[Imap-uw] Outlook deadlock

[Per Foreby]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, John Kelly wrote:

> INBOX messages not read in 40 days will probably never be read. Folder 
> messages not handled in 120 days will probably never be handled. My retention 
> policy is configurable per user, per folder, for any who feel strongly 
> otherwise. But even then, I extend the limits only so far. If people want to 
> archive their mail forever, there's always gmail.

I suppose it depends on the kind of you operation you run. We are a 
university where students and employees expect to be able to use their 
INBOX (or any other folder) for archiving. If they are on a 
research trip to some godforsaken location without email, they will of 
course expect their unread email to be intact when they return.

Only a few years ago, I put a lot of time into chasing users with large 
mailboxes. These days, I occasionally send email to the most space 
consuming users, but I hardly follow up on it. Disk is cheap, and 
thanks to the mix format, the backup problem is gone.

> IMO, it's a bad idea to archive mail at any public provider. It's an open 
> invitation to government snooping. The CIA, the FBI, the IRS, and the NSA can 
> NYA.
>
> NYA?  Think about it ...

Nose Your Armpit?

/Per