Deleted PMs Accessible by Admin?

[smoothie]

If a PM is deleted is there a backup of it somewhere that say Theymos could restore or access?

Just curious.

[Anduck]

As far as I know, yes. Theymos can access deleted messages. If I remember right, this was asked by someone long time ago but don't count on this.

[hilariousandco]

Yep, theymos can. He can see deleted posts and edits as well.

[smoothie]

Thanks guys.

[-ck]

Yes, but only admins, not moderators. They can see all edits and deletions and all history.

[theymos]

If both sender and recipient of a PM deletes it, then it's deleted from the database completely and I can't access it except through the daily database backups. (This is a massive pain, so don't expect me to do it for you...)

Deleted/edited posts are always saved forever.

[Mikez]

I personally don't mind that PMs are somewhat still accessible after being deleted, because most of the sensitive information isn't exchanged on a public forums's PM service.

Deleted/edited posts are always saved forever.

This however is very interesting, knowing everything is saved forever. Especially scammers that can't get away by deleting/editing their posts and threads.
Thanks theymos.

[dogie]

If both sender and recipient of a PM deletes it, then it's deleted from the database completely and I can't access it except through the daily database backups. (This is a massive pain, so don't expect me to do it for you...)

Deleted/edited posts are always saved forever.

If law enforcement requested it, how far back could you access? (Or how often do archives get purged?)