Integrating Archiving

Any archival system that is capable of receiving SMTP is capable of being used alongside the PostPath Server™.

One popular example supported by PostPath is "Enterprise Vault" from Symantec (KVS/Veritas). Enterprise Vault provides sophisticated content life-cycle management as well as built-in index and search technologies, enabling the implementation of data management and compliance policies. Introductory information on Enterprise Vault is available, [Click Here]

Specific sys-admin information on SMTP support is available if you [Click Here] 

Another widely used product is HP's StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System, often referred to as "HP RISS". RISS (pronounced "Riz") is a combined hardware and software solution in which the storage is directly integrated. Like Enterprise Vault, RISS provides sophisticated indexing, search and data management capabilities. An introduction to RISS is available if you [Click Here]

More detailed technical information, including manuals with SMTP configuration, is available if you [Click Here]

Both Enterprise Vault and RISS can operate in conjunction with Active Directory™. They can pull account information from Active Directory™ via LDAP, enabling them to correlate archived emails with the user account information used by Exchange™, Outlook™, and the PostPath Server™.

To configure the PostPath Server™ to archive messages, you simply need to configure PostFix (the MTA) to carry out the necessary message delivery by providing it with the address of the archiving solution deployed. This configuration can be carried out by editing the Postfix configuration file or by using the PostPath web-management tool. Archiving can be enabled for incoming messages, outgoing messages, or both.

It is equally easy to enable or disable archiving on a user-by-user basis. Simply specify an Active Directory™ group for archiving, then any messages sent or received (or both) by any member of that group will be archived; archiving can be turned on or off for individual users simply by adding them to, or removing them from, the group in Active Directory™, which can be done on a user-by-user basis or in bulk.