2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat does it mean that the emails were found "on" the laptop
What does "on" the laptop mean? Does it mean they were downloaded and saved in a file? Does it mean they had been read on the laptop through the account and were retrievable only via intensive forensic measures?
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)even checking webmail probably leaves some traces.
These are the kinds of answers Comey should have provided once he decided to open his god damned mouth.
IMHO, most likely she used email software that synced to a server and she didn't really pay much attention to that.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Comey doesn't even have the warrant to look at the emails.
getagrip_already
(14,837 posts)Have you EVER used outlook, or ANY, email client on your computer. Ever heard of pop3 or IMAP?
Just Google it.
These apps download email every time you run them, and do so on a schedule if they are running.
No mystery.
rumdude
(448 posts)I've always read straight from the website.
LeftInTX
(25,548 posts)I had AOL software for years, and finally gave up on it in 2014 because it keep crashing.
I liked having an email client because it is easier to manage emails. Now I use webmail.
My kids have used nothing but webmail.
uponit7771
(90,363 posts)rumdude
(448 posts)Further, almost no one would use such an app on someone else's computer.
uponit7771
(90,363 posts)... use someone else's mail handler set up on their computer
rumdude
(448 posts)My mom used to use one as of circa 2007 - but not anymore.
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)What if he had her password and accessed her email account via his personal laptop... Maybe spying on his wife or just out of curiosity.
Foggyhill
(1,060 posts)A $10 buck program can UN delete almost anything, you don't even if the disk has been formatted or the OS reinstalled
The computer could have been a print server
Cloud accounts could have sinced data
Email clients could have sinced data
Machine on the same net could sinc data
Email clients often only keep x week of mail on the device, the rest gets deleted. That would mean that in many years thousands of emails could accumulate on the disk
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)LMAO
Save them to a thumb drive then transfer for copies to be made for HRC.
Or storage for emails...
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)I'm confused.