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dustyData@lemmy.world 1 day 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 23 hours 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 23 hours ago
When was the last time you had to find a 20 year old email? Share your anecdotes.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 23 hours 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 21 hours ago
Warranty… Some are 15-20 years, but you need proof of purchase docs, which are often emailed data.
dustyData@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Why not having an archive of exclusively warranties? Emails can be downloaded, indexed and compressed.