MailStore Gateway Help

MailStore Gateway is a free, complementary tool for MailStore's email archiving solutions MailStore Server and MailStore Service Provider Edition.

It provides SMTP and POP3 proxy functionality, as well as simple mailserver functionality to receive and store emails from Microsoft Office 365, Google G Suite, or other email servers that are capable of sending emails to external archiving solutions via SMTP.

The following provides a walk-though of the essential steps to get the MailStore Gateway up and running, as well as some background information.

Before You Start

Overview	Learn more about the scenarios in which MailStore Gateway provides a decent solution to common challenges.
System Requirements	Before installing MailStore Gateway, ensure that the system requirements are met.

Installation and Setup

Installation	Irrespective of the projected scenario, it all begins with the installation of the software itself.
Basic Configuration	After successful installation some basic configuration settings should be reviewed and adjusted where needed.
Firewall Configuration	To access MailStore Gateway from remote systems, appropriate firewall rules may have to be set up.

Using MailStore Gateway

Logging On	Learn how to login to MailStore Gateway's Management Console.
Create and Manage Mailboxes	MailStore Gateway mailboxes contain the emails that are to be archived by MailStore Server or MailStore Service Provider Edition.

Post Installation Tasks

Backup and Restore	Although emails typically reside in MailStore Gateway mailboxes for a quite short period of time, it is highly recommended to protect the content of the mailboxes from hardware or software failure by implementing a decent backup plan.
Monitoring	This article gives and overview of what services and parameters to proactively monitor with a suitable monitoring solution, in order to provide users the best possible experience at all time.