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Re:Email privacy bill unanimously passes U.S. House by JOnAgain on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @08:15PM (#11585704)
do they not need a warrant for emails not 180 days old?

Edit: Do they need a warrant for emails less than 180 days old?

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Re:Email privacy bill unanimously passes U.S. House by deadowl on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @09:21PM (#11585973)
If they're on a home email server, they always need a warrant. For hosted email, they don't require a warrant for older emails.
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Re:Email privacy bill unanimously passes U.S. House by ryanfreeborn on Thursday April 28, 2016 @02:29AM (#11586866)
That's not really the case. The courts have decided otherwise:

http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Theofel_v._Farey-Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Warshak

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Re:Email privacy bill unanimously passes U.S. House by nbb on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @09:12PM (#11585937)
Ummm... yes?
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