Difference between revisions of "Email"
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** [http://siarchives.si.edu/cerp/ CERP Project] [http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/mail-account E-Mail Account Schema] | ** [http://siarchives.si.edu/cerp/ CERP Project] [http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/mail-account E-Mail Account Schema] | ||
| − | ** [http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/mbox.html mbox] | + | ** [http://www.qmail.org/man/man5/mbox.html mbox] ('''implemented in 0.7''') |
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| + | ==Attachments== | ||
| + | * These should be normalized according to the media type preservation plan for each attachment file format. Attachments must remain linked to email message (option 1: inferred by physical location in AIP; option 2: METS structMap) | ||
==Normalization tool== | ==Normalization tool== | ||
*Options: | *Options: | ||
| − | ** [http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/rn01re01.html readpst] | + | ** [http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/rn01re01.html readpst] ('''implemented in 0.7''') |
** [http://www.aduna-software.com/technology/aperture Aperture] | ** [http://www.aduna-software.com/technology/aperture Aperture] | ||
** [http://tika.apache.org/0.8/formats.html#Supported_Document_Formats Tika] has an mbox extractor | ** [http://tika.apache.org/0.8/formats.html#Supported_Document_Formats Tika] has an mbox extractor | ||
Revision as of 10:52, 20 February 2011
Main Page > Documentation > Media type preservation plans > Email
Significant characteristics of email
Preservation Format
- Options:
- CERP Project E-Mail Account Schema
- mbox (implemented in 0.7)
Attachments
- These should be normalized according to the media type preservation plan for each attachment file format. Attachments must remain linked to email message (option 1: inferred by physical location in AIP; option 2: METS structMap)
Normalization tool
- Options:
Conversion test results
Comments
- The PEDALS (Persistent Digital Archives and Library System) project has produced an open-source email extractor that converts .pst files to xml. However, this tool is designed for Windows only. Users would need to extract the email outside Archivematica and submit the extracted emails as the SIP. For more information, see Library of Congress News and Events at http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/2010/20100924news_article_pedals_email_tool.html.
- MBox might be an acceptable preservation format for email. MBox files are aggregations of email messages converted to plain text.
- A detailed report on testing conversion of email from proprietary to open formats is available at http://www.significantproperties.org.uk/email-testingreport.html. The report includes information about testing conversions from .pst to Mbox using ReadPST.