[kwlug-disc] Email Archiving with Linux

[B. S.]

Mark is thinking / talking about a different thing.

I've seen this sort of thing particularly around Sarbanes-Oxley 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes%E2%80%93Oxley_Act) - it's not 
about email 'backups', but an archive of all email segregated off into a 
black hole. Hopefully never to be needed, but required to be there in 
case of later litigation. Think WorldCom and Enron, and document 
shredding being illegal. Email never dies any more - but may, hopefully, 
disappear forever when you would like it to, for your own immediate 
purposes and perception - but don't be fooled with out of sight and out 
of mind, there's a copy of it somewhere. And someone, in this case Mark, 
has to actually implement it.

In essence, every message coming and going is echoed into this black hole.

Bear this in mind the next time you send a nastygram to a corporation or 
lawyer. Especially if you're a director or a decision maker or otherwise 
have a fiduciary duty.

For that matter, everyone should bear this in mind with every email they 
send.

I've only ever seen this with Exchange Servers, myself, but I can 
appreciate the need for a Linux solution. Especially as we see companies 
come and go, particularly in the proprietary world. At least with FOSS 
you have the source code. Not only can you security check it, but you'll 
always be able to get it out - may be painful, but at least possible.

Please let us know how you make out Mark - I don't expect it will be too 
long before such will be required of everyone. And even if not for 
oneself, one's provider will be doing so.


On 03/19/2017 05:13 PM, Chamunks wrote:
> I've also wanted to archive my email offline.  My problem is I don't
> wish to lose convenience at the same time.  Grumble.
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017, 5:11 PM Mark Steffen <rmarksteffen at gmail.com
> <mailto:rmarksteffen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Cranky,
>
>     Yes, I mean for a smallish organization's email; they want all of
>     their org's incoming and outgoing email bcc'd into an archival
>     system that is read-only and they can designate someone to have
>     credentials to go through it if needed.  Mainly for potential legal
>     issues down the road (not that they expect any of course, just a CYA
>     thing).
>
>     *Mark Steffen*
>     Office Direct: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.226.600.0464
>     /"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet." -Abraham Lincoln/
>
>
>
>     On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 5:06 PM, CrankyOldBugger
>     <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com <mailto:crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Maybe I'm not understanding your question correctly, but I
>         "archive" my emails via Thunderbird/download to local HDD.  It's
>         just an add-on.  Then I have a .eml file for each email.
>
>         I imagine that you're thinking of something more from the server
>         side of things, though...
>
>
>
>         On Sun, 19 Mar 2017 at 15:28 Mark Steffen
>         <rmarksteffen at gmail.com <mailto:rmarksteffen at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             I have a friend with a need for email archiving and a
>             limited budget.  I prefer an open source solution, since
>             "archiving" by it's very nature implies a very long term
>             relationship.  There seem to be no shortage of companies
>             that like to jack prices up once they have you "stuck."
>
>             The two leading solutions I've found with Google seem to be
>             Enkive and Mailpiler.  I'm leaning towards Mailpiler I
>             think, but I thought I'd ask here in case anyone else has
>             already solved this problem.
>
>             *Mark Steffen*
>             Office Direct: +1.226.476.1240 <tel:(226)%20476-1240> |
>             Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.226.600.0464 <tel:(226)%20600-0464>
>             /"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet."
>             -Abraham Lincoln/
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