MailBase supports exporting archived mail to several formats so administrators (or users) can review the messages in other systems. The steps are:
- Click the Export button to open the Export dialog.
- In the dialog (shown below) choose the export format. The Description field is optional and can be used to remind yourself later of the export's purpose. You can also enable Mail notification to have the system send an email to the operator when the export completes.
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When the settings are ready, click Confirm. A confirmation dialog appears. From there you can click Go to Results to see the export status, or Close to continue with other tasks — the export keeps running in the background.
- Use the Go to Results button, or navigate to Search > Advanced Search > Export Results, to check status and download the file. The Checksum column shows MD5 and SHA-256 links; hover for an underline, and click to reveal the checksum in a dialog. When a PST is split into multiple files, no checksum link is shown in this column.
Scheduled export
Available in MailBase 5.0 SP4 and later.
To avoid exporting large volumes of mail during peak hours and impacting system performance, administrators can schedule all export jobs to run during a defined off-peak window.
Configuration
[webmail@mb ~]$ vim /webmail/mbase/etc/batch_export.conf
sched_export=0 <== enable scheduled export (0 = off, 1 = on)
sched_period_bgn=0 <== scheduled export start time (Min: 0, Max: 23)
sched_period_end=0 <== scheduled export end time (Min: 0, Max: 23)
For example, to run scheduled exports between 22:00 and 23:00, configure:
[webmail@mb ~]$ vim /webmail/mbase/etc/batch_export.conf
sched_export=1
sched_period_bgn=22
sched_period_end=23
After saving, restart the sched service.
[webmail@mb ~]$ /webmail/mbase/bin/mbase.pl sched restart