MCTS: Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Configuration: Study Guide Exam 70-630

11.2. Managing Email Content in SharePoint

Although the average home user may not consider their emails to be "official records," anyone who works in a business environment realizes that emails and other electronic forms of communication are company documents in the same way as a hard-copy memo, sales report, inventory sheet, or company network policy form. Not only are electronic communications official corporate documents, but the contents are company property. As such, they fall within the same policies and legal guidelines as any other business document.

For these reasons, email messages must follow the same content management rules in your organization as the rest of your records. This means you must have a plan for email retention, the ...