Comments on: What is email? http://storagemojo.com/2007/05/28/what-is-email/ Data storage info & analysis Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rex http://storagemojo.com/2007/05/28/what-is-email/#comment-74298 Rex Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:47:06 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=459#comment-74298 I like "email as metadata". We're managing over hundreds of terabytes of scientific data in hundreds of thousands of files, and hundreds of file formats. We have trouble getting critical metadata that make the basic data useful. We're going to look into integrating searches of data, metadata, and archived emails. That could mean lots more "cold data" (emails) to store and search, since we didn't consider 99.999% of emails worth keeping. I like “email as metadata”. We’re managing over hundreds of terabytes of scientific data in hundreds of thousands of files, and hundreds of file formats. We have trouble getting critical metadata that make the basic data useful. We’re going to look into integrating searches of data, metadata, and archived emails. That could mean lots more “cold data” (emails) to store and search, since we didn’t consider 99.999% of emails worth keeping.

]]> By: Red http://storagemojo.com/2007/05/28/what-is-email/#comment-71225 Red Thu, 31 May 2007 23:20:03 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=459#comment-71225 I also have tens of thousands of emails journaled on my system and find Microsoft's folder-based access paradigm worse than useless. I use a fabulous search tool from X1 and can find any email, attachment, or file instantly needing only some keyword or attribute. Perhaps keywords are "so yesterday", but the model works for me! I also have tens of thousands of emails journaled on my system and find Microsoft’s folder-based access paradigm worse than useless. I use a fabulous search tool from X1 and can find any email, attachment, or file instantly needing only some keyword or attribute. Perhaps keywords are “so yesterday”, but the model works for me!

]]> By: Robin Harris http://storagemojo.com/2007/05/28/what-is-email/#comment-69679 Robin Harris Tue, 29 May 2007 12:25:09 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=459#comment-69679 Athanasios, Good point. And Skype also stores chats along with phone call info. Which rapidly gets into the question of trust. I don't trust Google - or anyone else - to safely maintain all my comm records. I want my records to come together only at <i>my</i> client. And I want to be able to use a variety of comm channels: VOIP; several email accounts; several chat clients like Skype and Adium; cell phone records; downloads and uploads. Maybe even a view into bank accounts to capture financial flows. Your own personal Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) cockpit, with temporal, recipient and comm channel views. Links to all the documents that are captured on the machine. I think I'd find it useful. But maybe I'm the only one. Robin Athanasios,

Good point. And Skype also stores chats along with phone call info.

Which rapidly gets into the question of trust. I don’t trust Google - or anyone else - to safely maintain all my comm records. I want my records to come together only at my client. And I want to be able to use a variety of comm channels: VOIP; several email accounts; several chat clients like Skype and Adium; cell phone records; downloads and uploads. Maybe even a view into bank accounts to capture financial flows.

Your own personal Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) cockpit, with temporal, recipient and comm channel views. Links to all the documents that are captured on the machine.

I think I’d find it useful. But maybe I’m the only one.

Robin

]]> By: Athanasios Douitsis http://storagemojo.com/2007/05/28/what-is-email/#comment-69666 Athanasios Douitsis Tue, 29 May 2007 11:11:10 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/?p=459#comment-69666 Isn't Gmail going in that direction? I mean, the IM is integrated with the email client, and the conversations are stored like regular messages along with the rest of your "real" emails. Isn’t Gmail going in that direction? I mean, the IM is integrated with the email client, and the conversations are stored like regular messages along with the rest of your “real” emails.

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