Just ration your time a little differently the next time the lawyers need data spread across 50 PSTs, and they may find it useful to deploy archiving.
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Roger Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm working for a private firm with no formal retention policy. Plus, due > to limited server storage we have to function with PST files. The big > problem is that these all become searchable when lawyers require "all > documentation." What a pain! A mail archiving system would be a Godsend > but the executives have nixed the proposals so far. > > > Roger Wright > ___ > > When it's GOOD there ain't nothin' like it, and when it's BAD there ain't > nothin' like it! > > > > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:29 AM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks. I'll advise my boss that we should seek legal guidance on that. >> :-) >> >> >> >> From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:24 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Email retention >> >> IANAL, however, I believe the sticking point may be (for private firms, >> anyway) that if you ever find yourself in litigation, the lawyers will ask >> what your formal retention policy is… >> >> If they find you on either side of that retention policy, you could be up >> a >> creek, because then they either blast you for not adhering to corporate >> policy, or they say, “Well, since you have emails that are 120 days old, >> even though your policy dictates 90 days, then you must certainly have >> more >> so, give us EVERYTHING.” >> >> If it were up to me, (HA!) I would get corporate counsel to give me a >> guideline, formalize it as corporate policy, and stick to it. >> Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE >> Technology Coordinator >> Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA >> [email protected] >> www.eaglemds.com >> ________________________________________ >> From: Don Guyer [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:16 AM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Email retention >> >> I believe we keep 6 months on tape, latest 2 weeks on SAN. >> >> Don Guyer >> Systems Engineer - Information Services >> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group >> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue >> Devon, PA 19333 >> Direct: (610) 993-3299 >> Fax: (610) 650-5306 >> [email protected] >> >> From: Jeff Brown [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:14 AM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Email retention >> >> Our owner wanted 30 days to be standard retention policy for email. >> Lawyers >> said 90. We keep everything 90 days. >> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> There is no standard, it's determined by business requriements and >> regulatory requirements for your industry. >> SOX rules are for publicly traded companies, so you're asking >> contradictory >> questions. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:04 AM, John Aldrich >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> What's the standard for email retention for companies which are NOT >> publicly >> traded? What's the SOX rules on email retention? I just helped one of our >> managers open some Outlook data files dating back to 2007 which got me >> thinking about the wisdom of retaining information that long and I wasn't >> sure what the "norm" is for retaining that info. >> >> Thanks... >> >> Thanks, >> John Aldrich >> IT Manager, >> Blueridge Carpet >> 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
