[Am-info] Deleted E-mail Can Still Reside on Hard Drive

[John Poltorak]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 04:05:37PM -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
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> Deleted E-mail Can Still Reside on Hard Drive
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> Though Enron-related e-mails were deleted, pieces and entire copies
> of the messages can probably be found on the hard drives, according
> to a computer forensics expert.
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> http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO67583,00.html
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> Now, the question I have is, is this true for all Linux mailers?

The idea that people working in a large organisation keep emails on their 
hard drive is plain silly.

Most corporates have a mail system such as Lotus Notes or Microsoft 
Exchange. Any mails sent will be on a remote mail database somewhere far  
away from your hard drive. A 'computer forensics expert' who comes up with 
something like the quote above has no credibility in my eyes.

 
> Fred
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> Fred A. Miller
> Systems Administrator
> Cornell Univ. Press Services
> fm@cupserv.org
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John