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You've Got Mail -- Tons Of It

Posted by timothy on from the city-that-reads-remember dept.

Daniel Goldman writes "The Baltimore Sun has an article about the City of Baltimore's email problem." A snippet: "Millions of old e-mail messages are clogging Baltimore's municipal computers, so the city is going to start automatically deleting any messages older than 90 days. A common practice in private business, the move raises questions when made by a municipality, which has a responsibility to retain certain public records." Goldman points out "Just think about all the potential law suits; 'if it's not there, they can't subpoena it.'"

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  1. Simple... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Outsource each employees email to GMail. Problem solved.

  2. Re:Why not... by AvantLegion · · Score: 4, Funny
    Maybe just figure out what percentage is spam, and delete that percentage of mail. Ehh, that was probably the right 30% to delete....