Backups: Weekly full, daily incremental (our backups include IS, Exchange Directory, mailbox backups & pst files. Tapes are kept for 1 week & 1 week only, then over-written, after two months daily tapes migrated to weekly tapes, and then used for two months then they are erased and disposed of and a new set is started. Legally we were advised to not do any email backups, however, mgmt wanted something so we settled on this plan.
Offsite - None for Exchange
No mailbox size limits, we do use Mailbox Manager weekly to delete messages older than 45 days.
Deleted Item Retention - 0 Days
Someone has already stated that you should check with your lawyers and take their advice and only backup & retain what they recommend. Legally, email backups are in a different category than data files are. If the information (email) is available, then in case of a lawsuit, you can be forced to restore and produce that information.
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Laliberty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 3:53 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Mail Retention Policy
Hello everyone,
My boss has asked me to get a sampling of what others are doing for mail retention (Backups, offsite storage, mail limits, and on-server retention). Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Keith Laliberty
SR. Network Admin
Mahi Networks
List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
List Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
