Re: [PCTECH] If you're planning to use GMail for mission criticalmail, read this

[Mike <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ya, after they complain, Google quietly looks for them and recovers them.

On Nov 16, 2007 8:20 AM, <Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> <snip>
> And seriously, there were more than a couple of people that have lost
> their email in Google.  The ones where they lost only mail from one
> year, or lost their Inbox and not their Sent mail, those are
> particularly scary.
>
> Heck, even if it was user error, you'd think that Google would have
> backups to prevent this sort of thing.  Something like a transparent
> recycle bin that would hold deleted messages for 30 days to avoid
> "whoops" moments.
> </snip>
>
> If you read through the posts at the end of the article one of them
> mentions that the missing messages usually show up again after a few
> days.  Not optimal, but it sounds like the loss isn't permanent.
>
> Rick
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