Anyone know the best way to backup old yahoo chatlogs?
Hey... Someone already asked about that; and we concluded that the only way to *guarantee* you keep the logs is the old fashioned way:
- Go to Mail.Yahoo.com
- Click the drop down box next to 'Mail' and change it to 'Instant Messages'
- Type in the name of the person you are seeking chats logs for in the search criteria, hit enter, and then just *manually* save them one conversation at a time.
It's painful, grueling, but it's the only way *guaranteed* currently, unfortunately.
There is a very, very slim chance that this functionality will persist beyond August 5, but I am not too optimistic. Yahoo's entire move to remove Messenger is designed to reduce costs, and I doubt they will keep log servers that cost them hundreds of thousands per month; if they are already taking such a drastic stop.
I would advise you to just use the next week to archive the conversations that matter to you; and I guess we will all know August 5.
All the best :*