Email Retention Policy: Deleting Emails > 7 yrs old
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Dale Courtney
Sep 28, 2021, 11:05:34 PM9/28/21
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Our COO and Legal department would like us to only retain corporate emails for 7 years.
Is there a way to use GAM to delete any emails sent or received by any employee that was >7 years old?
I'm running GAMADV-XTD3 6.08.04
best,
Dale
Brian Kim
Sep 29, 2021, 4:49:49 AM9/29/21
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I am guessing you do not have Vault available for you to use?
I would extreme caution (don't trust the words of stranger like me 😅)
You may also wish to print messages to CSV first then delete it so you can do some verification.
gam config auto_batch_min 1 all users delete messages query "older_than:7y" doit
Alternatively you should also be able to use Got Your Back to same effect.
Dale Courtney
Sep 29, 2021, 10:03:45 AM9/29/21
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Thanks, Brian. I think because we're still on G-Suite, the Vault functionality is unavailable.
I'm really concerned about this as well and take your caution to heart. I'd definitely want to test and see first.
Can you recommend a command that will output to a CSV first?
best,
Dale
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Brian Kim
Sep 29, 2021, 4:10:23 PM9/29/21
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Vault should be a viable option as long as you are on G Suite Business or Enterprise.
Jay Lee
Sep 29, 2021, 4:17:50 PM9/29/21
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Right. Vault is the answer here. Anything else is a hack that's likely to bite you in the future.
Jay
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