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[Navistor] Hi Larry - good to see you again

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[Navistor] Hello Brien

[Administrator] Hello

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[Administrator] I sent a reminder to 4,000 people this morning, so hopefully we will have some people to show up

[Navistor] Maybe they're trying to find the email

[Administrator] Maybe so.

[Navistor] Sounds like an email records management issue to me...ha

[Administrator] That's a very astute observation!

[Navistor] A bus driver once told me that the difference between a passenger and a pedestrian is about 2 minutes.

[Talainia] That's a good one

[Talainia] Did you learn that in Mexico??????

[Administrator] I think that's the difference between a pedestrian and road kill

[Navistor] Actually on a bus ride back to Boston from San Antonio immediately after 9-11

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[Navistor] No planes were flying then..

[Administrator] That's a long haul

[Navistor] Brine, I think we shoud just start

[Navistor] Whoops sorry about the spelling

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[Administrator] OK, we can start, just don't call me Brine

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[Talainia] What is email record management???

[Navistor] Email Records Management involves storage, retention magm't and searching

[security_wink] How are the records stored?

[Navistor] Requires same features as paper document

[Administrator] What do you mean?

[Navistor] Records are stored on disk or tape

[security_wink] Do you use RAID drives?

[Administrator] IS EAS used as the storage management system?

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[Navistor] A module of EAS can be usec

[Navistor] Retention management and searching are key

[security_wink] What module?

[Talainia] I use RAID drives

[Navistor] StoRM - Storage and Retention Mangm't

[security_wink] What exactly does "retention management" mean?

[Navistor] Any storage works

[Navistor] RM specifies how long a specific document needs to be kept

[security_wink] Are records stored in real time?

[Talainia] Is there limited storage??

[Navistor] No limits on storage and records are achived in a procedure similar to backup

[Talainia] welcome rgaustad

[rgaustad] thanks

[Navistor] Exhange does not have good search or retention features

[Administrator] Exchange's search mechanisms are VERY outdated

[Navistor] People use email as a doc repository

[security_wink] How is your search feature better than the one that comes embedded on Exchange?

[Navistor] Many important docs are not even printed

[Navistor] Exchange doesn't allow attachment search

[security_wink] What do you mean not printed?

[Administrator] If you need to store a document, what is the advantage of using a system like yours over Microsoft's SharePoint?

[Talainia] what software does have good search and retention?

[Navistor] Sharepoint can be used an the indexxing engine Navistor EAS uses either EAS Search (altavista) or Sharepoint to index

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[Navistor] Retention rules can be created with the formula editor

[security_wink] Can you give me an example of a retention rule?

[Navistor] If a document contains a keyword or is in a certain folder, keep it for seven years

[security_wink] Oh! Now I get it.

[security_wink] Oh! Now I get it.

[Talainia] Does it take the place of a backup??

[Navistor] Sarbanes Oxley and SEC are getting tough on companies

[security_wink] Do the records archive automatically?

[Navistor] No it does not replace backup but it can be used for faster restores

[Navistor] Yes, they do once the rule has been created

[Talainia] Awesome Administrator how does the software go about speeding up restores?

[security_wink] It sounds like by using EAS that you can be sure that you never lose any email. Am I understanding that correctly?

[Navistor] You can restore lost messages straight from document store to the mailbox

[Navistor] Yes, you are correct in not losing any mail

[Administrator] Is that just a simple drag and drop operation?

[Navistor] Not drop and drag, but click of a mouse

[Talainia] how long does the restore take

[Administrator] Almost the same difference

[Navistor] a few seconds

[security_wink] Can you tell us about some of the other interesting features?

[Navistor] Makes Exchange messages stores small

[Administrator] What types of search criteria can you use when looking for a message that's buried deep within the archives?

[Navistor] Automates company's document retention policy

[security_wink] Does it compress image files?

[Navistor] Keyword search goes across entire archive if you have permissions

[Talainia] Do you need to worry about viruses being archived??

[Navistor] compresses 2 to 1 and eliminates duplicates across entire Exch Org

[Administrator] Yes, but can you also cross index the search by date, recipient, etc. ?

[Navistor] You should run antivirus before you archive, but messages are safe once in the archive

[Administrator] That's good to know. What anti virus software do you generally recommend (if any)?

[Navistor] Yes indexing is across all parameters of the message

[Talainia] How does liscensing work?

[Navistor] Hauri product seems to be pretty strong these days (http://www.hauriusa.net)

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[security_wink] How does it handle encrypted messages?

[security_wink] Hi Joda

[Talainia] welcome Joda

[Administrator] Hello Joda!!!

[Navistor] treats them like any other message. EAS runs off Exchange security

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[Administrator] So how does the product's licensing work?

[security_wink] How do you make sure that unauthorized users will not be able to retrieve my confidential email?

[Administrator] Hello KMAN!

[Talainia] welcome kman

[kman] Sorry I'm late

[Navistor] Have to have Exch profile to access a message

[security_wink] You are in trouble for being late.

