Journaling is a feature in Exch. that uses a mailbox to bcc every email that is sent to or from or within your organization. So everything sent or received goes to that mailbox. Then you set up an appliance, or a server...or on the same server if you want to hit that mailbox every few minutes and download those messages. The archiver then organizes those messages into a searchable database.
That way they are all on a machine that is secure from the users and the emails cannot be deleted by them.... There is the appliance route, a box you just plug in and set up. There are also pure software solutions where you bring your own server and add their software to it. We went that route and went with GFI for Exchange. They have nonprofit/education discounts. From: Paul Everett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: email archiving I'm sure this topic has come up before so excuse me it this is old hat. We are looking at an email archive solution from an outside vendor. I don't know much about it except they put an appliance on our network and turn Journaling "on" on our Exchange server, and it's wildly expensive. Can someone give me an "in-a-nutshell" explanation of how this works? Is this the best solution for our money? Any alternatives? We are a non-profit behavioral health facility trying to stay HIPAA compliant. We have a 2003 Domain w/Exchange 2003. Approx 250 mailboxes and right now my total mail store is 30 gigs (priv and pub). Thanks, Paul Everett IS Dept. Lee Mental Health Center 239-791-1551 "Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. providing services through Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services. Visit our website at www.leementalhealth.org<blocked::http://www.leementalhealth.org/> to learn more." Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
