ZCS Administrator Guide 8.0

Network Edition

Create an archive mailbox

Archive accounts are created based on the Zimbra Archive name templates.

The archive account is displayed in the administration console with the .archive extension. When a message is received in a mailbox with archiving enabled, a copy of the message is sent to the archive mailbox.

The two attributes you configure on the account to create the archive account are

Currently archived to — The current archive address. Archiving is to a single account. If this is unset, archiving is not enabled.

Archived accounts — A list of previous and current archive addresses that this mailbox was archived to.

1.	Go to Manage > Accounts and select the account to create an archive account for.

1.	Open the Archiving page.

2.	Click Enable archiving. The Enable archiving field is changed to Yes.

3.	The default name and date template are displayed, you can change these.

4.	Click Create to create the archive account. It is displayed in the Currently archived to filed and listed in the Archived accounts field.

5.	Click Close.

The archive mailbox is created and added to the Accounts list. The mailbox quota is set to 0, unlimited quota, the spam and virus checks are disabled, and the Hide in GAL box is enabled so that the archive account does not display in the GAL.