> This sounds like a slippery slope: where do you stop? SMTP, MAILER,
> LISTSERV logs? end-users' logs/archives?  Those questions might better be
> answered by competent counsel.
>
> Bill Gates need not apply.
>
> At 10:55 11/22/98 -0500, Roger Fajman said:
> |We would like to have the ability for the list owner to specify
> |automatic pruning of archives.  There have been a number of cases
> |of email being used against the sender in legal proceedings.  For
> |internal working group lists there may be a good reason to keep
> |archives, but not to keep them too lang.

It has been answered by a lot of lawyers.  They say don't keep your
email around for a long time.

LISTSERV and SMTP logs don't contain the contents of the email.
Most people prune those after a relatively short time anyway.

I'm not concerned about end-user archives.  That's up to the users.