An Investment Advisor rep with a background as a programmer recently replaced Google Apps' email archiving system after being notified that Gmail's archiver accidentally deleted messages that should have been retained for the 15-month period from March 28, 2012 to June 18, 2013.
Google notified the advisor on September 5 of the failure, gave him a refund, and apologized profusely. In a lengthy mea culpa to Gmail archiving users affected by the failure, Google said it has rectified the problem and lists numerous steps it has taken to reduce the risk of another such failure. (The e
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