Following the work of the Task Force on Technical Approaches for Email Archives, the University of Illinois was awarded a grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop conversion criteria and requirements for archiving email into PDF containers. A copy of the draft report, Requirements for Archiving Email using PDF, is now available for comment at

Feedback may be provided via two methods:

• Comment on this document using Google Docs comment features: This is recommended for feedback on specific points, requests for clarification, etc.

• Send an email to the group via this webform: https://bit.ly/2PRk5cL. This is recommended for longer, more substantive comments.

All feedback will be reviewed and incorporated before the final release of this report by June 30th, 2020. To ensure that they are considered, please submit comments no later than June 8th.

Tricia Patterson (she/her/hers)
Digital Preservation Analyst

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