Title: General Study 05 – Keeping and Preserving E-mail
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1.0 2008-09-23 G. Pontevolpe, Discussion draft prepared following identification S. Salza of general study at the first InterPARES 3 Project, International Summit, Rome, Italy, 1-3 October 2007.
2.0 2008-12-30 G. Pontevolpe, Draft version prepared following incorporation of S. Salza draft 1.0 feedback received during the third InterPARES 3 Project, International Summit, Mexico City, Mexico, 1-3 October 2008.
2.1 2009-01-03 R. Preston Minor content and copy editing to sections 1-4.
3.0 2009-02-18 R. Preston Major content editing to sections 5-7.
4.0 2009-05-29 G. Pontevolpe, Final public version prepared by the authors, with S. Salza major editing, and taking into account some of the comments and editing suggestions in v. 2.1 and 3.0.
4.1 2009-05-23 R. Preston Minor copy editing; addition of Lists of Figures and Tables.
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