I think you have some lawyers that are not quite up to snuff on this topic.
You could do their homework for them, but of course that would be practicing law. You should have a policy. They should be highly motivated to have you delete any and all old digital data (especially mail) that you can, with whatever legal and contractual constraints that you have to the contrary (some folks, like people in public agencies, are often legally prevented from deleting). The major problem is NOT what is in the mail, but rather the potential for huge discovery costs, and establishing context for whatever disjointed things are found in there. The potential cost hit is huge. We did not adopt a policy in this regard through any great wisdom or foresight. We waited until we had been hit by discovery activities about three times in one year (it was over a decade ago). But that bad year was enough to get us off the dime. -----Original Message----- From: James Liddil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 7:00 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Policy issue I seem to be facing resistance from management on implementation of an e-mail policy. Despite everything our legal counsel provided and such are not ready to go forward. They have a problem with either the system of myself deleting mail that past the retention period. Some feel that a member of management should be the one deleting the e-mail. I'm sure you can see what's wrong with that picture. I am looking for advice, besides sit on my hands and wait until an event happens that forces them to implement a policy. Jim Liddil _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
