Hidden Hotmail Folder!

[herme3]

I have had my Hotmail account for about 4 years, and there have been two times where messages that I have deleted appeared in my Inbox. These were messages that I had deleted months ago, and removed from the trash can. However, they just came back into my Inbox. I was sure that Microsoft was secretly keeping deleted messages on their server.

 

I e-mailed Microsoft, and they promised that they did not keep any deleted messages. They claimed that once a message was deleted from the trash can, it was gone forever.

 

I didn't really believe this, and I was still sure that there was a hidden place in my Hotmail account that contained deleted messages. Now, I think I have found it. I was carefully looking at the packets that were sent to my computer when I accessed my Hotmail account. I discovered that there is a hidden folder in every Hotmail account that is named, "sAVeD". There doesn't appear to be any way to access this folder, or even see it from Hotmail's web site. However, I can prove that it exists.

 

Try to create a new folder in your Hotmail account that is named, "sAVeD". You will get an error message that says the message already exists! Now, does anybody have any ideas how I can see what is inside this folder? I have a feeling that there are a lot of old messages in there...

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

I believe email providers are required to keep copies of old email messages for a certain period of time before they are actually deleted.

[RyanJ]

I believe email providers are required to keep copies of old email messages for a certain period of time before they are actually deleted.

 

You are correct, it does.

 

I think its for 2 months and this is for security and incase there is soemthing in the E-mail that may be relevevant to an inestigation or the like.

These E-mails can never be read unless there is a reason to do so like an investigation so no need to worry there.

 

Some phone companies do this also, when you phone certian companies say to buy something, at random you may be taped for security reasons yet again - nothing to worry about unless you've done something wrong

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones

[5614]

If you place the mouse cursor over the Inbox folder then in IE you can see the thing at the bottom of the page which looks like this:

 

 

It's the end digit that changes everytime, so:

Inbox = 1

Trash = 2

Sent = 3

Drafts = 4

Junk = 5

 

Maybe if we could make it open 6 it might be the sAVeD folder.

 

Although custom added folders turn up random stuff like this:

So if sAVeD is a random thing like the above we may have little chance.

 

Other than that I'm still looking around.

 

[edit]

I e-mailed Microsoft, and they promised that they did not keep any deleted messages. They claimed that once a message was deleted from the trash can, it was gone forever.

Then tell them they're breaking the law (because of what RyanJ said) and see what they say

[5614]

Maybe if we could make it open 6 it might be the sAVeD folder.

Nah, that don't work. If you do anything other than the standard 1-5 then it automaticall redirects you to the Inbox.

[RyanJ]

Nah, that don't work. If you do anything other than the standard 1-5 then it automaticall redirects you to the Inbox.

 

Again 100% true.

 

The folder its self is protected there is no way you can actually get it unless you want to try your heart at some hardcore server hacking and then you'd probably still fail to find it. Its probably encripted too to stop hackers getting to the files.

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones

[5614]

Thinking about it, they have no need to host it online, so it's probably archived in some offline file server. If so it would be damn near impossilbe to access it.

[RyanJ]

Thinking about it, they have no need to host it online, so it's probably archived in some offline file server. If so it would be damn near impossilbe to access it.

 

Yes your right it is. I don';t think ther eis any way to access it at all through the internet, many have tried and many have failed too

 

If Microsoft had any sence they would do as you said and host it offline which they do actually do for security reasons

 

Cheers,

 

Ryan Jones