We have an Exchange distribution group for dev@example.com
that includes all the users on the development team, so mail sent to that address goes to everyone on the team. Is there an easy way to build a web archive of all the email sent to the group, so that we can have hyperlinks to interesting threads of conversation that have occurred in the past? Much like you might get from mailman (like this)?
Ideally, I'd love to be able to say
To: Dude <dude@example.com>
Subject: Re: Please stop reprogramming the coffee machine
Yeah we discussed this last year on dev, see http://mailarchive.example.com/dev/0000345.html
instead of having to attach 37 messages from my inbox to a new mail, assuming I kept them all...
I'm after a web archive, not some form of "shared folder" or some other Exchange/Outlook specific thing, because we have folks working on Linux and Mac OS as well as Windows. Most people don't have Outlook and use IMAP. So we have to link to individual messages/threads in a way that work cross platform. If there is another way I'd be happy to hear about it.
I should point out that I don't administer the server myself, have never administered any version of Exchange, and am only reasonably sure that the term "distribution group" is the correct one. I'm basically after an answer I can use to kick-start my request to get this implemented by someone else, who has even less time to spare than I do :)