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Probably a daft question, but how long do pics and videos last as attachments- ie, do they stop working after any length of time?
I've set up an email account for my lad and I've been sending pics etc of him as he grows up to the account from my phone. Will these attachments still open and show the content in @15 years?
If it's actually an email attachment, it'll stay forever unless you've got some sort of retention period set up. I'd take a backup just in case, though.
How could I find out if there's a retention period on the account? It's an Outlook account. I'm also putting everything on an external harddrive and these emails are a backup to that.
There won't be unless you've set one.
They'll also be in your Sent Items, of course.
Ok, thanks for that.
Might (possibly) have more of a problem opening them, though - file formats change, and older formats can sometimes be hard/impossible to open, particularly if they're vendor-specific (for example a Nikon RAW file would be more vulnerable than a standard PNG)...
.JPG is about 20 years old now, I think it's probably going to be around for a bit yet.
Yeah, but the OP hasn't said what format he's using...
Other suggestions:
Make sure you login to the email account regularly, just sending stuff won't guarantee it'll stay active.
If your files are really important I'd be making a backup on an external disk drive (NOT a usb flash drive) too.
For photos etc. I'd also consider paper copies, I've used [url= http://www.myphotobook.co.uk/ ]these guys[/url] and the quality/service is excellent. Nothing like as bulky as traditional photo albums, either.