IIRC, it's a couple hundred years.
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Ryan Finnesey <[email protected]> wrote: > I would bet microfilm has a shelf life as well :). > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jul 2, 2013, at 4:36 PM, "Mike Pace" <[email protected]> wrote: > > We set up a small committee here (local, county government) which > included Attorney, I.S., Personnel and Records people. We folded our email > retention policy into our generic file retention policy. This has > streamlined our backup retention policy as well.**** > > ** ** > > The key determination (in my opinion) was that the only permanent records > we have are on Microfilm and stored in the state archives. Everything else > has a shelf life which is not indefinite. This was a big change for us…we > had kept backups on hand for 7 years (arbitrary time period that someone > decided on).**** > > ** ** > > Mike**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *William Robbins > > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 02, 2013 1:34 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] E-mail retention**** > > ** ** > > Indeed. ©**** > > > **** > > > - WJR**** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:*** > * > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 12:05 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > Given this: > > > > http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/doc/recmgmt/train/erm/emailman806.pdf > > > > Would it be the responsibility of the government entity to know the > correct > > retention period for each message they receive? I’m trying to help a > client > > determine how long e-mail should be kept, including the brick-level > backups > > I have… > > This the NT system administration list. You want a lawyer. > > I'm dead serious. This is not an IT question, it's a law question. > Contact corporate counsel. > > -- Ben > > **** > > ** ** > >
