Journaling and Email Box Archiving

What is Journaling? Why is it Important? What is Email Box Archiving?

24 Feb 2026 SintelSedat Akfidan 1 min read
Journaling and Email Box Archiving

Journaling and Automatic Folder Synchronization

What is Journaling and why is it important?

Journaling, more accurately "SMTP Journaling," ensures that e-mail messages are archived immediately after being received and sent. To do this, an administrator creates a journal rule that automatically sends a copy of every incoming and outgoing e-mail to an archive system. This is the basis for legally compliant e-mail archiving. In this way, you can be sure that all e-mails are archived in a long-term, faithful to the original, traceable, and always accessible manner. Problem: In this archiving format, the existing folder structures in the e-mail system are not transferred.

Preserving the Structure and Still Compliant Archiving?

When archiving e-mails, you would like to find them again quickly. Therefore, it is a real advantage if the familiar folder structure in your e-mail inbox is preserved in the archive - everything remains clear and familiar. Our MailStore customers have been familiar with this practical e-mail inbox archiving feature for a long time and successfully use it every day.

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