Urban legend, I think not.
Working in IT support doesn't grant me a lot of laughs. Although occasionally, it's the only appropriate response. To wit, a call I took the other day about a user who kept on losing her email, every three weeks, without fail. Confused as to why this was happening, exploratory question revealed to me the cause of this. She was using the deleted items folder in Outlook to file her emails. I politely suggested she set up personal folders (.pst files) and showed her how to do this. She called back a week later, still losing her email. It turned out she'd sort of followed my suggestion, but not completely. She'd set up a bunch of folders, right enough. In the deleted items folder.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 6 Dec 2012, 12:52, 3 replies)

Yep
There's a surprising number of complete fucking morons who do this.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Thu 6 Dec 2012, 13:30, closed)

True that
My colleague spoke to someone else doing the same thing, not five minutes ago.

We've also had people wondering why their computer won't work in the middle of a power cut.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 6 Dec 2012, 13:53, closed)

Add to that
people who wonder why their wireless internet wont work after the router has been delivered, not realising they have to plug the fucker in first.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 6 Dec 2012, 14:38, closed)