how to deal with mail retention/archival.

Alvin Starr alvin at netvel.net
Fri Aug 26 10:44:55 EDT 2016


I was wondering about the idea of using delayed_expunge.

I was also thinking about the expunge process moving the message out to 
some other place but that would be a change to the expunge code.


On 08/26/2016 10:19 AM, Andrew Morgan wrote:
> Could your retention needs be satisfied with Cyrus' delayed_delete and 
> delayed_expunge functionality?
>
> Thanks,
>     Andy
>
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2016, Alvin Starr via Info-cyrus wrote:
>
>> Well the MTA still does not deal with archival because it will need 
>> to be passed through to Yet Another MDA to handle the archival and 
>> management process.
>>
>> For the pure archival of the input/output stream including duplicate 
>> deliveries and all spam always_bcc into YAMDA would work.
>>
>> In my thinking Cyrus is responsible for the storage and management of 
>> email so archival would be a part of that process.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 08/26/2016 09:17 AM, Nic Bernstein wrote:
>>> Alvin,
>>> This is really more of an issue for your MTA, such as Postfix or 
>>> Exim.  The MDA -- Cyrus in this case -- has little or nothing to do 
>>> with the sort of archiving/retention you need for compliance. Take a 
>>> look at always_bcc and similar directives in Postfix, or the 
>>> equivalent in whatever your MTA is.
>>>     -nic
>>>
>>> On 08/26/2016 08:09 AM, Alvin Starr via Info-cyrus wrote:
>>>> A company I am working with is facing issues of regulatorymail 
>>>> retention.
>>>>
>>>> Some searching has yielded little useful results other than putting 
>>>> a system in front to store all incoming messages.
>>>>
>>>> What are others doing for mail archival?
>>>>
>>>> An ideal solution would let the users carry on using current use 
>>>> patterns and not impose extra restrictions.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Alvin Starr                   ||   voice: (905)513-7688
>>>> Netvel Inc.                   ||   Cell:  (416)806-0133
>>>> alvin at netvel.net               ||
>>>>
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>>
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>> Alvin Starr                   ||   voice: (905)513-7688
>> Netvel Inc.                   ||   Cell:  (416)806-0133
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>>
>>

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Alvin Starr                   ||   voice: (905)513-7688
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