Archive
- This feature uses the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) time zone to name directories, select messages to store in each directory, and timestamp messages. You cannot change this setting.
- The amount of disk space that the system uses to archive messages increases in accordance with the length of time that you store mail. Make certain that significant space exists on your disk drive before you enable the Archive feature for a domain on your cPanel account.
Default Archive Configuration
To enable a default archiving configuration for all of your domains, perform the following steps:
- Select the desired archive type.
- Select the length of time for the system to retain messages in the archive. The interface will display a message that the Archive feature is enabled.
- Click Apply to All My Domains to apply the default configuration to all of your domains.
Manage Archiving
The Manage Archiving table lists the archiving settings for each of your domains.
Modify a domain's email archive
To make changes to an existing email archive configuration, perform the following steps:
- In the table, locate the domain for which you wish to enable the email archive.
- Select the desired archive type.
- Select the length of time for the system to retain messages in the archive. The interface will display a message that the Archive feature is enabled.
IMAP Access
You can view messages in multiple ways through an IMAP connection.
Automatic Configuration Scripts
To use a cPanel-provided automatic configuration script, perform the following steps:
- Click the IMAP Access option next to the domain for which you wish to view messages. The Archive Mail Client Configuration interface will display.
- Select either IMAP over SSL/TLS (recommended) or IMAP for your chosen mail client.
- Follow the instructions to complete the setup.
- Use the provided settings to manually set up a read-only configuration via IMAP.
Manual Settings
To manually configure your mail client, perform the following steps:
- Click the IMAP Access option next to the domain whose messages you wish to view.
- In the selected mail client, provide the following information, where
example.comrepresents your domain name:- Mail Server Username:
archive@example.com- Your password is the same as your cPanel account password.
- Incoming Mail Server: (SSL)
mail.example.com- IMAP port:
993
- IMAP port:
- Incoming Mail Server: (non-SSL)
mail.example.com- IMAP port:
143
- IMAP port:
- Mail Server Username:
- After you provide the information to your mail client, the daily directories appear in the folder list.
Download Archives
To download the archives to your local computer, perform the following steps:
- Click the Download Archives option next to the domain for which you wish to view messages.
- Select from the following options:
- All archives
- Incoming
- Mailing Lists
- Outgoing
- The system downloads a .
zipfile that contains the archived messages to your local computer.
Access Webmail
Click the Access Webmail link to view archived messages through Webmail.
Note:
You may need to perform additional steps in some webmail clients.
