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Deleting E-mail Could Get You In Trouble

Posted by timothy on from the not-yet-mandatory-for-your-own-email dept.

Sterling D. Allan writes "A story in the Deseret News cautions governments and corporations from deleting legitimate email. Expensive measures are being called into place to archive the mail for future subpoena purposes. Think Enron on one hand. Think Monicagate on the other. Next they'll ask us to keep recordings of all our phone conversations? Big brother gets bigger -- with good reasons, as always. What about all those business propositions I get from Nigeria. Do I have to keep those too? "Get rich from home" (to pay for the purchase of a new hard drive to contain all your spam). One man's junk is another man's treasure. You never know what an IRS agent might find lucky."

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  1. Treasure, eh? by justkarl · · Score: 5, Funny

    One man's junk is another man's treasure. You never know what an IRS agent might find lucky.

    Wait, what? Are you saying that IRS agents have small penises, and want to get rich from home, and want to gain a full cup size, and save Nigerian people from occupation?

  2. Re:It's RTFA time... by zors · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, a new low for slashdot. even the original submitter didnt read the article. Well, more low than new really.

  3. on the other hand.. by plasm4 · · Score: 3, Funny

    While "Deleting E-mail Could Get You In Trouble," not deleting it. will make you blind.

  4. Doesn't the government do that for me? by cockroach2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it's called echelon...

  5. Wait a moment... by lesv · · Score: 3, Funny
    What about all those business propositions I get from Nigeria. Do I have to keep those too?

    You should probably delete them, so that when they turn out to be true, you can't be sued for corporate malfeasance for not having responded appropriatly. :)