Comments for Can I retrieve a deleted email from three years ago?

Comment from Richard on 2007-10-23

2007-10-23T07:36:55Z

Search for "Avira UnErase Personal", it used to be called CIA Unerase (from Datapol). The website says "The private, non-commercial use of Avira UnErase Personal is free." Hope this helps.

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Comment from Ronny on 2007-10-20

2007-10-20T19:35:57Z

I back up my computer to CD's and I keep those backups for a long time. What Leo did not mention was that if you also back up your computer and keep the backups, you might can recover the email from the backup.

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Comment from Gord Campbell on 2007-10-20

2007-10-20T15:39:45Z

Most people use Outlook Express. When they delete a message, it goes into the "deleted items" folder, where it stays until they buy a new computer. Only geeks go into Deleted Items and clean it up. And only geeks use shift-delete, which truly deletes the message.

So a different answer would be, "if you use Outlook Express, and if you did a simple delete of the message, try going into the Deleted Items folder and looking for the old email."

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Comment from Ron Barker on 2007-10-20

2007-10-20T13:17:28Z

You will find some information re:Computer data recovery principles at:

http://www.wikicrimeline.co.uk/index.php?title=Computer_data_recovery_principles

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Comment from Ken B on 2007-10-19

2007-10-19T13:13:30Z

My e-mail program keeps all of the messages for each folder I create in a single text file. When I delete a message, it simply flags the message's header that it's deleted. Until/unless I compact the folder, the entire e-mail is still there. And, even if I compact that folder, there's still a copy of all deleted e-mails in the "Trash" folder, unless I empty the trash.

I routinely compact the folders and empty the trash, not for "security reasons", but because it recovers the disk space used by them. However, if I didn't do that, then every e-mail I've every received would still be there.

But, as you said, a lot depends on the program you use.

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