Rob Tanner wrote:
>
> 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 are well aware of this possible scenario. We only keep a 1 month
rotation of backups, and we only provide tapes with a written subpoena.
The backups are only made for disaster recovery (the server dies or
important faculty/staff info is lost).
I don't understand this "embroiled in litigation". If we get a subpoena,
they get the tapes.
thanks,
Tom
--
-------------------------------------------. .
Tom Karches | |
Web Systems Admin, Information Technology | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
North Carolina State University .__Office 919/515-5508___.
