Hi

Micah Stevens wrote:

Taken to the logical extreme, knowing the deleteing mail (after dumping the trash) isn't actually removed from the database until you run the purge, would it be illeagal in Germany to purge deleted email?
there is a difference. deleting via imap just "moves" them to the trash folder but in fact does not remove the mail from your account yet until the user does empty the trash folder.

but he suggested deleting the content of the trash folder even if the user does not empty it! THIS is a violation against federal law. there is a difference between an existing mail and a "rest" of a deleted mail in the system.

How far do you take this? Seems silly to me. The intent of a trashcan is clearly 2 things, a temporary storage mechanism to allow for the oops factor, and to mark items as not needed. If you provide for the oops factor, I think this is perfectly fair.
(1) i do not make the law
(2) its not silly its a protection of peoples privacy
(3) i dont want ppl tellin me what to delete and when. it should be *only* my decision. ;)


Another example of government being silly IMHO..
depends of your point of view. e.g. if you are the postmaster or the user...


On Saturday 26 February 2005 06:50 pm, Jeff Brenton wrote:
Hello Simon,

S>>The perfect solution to this is to send out periodic "privacy notices"
to

users, pointing out that anything left on the system, including mail left
in the trash folder, is subject to seizure during any official inquiry.
SL> does not work in germany. a federal law is a federal law and sending
SL> notices prior to violate against them is no solution. even contract
must SL> not violate (even in parts only) federal law.

Who said anything about the system operator deleting them? If the people
are at all paranoid, they'll make sure they empty their trash folder at the
earliest opportunity. The notice simply points out that "in the trash"
isn't "deleted", and anything they don't want made public in an official
inquiry should not be left in the trash bin.

Of course, I would also have a policy in effect that enforces a total
mailbox size, and let people know that, when their mailbox is "full",
further mail would be bounced back to the sender, until they made room in
their mailbox.

Unless, of course, THAT is also illegal in Germany...
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