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Revision as of 18:41, 25 June 2014
This chapter describes how a single mailbox located on any email server can be archived using the IMAP or POP3 protocols. To archive multiple mailboxes in one step, Batch-archiving IMAP Mailboxes can be used. If the mailbox is a multidrop mailboxes, also called catchall mailboxes, that contains emails for more than one person please read the chapter Archiving IMAP and POP3 Multidrop Mailboxes
Important: This article describes the general procedure independent from the e-mail server used. Please find e-mail server specific information in our Implementation Guides.
Required Information
In order to archive a server mailbox, MailStore requires the following data:
- The server name (e.g. imap.myserver.com).
- The protocol used (e.g. IMAP-TLS).
- The user name. Often times, the full email address or the local part (left of the @ character) is used.
- The password.
IMAP or POP3?
When choosing between IMAP and POP3, we strongly recommend using IMAP. With IMAP, all or specific folders of the mailbox can be archived. POP3 does not "recognize" any folders; because of this it is likely that, with most service providers, only the inbox will be archived.
Setting Up the Archiving Process
Setting up archiving processes for IMAP or POP3 mailboxes is done using archiving profiles. General information about archiving profiles is available in chapter Working with Archiving Profiles.
For each mailbox, please proceed as follows:
Template:Archiving Single Mailboxes
Starting the Archiving Process
Starting the Archiving Process Manually
On the start page of MailStore Client, click on Archive Email and from the list under Saved Profiles, select the appropriate archiving profile. Click on Run. After the archiving process has been executed, a protocol appears. It contains information about the volume of emails that have been archived as well as any errors that may have occurred.
This process can be repeated by the user any number of times. MailStore only archives those emails that are not yet stored in the corresponding user archive.
Automating the Archiving Process
In addition to being executed manually, archiving tasks can also be executed automatically. Additional information about this topic is available in chapter Automating the Archiving Process.
