Question about Cingular text messages

[iJon]

I have a question to ask the MacRumors community. I am wanting to know if Cingular stores text messages on their server and for how long. I might need an employee of Cingular to fill me in cause all I can get is contradicting answers from various places.

So far I am led to believe that they are indeed stored somewhere for a certain period of time (possibly 2-6 months) and a court ordered subpoena can obtain them.

Any info will be greatly appreciated and I am really looking for a correct answer from someone who knows for sure!

jon

 

[wongulous]

Well, unless Cingular is different from other carriers in terms of their internal SMS servers, they are only stored for 72 hours and/or until delivered.

Good luck with that.

 

[iJon]

Well, unless Cingular is different from other carriers in terms of their internal SMS servers, they are only stored for 72 hours and/or until delivered.

Good luck with that.

Thanks for the answer. I still seem to get different answers everywhere I look.

jon

 

[efoto]

Best bet is obviously to have it on your phone with the date and time-stamp which should be a legal submission in court.

AT&T (pre-Cingular) was 72 hours on server. Now with going to Cingular and back again I'm not sure the current system.