In regards to email, we were able to establish a retention policy that messages in the Inbox, Sent Items, and Deleted Items folders are all deleted after 90 days. Exchange mailbox manager allowed to do that weekly. Don't manage other folders. Not perfect, but it helped.
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Don Guyer <[email protected]>wrote: > I’d be interested in a solution to this. Been fighting it for years to no > avail, other than running a “data inventory” program (such as TreeSize) and > doing a manual compare. > > > > Don’t forget all of the email attachments saved along with the original > email… > > > > J > > > > 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:* S Powell [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, December 03, 2010 11:17 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* document sprawl > > > > Hello Everybody </Dr. Nick> > > > > I'd like to pick your brains about how you deal with document sprawl, I was > reading in another thread about how users would use their "Recycle Bin" as > their archive. <shudder> > > we have users that will keep tens of copies of the same document in various > locations around their "My Documents"; as well as in tens of locations > within our "shared" folders on the network ... > > > > User education only goes so far when it comes to "please don't do that" as > they nod and then keep doing it. > > I think we've moved beyond being nice and we've found ourselves > > mired in needing a sledgehammer. I'd just like to wrap it in a bit of > velvet. > > > > Thoughts, Policies, procedures etc, would be helpful in this. > > > > TIA > > > > ./s > Google.com Learn it. Live it. Love it. > > ~ 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
