We have mentioned Acrobat for Legal Professionals (ALP) blog that Adobe runs about using Acrobat in the legal arena. Two recent posts discussing archiving documents and e-mails for the long hail that are worth a look.

PDF/A is an internationally-recognized standard for archiving documents based on the Acrobat 5 format. It is designed so that even if you need to open a file created today 20 years from now, you can. The trade off is a more limited feature set. If you have archival documents or want to create ones using PDF/A, ALP has a couple of articles and resources to get you started.

• Background and overview of PDF/A; and
  
• Creating PDF/A documents and conforming them to the standard, complete with step-by-step instructions.

Also, archiving e-mails is a huge issue these days (or not archiving them so they are not discoverable!). The new version of Acrobat introduces "e-mail packages" for archiving e-mail. Adobe's e-mail packages boast a number of nice features, such as the inclusion of all attachments and full-text searching. ALP discusses potential uses and limitations, as well as instructions for creating an e-mail package.