TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: In With the New E-Mail, Out With the Old

Re: In With the New E-Mail, Out With the Old

Seth Breidbart (sethb@panix.com)
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:06:43 +0000 (UTC)

In article <telecom25.24.8@telecom-digest.org>,
Matt Simpson <msimpson@uky.edu> wrote:

> In article <telecom25.17.15@telecom-digest.org>, Lena
> <lenagainster@gmail.com> wrote:

>> They DO have a DELETE button, don't they?

> Actually, they don't. Gmail reserves the right to keep your mail in
> their system indefinitely. Even if you "delete" it so that it's no
> longer available to you, they still have it.

So on other sites, when you hit delete, you expect a magic spell to
erase all copies of your message that are stored on their offsite
backups instantaneously? Or are you just happier because they don't
bother to mention it?

Seth

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