heavypredator said:
yea but each country will have other rules :/ and that suxx
regardless of the law, this might be a useful optional feature to offer hosting clients in any case... for both outgoing and incoming emails... sort of 'email backup service' or a service to search archives of emails.
I'm sure some clients would pay additionally for such a service, as it saves them from having to deal with their own email backup/archiving system.
There is a US law that requires certain types of businesses to provide emails on request for as far back as 7 years.... the loophole is, if the emails aren't being backed up, then there's no need to comply, but if you're backing up email then you have to provide any that are requested.
I'd think, the first step is to configure your server to not allow SMTP messages.. so that your clients have to email through your server, however, this doesn't prevent them from configuring their email software to relay through another server.