Veritas Enterprise Vault™ Setting up SMTP Archiving
- About this guide
- Introducing Enterprise Vault SMTP Archiving
- About Enterprise Vault SMTP Archiving
- About SMTP Journaling
- About Selective SMTP Journaling
- About SMTP Mailbox Journaling
- Configuring SMTP Journaling and SMTP Mailbox Journaling
- Configuring Selective SMTP Journaling and SMTP Mailbox Journaling
- Using Exchange Server to journal messages to Enterprise Vault
- Installing SMTP Archiving
- Configuring SMTP Archiving
- Configuring target address rewriting
- PowerShell cmdlets
Configuring retention categories and SMTP policies
Before adding SMTP target addresses, check that suitable retention categories and SMTP policies exist for the SMTP messages that you want to archive. If necessary create new retention categories or policies for these items.
In the Enterprise Vault Administration Console, retention categories are located in the Retention & Classification container under Policies.
When the archiving task stores a message that contains the target address, it assigns to the stored message the retention category that you configured for the target. The retention category defines the retention period, which is the minimum amount of time for which the stored message must be retained.
The retention category properties also allow you to control visibility of the retention category to users, and deletion of the archived item by Enterprise Vault or users. To change these settings, open the properties of the retention category in the Enterprise Vault Administration Console. The settings are not options in the New Retention Category wizard.
To create a new retention category
- In the left pane of the Administration Console, expand the vault site hierarchy until Policies is visible.
- Expand Policies and then expand Retention & Classification.
- Right-click Categories and then, on the shortcut menu, click New > Retention Category.
The New Retention Category wizard starts.
- Work through the wizard.
- To view or change the retention category properties, double-click the new retention category in the right-hand pane.
For more information, see "Creating a new retention category" in the Administrator's Guide.
In the Enterprise Vault Administration Console, SMTP Archiving policies are located in the SMTP container under Policies.
Table: SMTP policy properties lists the settings available in the policy properties.
Property | Description |
|---|---|
Name and Description | The policy name and a description of its application. |
If you want Enterprise Vault to index specific X-Headers in SMTP messages, then you need to add the X-Headers to the policy. There are also special Enterprise Vault X-Headers that can be used to customize how a message is archived. These headers begin with "X-Kvs". Enterprise Vault recognizes and processes "X-Kvs" headers, so you do not need to add these to the X-Header list. See About X-Headers. | |
The following advanced settings control how the archiving task handles journal report messages:
These advanced settings are described in detail in the Administrator's Guide. See the section, Journal Reports settings, under "Advanced SMTP policy settings". | |
Targets | The SMTP target addresses to which this policy applies. This property is populated when you create SMTP targets and assign a policy. |
- In the left pane of the Administration Console, expand the vault site hierarchy until Policies is visible.
- Expand Policies and click SMTP. The existing SMTP policies are listed in the right-hand pane.
- Right-click SMTP and then, on the shortcut menu, click New > Policy. The New SMTP Policy page opens.
- Type in a name and description for the new policy, then click OK.
- To view or change the policy properties, double-click the new policy in the right-hand pane.