[gcb0]

data backups: this point is moot because, who cares about archived email? that's like 1% of the pain of loosing an account. 99% of the problem is the messages you will never be able to read.

Same with the youtube channel from OP. i'm 100% certain that the guy has all his videos ready for re-upload. but who cares? He had worked hard promoting that channel in several venues and acquiring an audience to THAT channel. That is lost forever.

[suhastech]

That is the reason I wrote a Mac app to do just that. Atleast for emails as the parent comment is suggesting.

More on the that: http://thehorcrux.com/why-i-built-horcrux-app/

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