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Title: General Study 05 – Keeping and Preserving E-mail Status: )LQDO SXEOLF Version: Submission Date: 6HSWHPEHU Last Revised: 0D\ Release Date: -XQH Author: 7KH,QWHU3$5(63URMHFW7($0,WDO\ Writer(s): *LDQIUDQFR3RQWHYROSH &HQWUR1D]LRQDOHSHUO ,QIRUPDWLFDQHOOD3XEEOLFD $PPLQLVWUD]LRQH &1,3$ 6LOYLR6DO]D 'LSDUWLPHQWRGL,QIRUPDWLFDH6LVWHPLVWLFD 8QLYHUVLWjGHJOL6WXGLGL5RPD³/D6DSLHQ]D´ Project Component: 5HVHDUFK URL: KWWSZZZLQWHUSDUHVRUJLSGLVSOD\BILOHFIP"GRF LSBLWDO\BJVDBILQDOBUHSRUWSGI *HQHUDO6WXG\±.HHSLQJDQG3UHVHUYLQJ(PDLO Y *3RQWHYROSHDQG66DO]D Document Control Version history Version Date By Version notes 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. 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