Saving e-mails could cost state more than $1 million

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's computer chief said Monday that it could cost more than $1 million to keep backup copies of the hundreds of thousands of e-mails that get sent and received daily by government workers.

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