You CAN'T accidentally delete 5 MILLION emails

[ck4829]

Last time I checked, destroying subpoenaed things was a CRIME.

Why is this not being more aggressively pursued?

[Maddy McCall]

1. I wish you could.

My inbox at bellsouth takes hours to delete. :cry:

[uppityperson]

10. they keep sending you penis enlargement ads and offers of free money.

First off, if you don't have a good enough friend to help you, would rather trust a total stranger on the internet, I don't want anything to do with you. Secondly, I don't have a penis. Thank you. I hate spam.

[MrSlayer]

2. Sure you can.

Stephen Colbert showed just how easy it is to do a couple of weeks ago.

[CK_John]

3. Yes you can, if you own or control the server, which RNC did do. Example,

I think you'll agree, Yahoo can delete mail on its server. The RNC could delete its mail and did.

It was illegal for Rove and the gang to be using a non white house server for gov transactions. They are probably in some Swiss bank vault by now and will be hauled out whenever * needs a few bucks for a book around 2012. IMO.

[Turbineguy]

4. Bush tries

to appoint the kind of people who delete 1 email accidentally 5 million times.

[MichaelHarris]

5. Well

you either have to hold the "Shift" key down a long time or find the "Select All" button and scroll button for about 12 days.

[Pavulon]

6. Agent based destruction

companies use features in domino and exchange that automatically archive and destroy data. It must comply with written policy. IE you cant just change it on the fly.

You can set these tools to stop a user from archiving their own files.

There is a difference in deletion and destruction.

[L. Coyote]

7. Past Post: Email-Gate FACTS: Felons, georgewbush.com, gwb43.com , et. al.

Email-Gate FACTS: Felons, georgewbush.com, gwb43.com , et. al.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x523978

Thanks, this issue needs a resurrection. Too many scandals, too little time (sound like a strategy?).

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. I'd have a hard time just creating 5 million emails.... n/t

[Az]

9. Its more difficult than you think

Particularly considering server backups and the ability to recover data from harddrives. In order to make 5 million+ emails disappear and not be recoverable you have to put quite a bit of effort into it.

[Solo_in_MD]

11. Its fairly easy to set up a system the is immune to forensic recovery

and simply doesn't save things over a certain date and does not archive.

How this can be done was pretty well thrashed out some time ago

[Az]

13. True enough but

That is not how things are done on a regular basis. To suggest that 5 million emails met their end due to a selfdestruct button that just accidently happened to be set up on this collection of data is stretching creduality.

[Solo_in_MD]

14. Its an unusual configuration, but I have done several of them in recent years

[Bucky]

12. Emails are nothing. Look how fast it took him to delete 3000 soldiers' lives

Thank God we have a print out of the Bill of Rights--you know he'd do a Alt+F4 on that if he could.

[MazeRat7]

15. Oh yes you can.. the question is why can't you get them back after the delete ?

I've made worse mistakes in my career, but you know what... I have always been able to "restore" the data after an accidental delete. Granted this has only happened two times in a 25year career but still.... the number were larger (in terms of records deleted) and yet... We were able to recover. Good thing too, it would have been my ass had we not.

I'm just sayin'

MZr7

[MiniMe]

16. I thought Rove's lawyer had copies of the emails

which of course would be illegal unless he has security clearances.

[gravity]

17. Based on their incompetence, it seems possible

:shrug: