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Sander Rossel8-Mar-23 1:33
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Sander Rossel8-Mar-23 1:31
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Sander Rossel8-Mar-23 3:03
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Yes, that is heresy.
I've had to find an old email on multiple occasions, if only to tell a customer "yes, I did remind you/mention it/whatever, see email at [date from months ago]."
It costs me nothing to keep my mails from years ago, yet if I ever get into a dispute with a customer and I don't have relevant proof of my right (which could just as well be an email) it could cost me a lot of money.

In fact, I nearly got into such a dispute.
A customer wouldn't pay because I didn't finish their software.
Luckily, I could show them a nice long email history with all the times I reminded or asked my customer about something and never did I get an answer.
Ultimately, they paid almost everything.
Imagine how a few emails saved me about 15K.

In other occasions I was just happy to find an old email because it explained something I forgot about.
fgs1963 wrote:
I find it humorous that something we find so vitally important will become absolutely worthless the moment we retire (or die).
That's true for many things.
In fact, my parents already joke about all the "junk" they collect, like books, saying they'll keep it so I can throw it out once they're gone (which will hopefully be no sooner than about 30 years or so).

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