hotmail / outlook does still delete email from inactive accounts, and then the account itself. you have to log in every <270 days (9 months) to keep the system from deleting your mail and in <12 months to keep your email address/account alive.[1] but you will get emails to your secondary email address as a warning before this happens. gmail also does the same, but likely on a longer time horizon[2].

[2] I worked on outlook.com and http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oemail-...

[2] https://www.quora.com/Will-Google-deactivate-my-Gmail-accoun...

Likewise. It was a really sad day when I realized I couldn't find e-mails I sent and received when I touched the internet for the first time.

It would have been quite a ride down nostalgia lane.

I still remember too. 28 days? I was easily off-grid for 28 days.

At the moment, we are heavily focusing on "exit strategies" for outsourcing agreements in regulated industries. Banking is leading the way, followed by insurance, but it's hard not to recommend to any CRO in a company with business to lose.

I worked for a listed game company. We often delete inactive account for making a better revenue report. Once an account is deleted，all the money he paid can be immediately confirmed as revenue.