Re: Email Retention Policy

we keep out for about 5 yrs.



On November 12, 2004 1:02 pm, Chuck Hutchings wrote:
> I also work in the financial sector, and am addressing this same problem
> right now. There is no industry wide standard as far as I know, and I
> also would like to see one. At the moment, I'm facing the possibility of
> retaining emails for as long as seven years. The best I can say is that
> "it depends" (in the words of Mark Rasch www.solutionary.com), and what
> it mainly depends on is your security policy. If that says that you keep
> emails for three years, then you keep them for three years, and then
> eliminate them.
>
> Chuck
>
> Robert Mezzone wrote:
> > Is there a site that dicuss' what companies are doing regarding email
> > and document retention in a corporate environment, I couldn't find
> > anything on Google. I don't think think there is such a thing but
> > thought I'd ask. My impression is it's a policy put into place by
> > corporate management, and there is no industry wide standard, baring
> > some government regulations of course. I work in the financial
> > industry, if that matters.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Robert