I haven't read most of this thread, but I'll add this...I've been out of the large corporate game for eight years now, but EVERY single email I ever sent or received could be retrieved if necessary going back over 20 years. NOTHING was ever deleted without a permanent backup on tape. Email was just the tip of the iceberg....I could also data mine VPN, firewall logs etc. and tell the legal dept. exactly what a user was accessing too...I didn't have to worry about big brother watching me...I was he
