FYI, there is a product for Exchange called ActiveFolders that is very reasonably priced. It does have the option of searching PST files.
John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Davidson > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Pete McNiel's Product Proposal > > Great discussion here guys, the SOX guidelines for retention are very open > ended, bottom line is that if a company is mandated to produce documents > they better produce those documents and they better produce them in a > reasonable amount of time. Body searching is essential to being able to do a > thorough retrieval. > > Pete, I think you have a good idea there and I would certainly be interested > in looking at your product. I have spent the past two weeks looking for a > reasonably priced canned solution and have yet to find one. The coolest > product I found was made by iLumin but it was $150,000, many out sourced > archiving companies are built around this technology and are very high > priced as well. > > There is certainly a market out there for a reasonably priced archiving > solution for small to medium sized businesses. Not only would a solution for > SEC and SOX compliance be useful but any company that wanted to protect > themselves against or help in employee litigation cases would find it > useful. Another simple use would be to retrieve lost email or "accidentally > deleted" email in POP3 environments. > > A basic archive to start with would be great and then maybe in the future > add the ability to index and search attachment content :-) > > Rick Davidson > National Systems Manager > North American Title Group > - > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pete McNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:42 PM > Subject: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] Determining a BCC Recipient > > > > On Thursday, October 28, 2004, 10:44:32 PM, Matt wrote: > > > > M> Patrick Childers wrote: > > > >>>Hi Pete, > >>>I think your gut is right. I'm pretty sure that I have 2 clients that > >>>would > >>>be quite interested in "SOXsniffer". <g> > >>> > >>> > > > > M> Not to debate the applicability of the technology, but you shouldn't > > M> proceed under the assumption that government regulators are out there > > M> giving IT staff lists of words to be used in "full-text search" of > > M> E-mail archives. That is not the law, and it is not how subpoenas are > > M> issued. > > > > <snip/> > > > > All really appreciated Matt. > > > > I think the point is that the basic requirements can easily be met, > > and the search capability, which can be very useful in mundane and > > even positive circumstances, can be provided without a significant > > additional effort. > > > > So, for a very low cost, those who might not otherwise be able to > > afford the high-end systems you allude to can have the core of a > > fairly robust capability. I'm sure that core capability can and will > > be extended as needed if I do the job right. > > > > No assumptions here about marketability or suitability - only a raw > > capability that has a high potential for a low cost... and, based on > > my own experiences, having this kind of thing "in your back pocket" > > can be very powerful. I can recall times when a mechanism like this > > would not only have saved me days - even weeks of work, but also would > > have provided a significant competitive advantage. > > > > Consider auditing an engineering (or any large) project near > > completion or after initial deployment. The ability to extract all > > correspondence on the project in an inexpensive and orderly fashion is > > mind-bendingly powerful. -- Dump the results into a searchable mail > > archive system and you have a searchable, threaded reference that you > > didn't know you would need "until now". > > > > Or... when "the boss" comes down and says: "I need you to tell me > > _exactly_ what happened here..." in that uncomfortable way that only > > pointy-haired fellows can really achieve... Been there, done that, got > > the t-shirt and the bumper sticker. It just makes you shiver. > > > > (Where would we be without Dilbert?) > > > > Anyway - I recognize your point about setting an appropriate policy. I > > just make hammers... I'll let other folks drive the nails where they > > are needed ;-) > > > > This is now decidedly off topic for Declude. > > Sorry for the extra bandwidth. > > > > Best all, > > > > _M > > > > > > --- > > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > > --- > > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > > > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". 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