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by setig

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I am seeking guidance on where to find industry related information pertaining to email/server usage and retention policy. Are there any good sources on industry standards that we could research? I am developing policy standards to be enforced for the enterprise, which also will assist in risk mitigation in regards to privacy laws, so a certain amount of "legalise" will need to be included in the reports.

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by blano

Often these standards are driven by the industry you are in.
Example - financial services firms have major regulatory
guidelines for archiving email with systems that preserve
messages even when users delete them from their mail
database. Some firms you could investigate:
http://www.otg.com/
http://www.elronsoftware.com/productfamily/
ms_features.shtml

http://www.zantaz.com/flash.html

We always used basic server standards of 100MB per mail
file, had policies on employees subscribing to newsletters,
etc.. I would be glad to answer at length separately via
email if you prefer..

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