RE: File Type Migration
- From: "Micah Brewer" <brewer.micah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:33:27 -0700
Yeah. I know. The problem is that some of this stuff covers our butts.
It's got to be done...
I didn't even think of the export function. Clearly, I'm an idiot. I
don't know what I was think...
Thanks
> I'm sure you already know this, but if your company knows about a pending
> lawsuit and then deletes information, that could be construed as covering
> up. Take a look at the Enron information if you wonder what a classic case
> looks like.
>
> Keep in mind that a record does not have to be in electronic form. Printing
> it out would have the same effect if they ever found out about it. And if
> it's company policy and you had the lottery ticket that sunk the boat, would
> that be a good thing either? Questions to ask the users that are
> contemplating what they're about to do. None of which I would dare answer
> for them myself.
>
> Anyway, why not use the import/export functionality of Outlook? That's
> still going against company policy and could get you in trouble, but...
>
>
> For other technical ideas, a great place to search around is
> http://www.slipstick.com
>
> Good luck and we'll look for you in the news ;-)
>
> Al
>
> P.S. These are my opinions alone. What my company does is there business :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Micah Brewer [mailto:brewer.micah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:36 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: File Type Migration
>
>
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> I knew that would be confusing. The reason they're getting rid of it is a
> little bit of a mystery to all of us. I know they want to eliminate all
> email retention. It sounds like there's a lawsuit or something going on.
> From the little information we've got on the changes, it sounds like they're
> going to disable the ability to access a pst using Outlook. It also sounds
> like our local IT dept will be charged with policing for psts. We'll
> apparently get in to hot water if we help retain the pst in anyway shape or
> form.
>
> As for what I'm looking for. I was initially looking for something that
> would take all the msg files in a pst and export them to a given folder as
> txt files. You can 'Save As', but that takes opening each email and doing
> it one at a time. With several 1GB psts, that's going to take way to long.
>
> That's a much better explaination of my problem...
>
> > Come again? You want to take email from a PST and put it in a PST?
> >
> > Just move the PST to another media, say CD-R for example. USB flash
> > drives are nice (not always big enough) as well.
> >
> >
> > Be careful you understand why the PST is being swept. If it's for
> > space issues, then that's one thing. If it's to cover tracks of
> > questionable practices, I'd say you should hang on to that stuff in
> > long term archival. If the former, reiterate how cheap disk is these
> > days ;)
> >
> > Al
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Micah Brewer [mailto:brewer.micah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:20 PM
> > To: [ExchangeList]
> > Subject: [exchangelist] File Type Migration
> >
> >
> > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> >
> > I'm looking for a tool to take all the emails on a pst and convert
> > them to a pst, for example. The reason I'm looking, is because our
> > exchange admin is being told to sweep our network and delete pst
> > files. We've got hundreds of users that are going to lose what they
> > consider valuable information. So I'm trying to come up with a way to
> > help them hold on to their data, without making them print
> > everything...any ideas, thoughts, etc...
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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