From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: September 16, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Can hotmail retreive my deleted email?
>
> Leo,
> My sister terminated her lease through her hotmail account,
> but forgot to save the email (admittedly not a good thing to
> do). She moved out at the end of her current lease and now
> the landlord is suing her for breaking the lease saying she
> never terminated. Hotmail has deleted the sent message. We
> tried contacting them, but they claim to not keep any
> archives. I do not believe this. Is it possible to subpoena
> them for that email and do you think they do keep records??
> The email was sent last November. thanks!!
Of course you can subpoena them, but the fact is that they
may not have the email. There's a tremendous amount of email
sent every day on Hotmail, and I can't imagine that they have
the resources, or the inclination, to save it all.
Best of luck,
Thanks for asking!
Leo
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