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Andy wraps up his time with the RMO

Andy wraps up his time with the RMO

By barbara towell on April 27, 2023

Guest post by Andy Resto This is the final blog post I’ll be writing as the student records management assistant with the RMO at UBC. The past two years have been very rewarding and have provided me with invaluable experience in digital information management, and hopefully I have been able to leave behind some impactful […]

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“…I calibrated the disposition to destroy…” Reducing FASMail bloat by utilizing rules and AutoArchiving

“…I calibrated the disposition to destroy…” Reducing FASMail bloat by utilizing rules and AutoArchiving

By barbara towell on January 13, 2022

For the past couple of years the Email & Messaging Retention Working Group (now known as RAWG) have been investigating email retention and destruction. One of the first questions we looked into was how to initiate automated destruction, behind the scenes, without asking anything extra of end-users. Last year the Working Group found success in […]

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Automated Destruction of Transitory Records

2021 – A banner year for email and messaging retention working group

By barbara towell on August 19, 2021

Who is the Email and Messaging Retention Working Group (EMRWG)? For the past couple of years, I have had the honour of chairing the Email and Messaging Retention Working Group. This group is a cross-campus, multi-discipline collaboration, researching and making recommendations on automated destruction for Instant Messaging (Chat) in MS Teams and transitory information in […]

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A 90-day data retention schedule for FASmail default transitory folders is coming October 4, 2021

By barbara towell on August 17, 2021

Starting October 4, 2021, a 90-day automated data retention schedule will be implemented at UBC to default transitory folders in the enterprise email service UBC Faculty and Staff Email (FASmail) in compliance with UBC Records Management policies and requirements. Information stored in the Deleted items, Junk Mail and RSS Feeds default transitory folders in FASmail will be […]

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