Remote Backup via E-Mail

For extra safety you can back up your data to a remote location using e-mail. By having an offsite backup you greatly improve the safety of your backed up data.

To enable the remote e-mail backup, turn on the compressed backup option under the Advanced tab in the configuration properties dialog. Select the Remote Backup... button and then the E-Mail tab.

Fill in this dialog with the requested information. You can send the e-mail using either a Simple MAPI compliant e-mail program, or by sending the e-mail directly to your SMTP mail server.

Once you have filled in this dialog, press the Test E-Mail Settings button to send a small test e-mail. This will verify that all of your settings are correct.

Some important points about using the e-mail backup feature:

By default you must enable encryption on your compressed backup before you can use the e-mail backup. Although it is not recommended, you can override this behavior by turning off the option File / Options... / Never Allow Non-Encrypted Remote Backup.
When choosing an e-mail address to send your backup to, make sure this e-mail will remain on a remote mail server. For example, you would not want to send to an e-mail address that you will later download the e-mail to your local computer. E-mail addresses such as Yahoo make a good choice, as this e-mail will remain on the remote mail server.
You should always encrypt your compressed backup, and use a strong password, to make sure only you can ever access your compressed backup.
Safe Data Backup supports retrying failed e-mails when sent using the SMTP method. See File / Options... / Retry Failed SMTP E-Mail.

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