1. A method comprising: obtaining a copy of an electronic communication, wherein the electronic communication comprises a reference to a document, and contents of the document are not included in the copy of the electronic communication as an attachment; obtaining a copy of the document, in response to the reference, wherein the document exists at a location identified by the reference; archiving the copy of the electronic communication and the copy of the document in archive media; storing relationship information to identify a relationship between the electronic communication and the document; and adding information associated with the document to a set of archival metadata to indicate that the copy of the document has been archived, wherein the information associated with the document comprises location information which identifies the location of the copy of the electronic communication and the copy of the document in the archive media.
1. A method comprising: obtaining a copy of an electronic communication, wherein the electronic communication comprises a reference to a document, and contents of the document are not included in the copy of the electronic communication as an attachment; obtaining a copy of the document, in response to the reference, wherein the document exists at a location identified by the reference; archiving the copy of the electronic communication and the copy of the document in archive media; storing relationship information to identify a relationship between the electronic communication and the document; and adding information associated with the document to a set of archival metadata to indicate that the copy of the document has been archived, wherein the information associated with the document comprises location information which identifies the location of the copy of the electronic communication and the copy of the document in the archive media. 4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: updating a search index for the archive media based upon at least one of the contents or characteristics of the document.