Electronic Currents

E-mail Preservation Options

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Abstract

The prominent Atlantic journalist and blogger James Fallows recently described how an E-mail hacker destroyed records having great personal value: his wife’s entire Gmail archives, covering many years of her life. Although Fallows’ story ended happily, with the records having been recovered through insider connections at Google, it seems likely that, for the population in general, little E-mail correspondence is currently being saved and preserved for its historical value.

How to Cite:

Prom, C., (2012) “E-mail Preservation Options”, MAC Newsletter 39(3), 18-19.