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Jan
Migrating an Archive Server (ASM) archive to MailStore
If you've used Achab's Archive Server (ASM) software in the past and upgraded to MailStore, it's highly likely you'll be wanting to bring across that historic archived data to the new platform. There are two ways you can go about importing an external ASM archive to MailStore - either directly as files, or, via your MDaemon email server.
One of the limitations of importing directly into MailStore is that mail can't be sorted on a per-user basis and instead the archive will have to reside under a single MailStore user account which you delegate access to via MailStore's permissions system. It's for this reason that we tend to recommend the second option and utilise the MDaemon server as an intermediary for MailStore to collect the old archive data from.
This is the second series of fantastic of "how-to" videos to be released by developer Cortex, this time aimed at helping users check and resolve common VSS issues.Whether you've already come across something similar or just want to further your technical understanding of the product, we'd highly recommend a watch when you get a moment...
Perhaps 'roadshow' is stretching it a bit, but those of you who visit the blog regularly will probably have picked up on the fact Neil and I have been taking our bumper Powerpoint deck around the country to the various regional SBS community groups.
As well as letting you know whether or not the 