+1 Symantec Enterprise Vault was one that I found that did this before. Unfortunately not cheap.
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Don Andrews <don.andr...@safeway.com>wrote: > I don't know if you already have an archiving system in place but many of > them support the hunting down and imbibing of at least network attached > PSTs. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:05 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: PST data > > > > IT is all about change management. Start communicating NOW about the > business drivers for this – and why IT isn't the bad guy. Develop a phased > plan and tell them how you'll meet the needs of the business – not how you > are shoving this down their throat. Tell them how you'll back crap up so > that you can save their butts if the forget something. Make yourself look > like the hero that you are. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael > > I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php > > > > *From:* Brown, Larry [mailto:larry.br...@dplinc.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:53 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* PST data > > > > As part of our document retention policy project, two huge changes are > being mandated by our legal department. > > > > 1) Emails may not be retained past 365 days. > > 2) PST files may no longer be used. > > > > Emails are NOT supposed to be used for any documentation that should be > retained beyond 365 days (contracts, agreements to purchase, etc.) However, > if there are emails with information that should be kept for some reason > (and being regulated by several government entities you can bet there are a > bunch), then users are responsible for getting the data out of an email > format and in to an approved document format, such as .doc or .docx. (Just > did a test…exporting email to an Excel spreadsheet seems to work fairly > well.) > > > > That's the requirement. The reality is we have users that have been > stuffing PST's full of old email for over 10 years. (Can't wait until some > of them try to open old Office 97 PST's.) And of course each and every one > of them is going to say that they HAVE to have ALL of it saved somehow. > > > > Limiting the age of email and disabling PST use is well understood. We're > just looking for any advice or anecdotes to help us plan this process. > Users are going to start screaming when IT starts telling them their PST's > are going away. I am NOT looking forward to this… > > > > Exchange 2007, Outlook 2003, PST's all over the place in every flavor… > > > > > > > > * **Larry C. Brown* > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
