Add Email/Messages file
The Email/Message file connector is used to archive .EML or .MSG files available on a file share.
To add an EML/Messages file connector
- Access the Administration portal.
The home page of the Administration portal is displayed.
- Click Backup.
- On the left, click Connectors.
- Click New backup connector.
- Click Email/Message file and then click Next.
To make the setup process easier and more intuitive, each tab in the connector creation workflow includes a help icon (?) at the left. You can click this icon to open the respective help topic for that tab, which can guide you through the setup step by step.
- Configure the general settings such as the name, the storage to store the backed-up data, and so on.
- On the Capture scope page, do the following and click Next.
Click Eml or Msg.
Eml: Click this option to back up the .EML files from the source.
Msg: Click this option to back up the .Msg files from the source.
Select the following options as required.
Use sender and recipients for ACL
Select this check box to override the parent folder ACL with SMTP permission of the sender and recipient.
Use Subject as Item name
Select this check box to back up the emails using the subject of the email.
If this check box is not enabled, the email gets ingested based on the actual file name. It is recommended to enable this option.
Restrict the backup scope to specific required folders only.
- Click Next.
- On the Scheduling tab, schedule when the backup job should run.
See Schedule a backup.
- On the Email notifications tab, configure email addresses to receive notifications about backup activities.
- On the Review tab, save the settings and initiate the backup.