2006-09-13 06:11:10 · 5 answers · asked by jeff d 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
that is a trade secret,
if you knew that they would not be deleted, now would they.
2006-09-13 06:15:50 · answer #1 · answered by Noble Angel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the e-mail system. Some like Yahoo e-mail leave all your e-mail on a Yahoo server. It is never downloaded to your PC. So when you delete as e-mail they remove it from their server. A backup of all e-mail is made by the owner of the server and filed away in case they are hit with a court order for someone's old e-mail.
Other mail system, like Outlook Express, copy the e-mail down to your hard drive and remove it from the server. The owner of the server still makes a backup off all e-mail. But it e-mail also resides on your hard drive. When delete an e-mail, only the pointer to the e-mail is removed, and not the actual e-mail itself. The space it occupied is marked as blank space will eventually be overwritten by a new file or e-mail. At the point it can no longer to retrieved from your hard drive.
2006-09-13 13:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deleted e-mail is destroyed. Never to be seen again.
2006-09-13 15:42:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually the trash folder.
2006-09-13 13:13:15 · answer #4 · answered by Krazy4Becky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same place that one missing sock goes
2006-09-13 13:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by Shockey Monkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