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MAIL ARCHIVER TRIAL

You can download a trial of GFI MailArchiver here.ĭisclosure: GFI is a paid advertiser on this website.If all else fails, then the defect will actually be in the

MAIL ARCHIVER ARCHIVE

Having all email messages in a centralized, indexed, and easily searchable archive database makes any kind of discovery exercise much easier.Ĭonsidering the benefits the pricing is very reasonable and the option to use free databases if a full SQL Server instance is not available make GFI MailArchiver an accessible product for businesses on a budget. Overall I think GFI MailArchiver is a good solution for SMBs that need email archiving, particularly when I think of businesses such as law firms that need reliable records of email communication and in some cases have strict compliance requirements.

MAIL ARCHIVER OFFLINE

The offline caching is also very useful for mobile staff such as a roaming sales team. End User Archive AccessĮnd user access to the archives is provided in two ways using a simple web interface, and via an Outlook add-in that also handles offline caching of the archive.īoth of these options make it easy for end users to search for archived items and perform actions such as exporting them, or restoring them to the mailbox. Once you have configured quotas or retention policies your Exchange databases will be able to be maintained at a smaller size and perform better. This might seem like a burden compared to other archiving products that remove items from the database automatically and leave stubs behind, but GFI adheres to Microsoft’s “ no stubbing” guidance instead and does not do this. An organization can either configure mailbox storage quotas, or they can configure retention policies. Reducing Exchange Server Database LoadĪfter looking at the journaling integration and the import utility you may be wondering how exactly GFI MailArchiver reduces the storage and performance load on the Exchange server.īecause GFI MailArchiver does not remove any items from mailboxes this has to be handled using other methods. Using the Import and Export tool you can even choose to import email message within certain date ranges into different archive stores, for example if you are using a different archive store each calendar year. Journaling takes care of all email sent from the time GFI MailArchiver is installed, but what about all the email already in Exchange databases? This is taken care of by GFI MailArchiver’s Import and Export tool, which can import email from existing databases as well as PST files and previous versions of GFI MailArchiver. Though you might think this means GFI MailArchiver will grab every single email sent or received in the organization, you can actually still apply some exclusions such as only archiving emails sent internally, and by excluding certain mailboxes or groups of users. Whether the Exchange environment is configured for Standard Journaling or Premium Journaling it will work with GFI MailArchiver. GFI MailArchiver works by integrating with Microsoft Exchange journaling. Depending on which option you choose email data will either be stored in the database or on the file system, however headers and other email details are always stored in a database.īetween the different database options and the ability to store databases, email data, and indexes in different locations it is quite clear that GFI MailArchiver can be easily configured for high performance in very large environments. I chose to use Microsoft SQL Server as the archive store, and there are also options for high-volume environments as well as a choice of SQL Express or Firebird database for smaller environments. A wizard appears that steps you through the process of setting up the first archive store. Configuring GFI MailArchiverĪfter GFI MailArchiver has installed the web-based administration console opens and the server can be configured.

MAIL ARCHIVER INSTALL

The setup wizard provides a handy link to download the MAPI CDO install files from Microsoft. However the one component that I needed to manually install was the MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects, something that most Exchange-integrated applications need. Although it uses the deprecated ServerManagerCMD.exe to do this it works fine, and makes installing the server a much simpler task.

The GFI MailArchiver setup detects that the pre-requisite components are not installed and offers to install them automatically for you.

MAIL ARCHIVER WINDOWS

I installed GFI MailArchiver on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server that also had SQL Server 2008 installed on it.

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