October 1, 1999

Facing Flood of E-Mail, Archives Looks to Supercomputer Experts

By FLORENCE OLSEN

For a year now, the National Archives and Records Administration has been preparing for President Clinton's moving day. When the President leaves the White House, tens of millions of e-mail messages from his Administration will be transferred to the archives for posterity.

Until now, the agency has processed only about 50,000 electronic records a year, most of which have been data-base files. "There's no way we can expand our current technology to deal with

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