So how do you plan to enforce a policy for individual PST's? - WJR
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:28, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > That's what I'm dealing with here... a bunch of individual PST files on > everyone's PCs. Which is what got me to thinking about needing a formal > retention policy. > > > > From: Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:36 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Email retention > > 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 > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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 > ~ 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 > > ________________________________________ > Any medical information contained in this electronic message is > CONFIDENTIAL > and privileged. 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