>>> I'm sure I have at least one
moderator who keeps digests. I hope.
You can setup an archive gmail account and have it get everything
(from now on) from the group, it'll be there for evidence if needed
in the future.
>>> disallowing members from deleting
heir own posts
I could be wrong on this (not all that knowledgeable on it) but
another reason this won't happen is GDRP, right? Wouldn't the
ability of the [mod/group/GIO] to restrict the user's data deletion
by the user themselves run afoul of it?
>>> Groups.io doesn't flag
moderators/owners when someone deletes a post.
Like J said, you're really asking for having mode message-deleted
notification. That message can be part of the evidence, the rest
would be the original email from the backup account mentioned above.