Yes, in Canada we struggle to explain this also, even without a SOX:
there is no such thing as an "email" record type so you can't "retain
email" for a certain period of time. Retention applies to the type of
record it is : its content, its aboutness. Not its carrier (the medium
that it travels through). Email is a just a carrier. 



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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Roach, Bill J.
Sent: December 8, 2005 8:34 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SOX Regulation Effective in 2006??

>>Has anyone heard of a SOX compliance regulation becoming effective in
2006 that requires email to be kept 3 years?<<

No such requirement exists.  The trouble with reporters is they have a
tendency to believe folks that repeat what they think they heard.  SEC
has requirements about retaining certain emails for specified periods of
time, SOX does not.

Bill R

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