Well, I'd join management in their resistance of an IT guy, no matter how talented being the one to manually delete mail on a retention period, even if the policy contains proper exclusions for items which need to be retained longer (some of which need to be retained significanly longer than a 5 year tape rotation). Sorry, I don't think it's an efficient use of someone that talented and it's too prone to human error.
> -----Original Message----- > From: James Liddil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:57 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Policy issue > > > Our lawyer is quite familiar with our business and what we > do. Not to defend lawyers or anything. They are well versed > in the 21CFR11 and FDA issues we face along with the legal > implications of having "no policy" as we do now. So by > default our policy for me to follow becomes keep everything > and make sure backups are archived for 5 years. No system is > perfect but the fact is that if you have no policy it then > gives a lawyer who walks in the door for "discovery" purposes > the right to sit and look over my shoulder while I go through > all the IS and tapes. > > Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 12:33 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Policy issue > > > > > > It's unlikely that you or the system itself has the ability > > to delete mail in accordance with a well written retention > > policy (no offense, I've been researching this subject for a > > book for quite some time). If your legal counsel has simply > > given you a retention policy of something like 'everything > > older than 120 days should go' then I'd respectfully suggest > > you ask your legal counsel to revisit the policy as it's > > woefully inadequate.. especially for a company such as yours. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Liddil > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Sent: 10/4/2002 9:00 AM > > 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. _________________________________________________________________ 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]
