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Posted By LBW
I am just about to give notice to my current employer and obviously want to keep evidence of all work/correspondence I have done whilst I have been here.
Does anybody have a clue on how you convert e-mails (Outlook) etc into readable data?
Apart from printing every e-mail I have ever sent and recieved is there an easier way?
Many Thanks
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Posted By Sue hogan
Would you be able to use a memory stick and copy all the information on to it?
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Posted By Swis
Yoe need your employers permission to copy the 'stuff'. Otherwise it would be classified as a theft.
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Posted By Alan Haynes
Assuming you have a home e-mail account - just forward all the e-mails home
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Posted By martinw
Asked the IT guru we have in our office. Means nothing to me but apparently you have to export your Outlook inbox by doing File, Export, Personal Folders which will save your folder as a doc.pst file. Then you import it by File, Import, choose the doc.pst file and import it into a different folder. This can then be saved. It apparently turns it into a compressed file which is then accessible.
Bear in mind the copyright issue here though - any 'work' created by you during work for your employer effectively is subject to copyright, and that copyright is owned by your employer. I don't think this applies to correspondence but might be worth checking.
Martin
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Posted By Martin H
You can either:-
Copy individual e-mails and paste them into a folder on your computer, which turns them into MSG files. The MSG files can then be re-loaded into a different copy of Outlook.
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Archive complete folders using File-Archive
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Posted By LBW
I was a bit worried about the copyright issue. However for my own piece of mind I will have to make copies.
Thanks for all the responses.
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Posted By A Campbell
As a recent legal expert informed a lecture...
There is no substitute for a diary and note taking... even in this electronic age!
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Posted By MarcusB
To back up my Outlook emails, I convert them to a pdf - it allows me to convert the folders I choose and tranfers all attachments.
If you don't have the 'Adobe pdf' tag at the top of Outlook then, unfortunately, I'm not sure what you need to do.
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Posted By FAH
Hi LBW
In your oginal post you identify that you "obviously want to keep evidence of all work/correspondence I have done whilst I have been here".
Are we considering simply taking with you examples of work etc to demonstrate competence/experience at a future date; or are we considering potential proceedings against your current employer or yourself?
The issue of copyright has already been rightly raised.
I'm no legal expert, but I suspect that in the competence/experience case, a simple request to your current employer should [unless you haven't disclosed all material facts] meet the need.
If it's because of possible proceedings, you should take legal advice - now!
Frank Hallett
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Posted By Ron Hunter
It isn't yours to keep or copy. It is the intellectual property of your employer.
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Posted By john thos 147
in my view everybody is entitled to a copy of any information that has their name on it ( emails usually do) under the data protection act, so i can't see how it could be deemed as theft.
i also tend to email my stuff to personal email address so i can down load it later
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Posted By Swis
John,
No theft in copying your name but when you copy e-mails, you are copying company’s confidential material. Also not to forget that what ever you do (at work), you get paid for it therefore that work belongs to your employer not yours.
Swis
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Posted By Rodger Alan Ker
How and why have some of these comments escaped the attention of the Moderators?
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Posted By Swis
I'm gonna break in to my employer tonight and nick all the data with my name on it. Afterall, i'm entitled to it under data protection act.
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Posted By IOSH Moderator
Thanks to Roger for pointing out the thread is not actually covered by the remit of the forums.
You should become a moderator yourself!
It goes to show we're only human.
Thread locked under AUG 1.
Jonathan
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Posted By IOSH Moderator
Thanks to Rodger for pointing out the thread is not actually covered by the remit of the forums.
You should become a moderator yourself!
It goes to show we're only human.
Thread locked under AUG 1.
Jonathan
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