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Originally Posted by Rob C
I might be missing something here, but since when did ISPs have an obligation to provide storage space for their customers.
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Already coverred this bit above. In short nobody is claiming they have this obligation.
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An ISPs server mailbox is litterally like the Royal Mail's sorting office. We don't ask Royal Mail to store our mail, indefinitely. Why should we expect an ISP to do that for us?
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I don't think the analogy holds but even if it did then there's no reason why it has to remain etched in stone.
As for why we should expect an ISP not to delete mail well it's for all the reasons outlined above but here again:-
1. Other email providers are doing it.
2. It's useful to have remote backups. Storing important mail in a mailbox seems sensible to me.
3. It could give a competitive advantage.
4. It has negligible cost attached to it compared to the incoming revenue stream and due to the savings made in deflecting/filtering spam plus the ever decreasing cost of storage.
5. It's not theirs to delete in the first place. I'm sure there was some law passed that grants emails the same status as personal correspondence with regard to ownership.
I'm just about done now. Will probably raise it again in another year or so
