That "Gmail is creepy" site is too funny. Mmmmm FUD.
| Google offers 1 gig of storage, which is many times the storage offered by Yahoo or Hotmail, or other Internet service providers that we know about. The powerful searching encourages account holders to never delete anything. It takes three clicks to put a message into the trash, and more effort to delete this message. It's much easier to "archive" the message, or just leave it in the inbox and let the powerful searching keep track of it. Google admits that even deleted messages will remain on their system, and may also be accessible internally at Google, for an indefinite period of time. |
If that 1 gig is so terrible, I wonder why all the other webmail providers are scrambling to up their amount of storage?
To put a message in the trash, one must check the box beside the message, then click "move to trash". To empty the trash, go to trash folder and do the same. Every webmail account I have ever had has worked like this.
Yes, any provider might keep your messages in their databases for as long as they please. Hitting your "delete" key doesn't really delete anything, any more than formatting your hard drive permanently erases your data.
Anti-FUD...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1571462,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000585
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4707
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