question about deleted e-mails

I just logged out of this forum, got the "You need to login" invite screen, hit the back button and the page I was looking at came back up just as if I was still on... However, when I attempted to "respond" to this thread, I got the "You need to LogIn" invite before I could actually respond...

As for the rest, y'all have cleared up a few notions I've had.... :)
 
vret said:
Rough, I think missed the rest of my comment about the timing. If you walk try to do it +5min (or whatever the expiration time may be) later, then you are correct it doesn't work. But I seen with my own 2 eyes a person click Log Out on Gmail then walk away and someone click Back a moment later and all the previous person's emails sitting right there. Hell, I've done it myself in a "Wait, I forgot something!" moment.
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Ah. I didn't know that about gmail. I have an account there but almost never use it or even check it. I wonder why google would do that when the rest of the online email services, or at the least yahoo and hotmail, make it so one must log in again before viewing the page.
 
roughedges said:
Ah. I didn't know that about gmail. I have an account there but almost never use it or even check it. I wonder why google would do that when the rest of the online email services, or at the least yahoo and hotmail, make it so one must log in again before viewing the page.
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It does not look like they do. I just logged out of mine and immediately hit back and all I got was the login screen.
 
s2welee said:
It does not look like they do. I just logged out of mine and immediately hit back and all I got was the login screen.
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That's what I would think too. Especially if you clear the cache, history and delete the cookies.
 
I have a 80Gig HDD and am trying to get more 'free' space... so do these so called 'deleted' files, and I am referring to photo's and Word documents as well, still take up disc space?
 
Bonkers said:
I have a 80Gig HDD and am trying to get more 'free' space... so do these so called 'deleted' files, and I am referring to photo's and Word documents as well, still take up disc space?
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No, once the index information is deleted, the space those files reside in will be overwritten when new data is saved.
 
SpookyPistolero said:
So what would one do to just totally erase a hard drive? Does re-formatting chosen at bootup do that? Or is it still recoverable by a smartie pants at some point.
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Negative, not good. DBAN is a good solution. Failing that don't stop with the hammer 'till it's tender.
 
roughedges said:
No, once the index information is deleted, the space those files reside in will be overwritten when new data is saved.
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Thanks for you explanation.:thumbup:

I can't even think about the advice ofbaldtaco-II without whincing!:p
 
Bonkers said:
Thanks for you explanation.:thumbup:

I can't even think about the advice ofbaldtaco-II without whincing!:p
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You're welcome. but, just to be clear, while they no longer take up disc space, they are still easily recoverable. Less easy, they are even still recoverble once overwritten. As James Todd says, if you have some truly sensitive information, 7 formats of the free space is considered the standard.
 
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