better-mailstore-email-alertsLast year I wrote this article that described how you could use a combination of MailStore email archiver's auditing features, the Windows task manager and a PowerShell script to send you email alerts in the event an archiving job failed. This worked well but it was a little on the keen side, occasionally being triggered by a job failing that would actually just go on to run fine again shortly afterwards.

Our friends over at the German developer of MailStore Server have been busy conducting an international survey of 480 customers in the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Respondents were asked to rate the popular email archiving software in terms of documentation, support, product features from the administrator’s and user’s point of view, and the price/performance ratio. We're very pleased indeed to report that the response they received is in line with the glowing feedback we always hear as the UK distributor. For details, read the full report below...

Product review by ITSMDailyRun by Erik Blum, an IT Manager at one of the top 500 companies in the United States, ITSMDaily.com is a news and reviews Web site aimed at IT professionals. As a user of Microsoft Exchange, Erik made the choice to archive his email with MailStore Server instead of Exchange's archiving features and is keen to share his findings with his audience.

email retentionIt's quite likely you're aware that legislation exists surrounding email retention, but do you know which of the many regulations apply to you and your business?  Some industries are subject to more regulations than others, but nearly all companies are affected by some form of legal compliance. Let’s look at some of the main legal requirements that are likely to affect your clients...

How should you archive with MailStore?       If you've just downloaded MailStore, you're no doubt primed and ready to start hitting "next, next, next" to get up and running as soon as possible. Before you do however, it is worth just taking a moment to think about your requirements in a little more detail. We see all sorts of weird and wonderful variations to cater for different customer scenarios, but in most cases you'll need to consider which combination of "journalling", and direct connection to individual mailboxes you're going to use to archive your email.

mailStore box shotExciting stuff! One of the leading Exchange resource sites today published a glowing review of MailStore giving it the highest category of praise and their coveted Gold award. >> READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE << The author J. Peter Bruzzes, who's an MVP and director of Exclusively Exchange gave a summary of the install process in his test lab environment. Not that we had any doubts, but we were extremely pleased to read his subsequent feedback which included quotes such as "I liked MailStore Server. I liked it a lot because it was incredibly easy-to-use, extremely flexible, reasonably priced and well supported".