--On Monday, December 18, 2000 10:03 AM -0800 Rob Tanner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:r
> Just a thought, but are you sure you want to back up your mailstore.
> Many places, including my current and previous places of employment,
> don't back up mailstore as a matter of policy. Here's a scenario that
> explains why: someone is your organization is doing something they
> shouldn't be and part of the evidence is the contents of one or more
> email messages. Now, of course that individual deleted ther messages
> because most folks aren't that stupid (okay, there are some who are), but
> the point is that it's on your backups, and those tapes, which might also
> have other confidential, etc, data on them, can be subpoenaed. What
> doesn't exist cannot be subpoenaed, and you won't find yourself embroiled
> in litigation of which your just the poor innocent bystander caught in
> the middle with your back up tapes.
Rob,
We're aware of all of these issues. However, one of the big wins of IMAP
is that you are able to get to your mail (even old mail you filed away in
subfolders) from any client machine; unlike POP where you probably
downloaded your messages to a particular machine (at work) and then can't
get to them easily (from home perhaps - or on the road). For now, our IMAP
service is defined to be a reliable backed up mail store, so that's why
we're interested in other sites' backup/restore software and techniques.
But that brings up another question: how many people on this list are
backing up their IMAP mail store and how many take the approach you're
describing?
--
Ben Carter
CSSD
University of Pittsburgh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(412)624-6470
