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submitted 1 month ago by Reannlegge@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I have looked at paperless in the past and just asked why? I just spent a little time setting it up to see what it was about, then I spent hours configuring it and my email server creating paperless email addresses that other emails forward to! I cannot believe I have lived this long without it.

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[–] probable_possum@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Asked myself which documents I have to keep for how long. I found this German Verbraucherzentrale article (Google translated) about document retention times.

But that information doesn't give me a workflow. What are your workflows for new documents to scan(tags, correspondent, unique number). How do you keep track of out-aged paper which can be disposed? What's your pdf backup strategy?

[–] BennyInc@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I posted my paperless backup strategy here: https://lemmy.world/post/46429607

As for retention time, in digital I don’t care. Storage is cheap enough for that amount of data.

Paper I tend to only keep very important documents, but haven’t done a full inventory scan yet.

[–] Snowcano@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which comment is yours? I don’t see your username.

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