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      How do I configure and use the Email Archiving feature in MDaemon Email?

      MDaemon Email includes a message archive utility that stores messages in a searchable database. Administrators can view archived mail, download messages, and/or redeliver messages to domain mail servers as needed.

      Note: This feature is available in MDaemon Email versions 16.0.0 and above and will archive incoming/outgoing mail to a specific directory and no longer archive mail to public folders unless configured to do so. MDaemon Email versions 15.5 and below cannot archive to any folder outside of the public folder directory.


      While no longer viewable from the public folder directory, the MDaemon Queues & Statistics Manager has a Queue view to the Archive directory and its contents.

      MDaemon Email versions 16.0 and above

      1. Select Setup
      2. Select Server Settings
      3. Select Archiving
      4. Choose the directory to archive messages to (default is the \MDaemon\Archives directory).
        • Select Archive inbound mail to save a copy of all messages bound for local users to the archive directory.
          • Select ...archive based on recipient address if you want the inbound mail archive to be categorized by the recipient's email address.
          • Mailing list messages and messages containing a virus are not archived.
        • Select Archive outbound mail to save a copy of all messages of all outgoing messages from local users.
          • Select ...archive based on sender address if you want the outbound mail archive to be categorized by the sender's email address.
          • Mailing list messages and messages containing a virus are not archived.
        • Select Provide separate archives for each MDaemon domain to have separate sub-folders for each domain setup in MDaemon.
      5. (Optional) Click White list to detail 'To' and 'From' addresses that will be exempt from archiving.
      6. Click OK

      MDaemon Email versions 15.5 and below

      To archive to the MDaemon Public Folders: 

      1. Select Setup
      2. Select Server Settings
      3. Select Archiving
      4. Configure the options as desired in the Archive to public folders section of the window:
        • To save a copy of all messages bound for local users to the public folder,check Archive inbound mail.
        • If you wish to sort archived messages by the sending or receiving address, check either ... archive based on sender address or ... archive based on recipient address.
        • To save a copy of all messages sent from your server to remote addresses to the public folder, check Archive outbound mail.
        • If you wish to have separate sub-folders for each domain you have setup in MDaemon, check Provide separate archives for each MDaemon domain.
      5. Click OK

      To archive inbound and outbound mail to specific email address or addresses:

      1. Select Setup
      2. Select Server Settings 
      3. Select Archiving
      4. Select Send copies of all inbound and outbound mail to these addresses
      5. Enter the address of either a local MDaemon account or a remote address.
      6. Select the box Include local mailing list messages if desired. 
          NOTE: You may not want to archive list mail if you have a high volume of mail, because of the additional disk space and processing load required.
      7. Check the option for Include MultiPOP collected messages if desired.
      8. Check the option for Insert '(Archive Copy)' into message Subject header if desired.
      9. Select OK.