What is the default retention policy?
The default retention policy determines the period for which the emails of all users in the organization would be retained. The default retention policy for your organization can be set by your Administration while enabling eDiscovery. By default, the retention period is 365 days. You can either define a specific number of days as the retention period or choose ‘Retain forever’, based on your requirements.
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Can I create a custom retention policy?
In case there are any special or custom requirements that need certain emails to be retained for a specific period other than the set default retention period, then the administrators can define custom retention policies.
How long can I set the retention duration period?
By default, the retention period is 365 days. You can set the retention period either to a specific number of days (up to 10yrs or 3650 days) or choose ‘Retain forever’, if required. ‘Retain forever’ will never purge or delete the emails and can ...
When will the retained email be purged from the eDiscovery storage?
Mails are retained according to the Default retention policy or the Custom retention policy defined by the administrator. Mails older than the set retention period are considered as expired emails and are purged from storage once every 10 days. ...
How long will the emails be retained?
Generally, emails of all user accounts are retained as per the default retention policy set by your administrator. In case, custom retention policies are configured, emails that match the criteria are retained for the retention period mentioned in ...
When users are added to the organization, is there a way I can automatically enable eDiscovery for them instead of having to enable it for each new user manually?
Yes, as an administrator, you can mark the checkbox for auto-enable for new users in the eDiscovery portal to enable eDiscovery for the new joiner automatically. This option is available under the 'Settings' tab. This means, every time a new user ...