[nycbug-talk] Keeping email records with Postfix

Marc Spitzer mspitzer
Wed Sep 21 17:28:07 EDT 2005


On 9/21/05, George R. <george at sddi.net> wrote:
> For archiving email going in and out of a mail server. ..
>
> I am familiar with the overpriced mail archiving systems used for
> compliance purposes and finance.  You know, the ones everyone says is
> broken when the NASD comes knocking?
>
> And I am familiar with a number of hacks to do this (bcc'g all outgoing
> mail to a 'records' account, double aliasing each user, etc).
>
> But is there a method of doing this that anyone prefers?

I think that postfix will allow you to BCC all inbound and out bound
mail, seems like a simple enough solution.  But how do you manage it
after you have it seems to be the real question.

marc

ps I have never played a mail admin on TV so what do I know.

marc

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