content: .... A few hours later, the city "clarified" its original statement by claiming the deletion only affected emails "stored locally," which vanished when Kelly was given a new computer in 2013 -- and his old one wiped for reuse. In the latter explanation, the city claimed the only emails affected were those "three years or older" or "otherwise selected for archiving." (This auto-delete would seem to completely undermine the "archive" function, not to mention the definition of the word itself.) The city also said it could search the inboxes of other NYPD/city officials for copies of Kelly's emails. Neither statement is very reassuring, considering the preservation order took effect in 2010 when the lawsuit was filed and the city has yet to produce a single email.