and the people and organizations I frequently am in contact with have their own filtered in/out boxes. If there are any power outages, I can still access all my emails. Jeremy -- Jeremy G Frankel ex-London, England now Folsom, CA Searching for: FRANKEL: Plock, Poland; London, England GOLDRATH/GOLD: Praszka, Poland; London, England KOENIGSBERG: Vilkaviskis, Lithuania; London, England; NY, USA LEVY (later LEADER): Kalisz, Poland; London, England Pinkus, Poland; London, England PRINCZ/PRINCE: Krakow, Poland; London, England; NY, USA