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dustyData@lemmy.world 10 months agoPlease archive shit. It’s OK to save old data, but not on the service. There are ways. Even banks, the most obsessive and legally strapped data hoarders keep their 5+ year old data in deep cold storage, away from the active services. 99.9^% of information that old won’t be looked at by anyone.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not true.
It’s much easier to keep old data in active storage where it can be classified, searched, and have retention/deletion policies applied. Moving it elsewhere makes it more likely you’ll just hang onto it forever while not using it at all.
dustyData@lemmy.world 10 months ago
When was the last time you had to find a 20 year old email? Share your anecdotes.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I don’t disagree that you should set up retention policies to delete old email, I disagree that you should remove old emails from primary service/storage.
I actually did need a 15 year old email a few months ago. I don’t recall what I needed, but I then set up a retention policy to delete old stuff.
Lemming6969@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Warranty… Some are 15-20 years, but you need proof of purchase docs, which are often emailed data.
dustyData@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why not having an archive of exclusively warranties? Emails can be downloaded, indexed and compressed.