Hi Wendy, I've also researched this issue and you may find these sources of information useful: Managing and Preserving E-mails - UKOLN http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/m.pennock/publications/docs/RMS-b_mngmt-pres-emails.pdf Email Curation: Practical Approaches for Long-term Preservation - Digital Curation Centre http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue48/curating-email-rpt Keeping Personal Electronic Mail - Library of Congress http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/documents/archive_email.pdf And for more general advice in regards to email management, TNA released this: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/managing-electronic-records-without-an-erms-publication-edition.pdf Hope this helps. Best, Christopher FryerDigital Curator and Assistant Records ManagerNorthumberland EstatesEstates OfficeAlnwick CastleAlnwick NorthumberlandNE66 1NQ Email: [log in to unmask]: 01665 511151Ext: 256Website: http://www.alnwickcastle.com Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:55:51 +0000 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Archiving emails To: [log in to unmask] Dear all, I am currently looking into born digital archives, and am very keen to hear about experiences/knowledge anyone might have with archiving emails. If anyone out there has been working on this (either at research stage or in practice), please get in touch. Much appreciated. Regards, Wendy Wendy Russell Project Archivist BFI National Archive British Film Institute BFI, National Archive, Kingshill Way, Berkhamsted, HP4 3TP, United Kingdom t +44 (0)1442 876301 e [log in to unmask] w bfi.org.uk Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra