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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/akakkar27 on 2025-09-21 17:33:33+00:00.

I stumbled upon this sub a few days ago and found it interesting. I have emails and photos going back decades, i did lot of torrents and media stuff back in college before streaming took over.

But had a stroke of bad luck, my late father had an old yahoo mail account going back to 2003. Even after he passed i still operated the account now and then. But i logged in today, and was mortified to find all of the inbox drafts and contacts going back 22 yrs was wiped off.

Apparently, the dumpster shit fire yahoo mail is in present day, there was a rule change that they delete all data if you do not log for more than a year. And all my father’s data was scrubbed.

This got me thinking, if there is a way to preserve our online life in case something like this happens. Emails, cloud drives and all.

Looking for suggestions/tips from more experienced people here.