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Thinkingabout

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1. I read the .gov servers was not backing up the data, not that it could not be done.

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2015, 09:53 PM

Mar 2015

There was a directive which went out in 2011 and to be completed by 2016 to make sure all .gov servers was backing up. Backups has been around for years but as for myself I have not had a regular backup occurring everyday, week, etc and this did not mean I could not backup but I did not back up. There is a difference.

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So let's talk about email. [View all] Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 OP

I read the .gov servers was not backing up the data, not that it could not be done. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #1

Congrats, then, you read it more right than some. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #2

Yes, i agree. it is like yes tgere are back ups available, didnt know you wanted it Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #3

I heard something crazy in passing..,Maybe I misheard it... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #4

sendmail that is used to send mail doesn't just have messages stored on the destination host... cascadiance Mar 2015 #5