[CLUE-Tech] Email archiving

[Mike Staver]

I saw an article today:

http://channels.netscape.com/ns/careers/package.jsp?name=fte/firedfromemail/firedfromemail

It has nothing to do with linux - but it made me think for a minute.  I 
read the part about email being subpoenaed, and then I asked myself what 
I would do if this happened at my company since I'm in charge of our 
mail here.  It got me wondering what everybody else does if they are in 
charge of their company's email system using linux.  With Exchange on 
Windows, I know that most companies just back up the information store 
nightly, or individual mail boxes using something like Veritas.  I then 
realized that if a company has a linux mail server and wants a free 
alternative, I was unsure as to what they would do in this situation 
with first backing up the mail, and second making sure they keep an 
archive of it for a certain period of time.  Is there anybody out there 
who has to deal with this?
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                                 -Mike Staver
                                  staver at fimble.com
                                  mstaver at globaltaxnetwork.com