Agreed restoring mailboxes isn't that hard. I have worked with many, many organizations which have a no mailbox restore process except for legal reasons.
Retention is a big deal these days and it's something every employee has to participate in. I've worked in several places where it's suitably important that every year employees and contractors have to take some number of hours of online training and take little quizzes on it at the end. The implementation mechanism for the retention policies varies, but, ultimately only the owner of the data (the end user) can properly categorize and label it. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mail server software I continuously coach users on filing anything important and not useing the deleted items as storage. I do this personally with every new employee. They have been explained to in detail as to what constitutes important mail. We don't archive for their benefit, we do it for CYA regulatory reasons. If they choose to ignor what I instruct them to do how is that not stupid? If you get pulled over for speeding is the officer supposed to just let you go because you say "I didn't know" when it was clearly laid out before you got your license?everything has limitations and there are trade-offs, when was the last time you had to restore a mailbox? I find it trivial but it's been many months since I had to do it. Training users pays huge dividends..... Ask the Notes people why Exchange is so popular, they're still scratching their heads and losing market share. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Mon Aug 17 20:09:52 2009 Subject: Re: Mail server software On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:20 PM, John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote: > Sure, I get the point ... I'm not sure you do... > ... it all boils down to storage. Or design. The inability to easily restore a single mailbox is not a good thing. Maybe there are tech trade-offs that make that design limitation necessary. Maybe it's a consequence of some fundamental design decisions made a long time ago, and which aren't easily changed. Maybe it's just something we have to live with, and other capabilities make it worth it. But calling people stupid in an effort to defend that limitation? That's counter to any possibility for progress and improvement, and rude besides. There are two ways to approach any obstacle: One can look for reasons why not, or one can look for ways how. I know which approach I prefer. > There has to be a reason there are so many Exchange installations out > there and it's not because they were the first mail server on the block. If population is your chief metric, then one must conclude that cockroaches are superior to humans. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
