4. A method for automatically and transparently archiving electronic documents in a network environment, at least one client computer in the network environment being coupled over a network to at least one document management workstation having at least one database disposed to receive electronic copies of documents transferred over the network, the at least one document management workstation being in communication with at least one of a copier operation, a printer operation, and a facsimile machine operation, the method comprising: receiving a copy of every email document transferred over the network from the at least one client computer, each email document being transferred over the network in response to a single user input command; generating electronic image data for each received copy of an email document, the electronic image data being generated in a format acceptable for storage in the at least one database for the at least one document management workstation; and causing the generated electronic image data of every received email document to be stored in the at least one database to perform image capture archiving of the email document, wherein the aforementioned steps are performed transparent to the user and without further input from the user notwithstanding the single user input command, wherein the at least one database is further configured to store image data that was archived from the at least one of a copier operation, a printer operation, and a facsimile machine operation, and wherein the aforementioned steps are carried out at substantially a time that the email document is transferred over the network.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein causing the collected image data of every email to be stored comprises storing at least one of a date of transmission and time of transmission for an email.