They got into trouble because, at that time, PROFs had no option to EVER delete an email. Everything that ever came thru PROFs was always retrieveable. That is, unless you formatted over the disks and tapes. There was no method to selectively destroy emails.
PROFs was modified afterwards to allow an authorized administrator to erase and completely eliminate emails based on a multitude of criteria. My source of info, is from the publically available trade magazines of the time. Not only in government was this a problem, but with litigation and corporations.. Time to enforce document retention policies. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting (I sure miss PROFs) Law of Cat Acceleration A cat will accelerate at a constant rate, until he gets good and ready to stop. >>> "Edward M. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/5/2008 8:19 AM >>> Seems that Oliver North got in trouble because there were off-site backups. Seems like that minor problem (having off-site backups) got fixed. Ed Martin 330-588-4723 ext 40441 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 7:18 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: whitehouse email The backups are kept safe and sound, right next to the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. But yeah, compared to the Clintons, the Bush regime has been remarkably scandal-free. Dennis It's 10:00 PM. Do you know where your backup tapes are? -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 16:13 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] whitehouse email No backups are needed. They have done nothing wrong or illegal, and not much of historical importance. :-) Regards, Richard Schuh
