Gmail Back Up

Google had a glitch yesterday disabling nearly 150000 gmail accounts!

Google explained that “less than 0.08%” of all Gmail users were affected by the bug, which completely reset accounts, even down to the detail offering a welcome message to those users when they first logged on today.

If Google restores the messages, all we had was a big scare.  But if you are like me and don't really want to take any chances, then check out  Gmail Backup.

It is a free application for Mac, PC and Linux. It’s easy to use. After a quick download, you just give it your credentials and it begins downloading all your e-mails, backing them up securely no matter what Google decides to do with 'your' data.