2a62acab   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:36:48 GMT, programmernovice@yahoo.com wrote:   
      
   > I need to retrieve some emails sent via AOL, long since deleted   
   > permanently.  I don't use their software, rather I go to the site,   
   > enter my password and then type the emails.  I checked a couple of   
   > local firms who indicate that they are able to find them somewhere on   
   > my hard drive.   They claim that "anything ever typed or sent is on   
   > the hard drive and can be found and retrieved".  Is this true?  I'm   
   > scared of turning my machine over to these guys, who knows what damage   
   > they can do.  Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.   If this   
   > should be posted on another group, I would also appreciate the   
   > information.  Thanks.   
      
   They're full of shit. Your email is *gone*. The best you can do is contact   
   AOL and ask *them* if there's a copy stored on their servers somewhere.   
      
   (Yes, it's *possible* that your email is still stored locally, but the   
   chances of that being true, especially after however long "long since" is, is   
   microscopic.)   
      
   --   
   Why don't Australians call the rest of the world "Up Over"?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)