[Navistor] Master license plus CALs for the clients

[Administrator] Easy now!

[Administrator] Does the master license cover multiple Exchange servers?

[Navistor] KMAN is tough, he can handle it

[kman] In that case, I'll sign up for 1,000 additional CALs for EAS

[security_wink] (I was just kidding.

[Navistor] Yes, EAS doesn't care how many Exch servers there are as long as they are under the same Org Name

[Administrator] Sounds like a sale to me Richard ;)

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[Talainia] welcome gchandler

[Administrator] Hello gchandler

[security_wink] What are the hardware requirements for EAS?

[Navistor] Normal Intel hardware that you probably already have

[Talainia] are there ways of joining multiple organizations?

[Administrator] Of course I'm sure that EAS performs better if you have fast RAID arrays and insane amounts of memory right?

[Navistor] Must be single Org per EAS server

[Navistor] Any Windows server app does

[security_wink] Can you explain about the corruption problem that occurs with .pst files? I have heard the EAS eliminates that.

[Administrator] How is everyone else in the room handling document indexing and archiving right now?

[security_wink] You wouldn't want to know how badly we are handling document archiving...

[Navistor] EAS can migrate the pst's to the central archive and leave a small shortcut behind which keeps the pst files small

[Navistor] EAS can also migrate the pst folder structure back into the mailbox

[security_wink] Can EAS archive public folders?

[Administrator] Can EAS index distributed PST's

[Navistor] You keep the mailbox small by archiving against it

[Navistor] Yes to public folders which can also be indexed and searched

[Navistor] Yes to distributed pst's

[Talainia] how does it work with sharepoint:?:

[Navistor] Exchange is much nicer to backup and restore when it is small.

[Navistor] Sharepoint is used strictly for the indexing engine portion

[security_wink] How hard is it to deploy the EAS snap-in with Active Directory?

[Navistor] Very easy on the snap-in because there are no schema changes required

[Administrator] Could you use the same SharePoint server to index the EAS archives and the normal SharePoint document library at the same time?

[Navistor] Not all that familar with SharePoint's other functions

[Talainia] how easy is it to hack a EAS server}

[Navistor] Nothing really to hack that I know of

[security_wink] What sort of customizable reports can EAS generate?

[Administrator] Does EAS get installed on the same box as Exchange?

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[Talainia] anybody still there???

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[kman] I'm back Talainia not sure what happened????

[Navistor] Strange

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[kman] It must have been Exchange and not EAS.

[Navistor] Maybe we got hacked..

[Talainia] so where did we leave off?

[Navistor] Nothing goes on Exchange

[security_wink] I was temporarily disconnected from the chat room...

[Navistor] EAS talks to Exchange thru a mailbox

[Navistor] One mailbox on the GAL with admin permissions

[Talainia] Brien has been kicked out of his own chat:SMOKE:

[Navistor] justice prevails....

[security_wink] You might have already answered this when I was disconnected, but I was wondering what sort of reports EAS could generate

[Navistor] EAS generates estimates for rule impact before you run the rule for real

[security_wink] That is a nice feature.

[Talainia] are the reports web based?

[Navistor] No, but they are available to the admin thru his/her view

[security_wink] Can you set quotas for users?

[Navistor] Quotas are set on Exchange, but we can keep the users from approaching their limit

[Talainia] how is that done?

[Navistor] Set a rule like achive everything over 30 days and 5KB

[security_wink] Is there anyway to filter out spam?

[Talainia] Brien called, he says hello:

[Navistor] EAS only archives what it is told to archive so you have some controls based on content

[Navistor] Tell Brien we miss him

[security_wink] Can you say, "Don't archive anything that says 'to unsubscribe click here' ?"

[Navistor] Yes you can

[security_wink] Then you can in fact filter spam...

[security_wink]

[Talainia] does it support content filtering?? I don't want to archive the joke of the day.

[Navistor] well maybe some...

[Navistor] It might be better to specify what you want to keep by folder filtering first

[Navistor] I think we're done

[security_wink] Can you tell it not to archive folders that are named 'jokes' ?

[Talainia] is this a one person job:

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[Navistor] yes you can tell it not to achive any folder and it can be done by one person

[security_wink] welcome back

[Navistor] Hey Brien..

[Brien] Hello everyone... Brien has entered the room!

[Talainia] RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Navistor] Only the good guys get knocked off

[Brien] Sorry about the crash. I think that my ISP is running some sort of bandwidth monitor

[security_wink] I really enjoyed learning about EAS. Thanks.

[Navistor] Thats what it looked like.

[Brien] I will call them after the chat to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

[Navistor] Thanks to all for your participation

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[security_wink] I am off to a meeting now. So long.

[Talainia] Sounds like EAS can be a time saver.

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[Brien] So I get back in and everyone leaves. I see how it is

[Talainia] Thank You for all your help

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