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Document Retention And E-mail

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-goes-around-comes-around dept.

innocent_white_lamb writes "An interesting column by Jim Carroll about email within companies, document retention, how hard it is to actually get rid of an email, and how all of this can come back to bite you later on. "

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  1. Resume for The_Fire_Horse by The_Fire_Horse · · Score: 0, Funny

    Hi, sorry to post this here, but I'm looking for work at the moment - hope you dont mind :)

    Personal Details
    Name - The_Fire_Horse
    Adress - Under the bridge next to the sewer outlet
    Phone - 1800-TROLL
    email - The_Fire_Horse@goatse.cx

    Career Objective
    I want to be a paid troll on various websites

    Summary of Skills
    Strong Internet skills:- I can use AOL and love MSN, I also troll at slashdot
    Personal Qualities : - unspeakable hygiene, ability to point out humorous flaws in others. e.g. 'Our boss is a complete dickhead - and did you see his toupe - jeez!'
    I religeously have a bath at least once a month, and I get on well with cleaners (we talk often about the state of the toilets)

    Special Areas of Achievement:- I once got a FIRST POST on Slashdot. Apart from that, lifes been pretty dull :(

    Employment History:
    1998-1995 Microsoft - Was soley resonsible for developing 'Clippy' in MS Office
    2000-1998 'Between Jobs' - I was a drunken bum after realising what I had done
    2001 -2000 Rehab
    2002-2001 As a new man, I entered society, and on my psychologists advice I became a Troller on Slashdot

    Education
    I went ot shcool and gto top markes in eNgesh

    Interests/Hobbies
    Wanking, trolling, and also wanking while trolling. I always read Slashdot at work^H^H^H^Hhome

    Referees
    CowboyNeal
    CmdrTaco
    Bill Gates

    Thanks very much for your time, and I hope you pay me shitloads of money to goof around

  2. From the article.... by RobertTaylor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some estimates suggest that once it is all added up, American's send some 1.5 billion messages a day.

    1.4 Billion SirCam "I send you this file for advice". Probably.

  3. Easy and secure delete by tom_newton · · Score: 3, Funny

    Simply include some extremely useful or important information in every email you send, and voila, you will find that it disappears every time, resisting even the most sophisticated attempts at retrieval :)

    NB. This method works best if this is also the only copy of said information.

    --
    Tom Newton
  4. HERF gun by Lord+Puppet · · Score: 2, Funny

    When there's a lot of email, and your in a REAL hurry...

  5. all this seems strange to me.... by phunhippy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Back when I worked at a .com years ago it seemed the exchange server crashed so much we could'nt keep our email longer then a few weeks if we did'nt back it up!!

    Then the CEO told us to auto delete mail older then 90 days... well the exchange server crashes took care of that too :)

  6. Well we already know... by danny256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... how hard it was for Bill Gates to keep all of those "leaked e-mails" from the public.

  7. MS communications by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Top level MS officials no longer communicate with email.
    All communications happen in closed door sessions.
    Verbal communications are also discouraged.
    Most of these meetings are like a game of charades.

  8. I suppose... by Richard_at_work · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... this could be one use for USAs nuclear plans. Just EMP everyone to get rid of any potential damaging emails :)