Email archiving, it’s not fun, but we have still got to do it

Sunday February 19, 2017

With Email being so critical to businesses now, and the volume of mail being sent each day increasing almost exponentially, it’s getting increasingly harder to keep track of it all. Mailboxes reach their quota limit, so the next option is to use the outlook archive feature, which moves mail into a separate PST file, which works fine in the short term.

 

However these archive files have limits, so additional archive files are created. It doesn’t take too long before you have a number of these archive files in use, and that’s where the problems start. If you want to find a particular email from some time in the past where do you look? You really don’t want to spend half your day digging through multiple archive mailboxes. And worse still what happens if all these archive files are on your laptop and it gets stolen? It is unlikely they can ever be recovered.

 

There are a number of solutions to this problem, but they can be very expensive and only really suitable for larger businesses with an equally large IT budget.

 

However we have an enterprise solution that anyone can utilise for just a few dollars a month.

 

Every email sent to and received from your mailbox is copied to a secure archive in the cloud, where it will remain for the next 10 years. It’s accessible from a web browser with a built in search engine. So you can find that important email from 3 years ago in minutes.

 

We could of course go back to paper written memos and carbon paper copies, which would also solve the email spam and virus problems. However there would be a rather large demand for filing cabinets!

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Craig Boyle

Craig Boyle is the Co-Founder and Head of Sales & Marketing at MSP Blueshift, an award-winning Australian IT services company. With a career in the IT industry dating back to 1998, Craig has deep technical knowledge and a passion for helping businesses grow, protect, and streamline their operations. Through his writing, he breaks down complex IT and cybersecurity topics into clear, actionable insights for business leaders who want peace of mind and performance from their IT investments.

When he’s not writing or advising clients, Craig can be found at the racetrack supporting his son’s karting career.

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