The software eats your email or you accidentally delete when you meant to move. Either way you are hosed and faced with sending out a "lost my email please resend if important" email to people you think might have mailed you (or everyone if you are feeling particularly lazy). Or, if you have a weblog, you might take
the approach by Dean over at
Textism.
If your email is well and good then skip right to Dean's method for making
Glace de Viande.