Skip this primer section, take me to Part II - Get Started with Email Archival in Outlook
Download the Email Archival Outlook plugin (SYMANTEC Enterprise Vault User Extensions version 8.0 SP2 for Windows uploaded 9 Sep 2009)
This software has been tested to work on Outlook client 2000, 2003, 2007 without any issues. However we disclaim all liability whatsoever for any potential loss of data or hardware damage in the course of installing this package on your personal computer
About Email Archival
Email Archival extends the Exchange mailbox email quota by 4800MB. Each STAFF will have up to 5000MB of email quota comprising of 200MB (of primary quota from Exchange) and 4800MB (from Email Archival or secondary quota).
Email Archival frees up Exchange mailbox by automatically archiving and compressing the older mails to the secondary storage during off-peak times. These archived mails are directly accessible on the fly from Outlook client and Webmail as you normally would.
Only emails/items in the following folders types are archived-enabled:
Please note that User Created Folders are folders created in Outlook/Webmail. These folders reside on the Exchange servers. These are NOT your Personal Folders or PST files. PST files reside on your local drive or a mapped online network drive
Both in Outlook or Webmail, archived mails are easily identified from the short-cut icons as shown below. Also archived mails display only the first 1000 characters of the original email content.
Each archived mails averages between 3 to 4 Kilobytes.
Getting Ready for Email Archival
Extra plug-ins are required on your Outlook client to use the full features of Email Archival. For campus/office computers, the plug-in would have been installed by default when you Shut Down and Restart your Windows XP.
You will notice additional icons on the upper pane of your Outlook as shown below (if your mailbox has been turned on for archiving. For those mailbox that has NOT been archive-enabled, these icons will not be displayed.)
For personal copies of Outlook client in home PC or personal laptop, you'll need to install the Email Archival plug-insto access full contents of the archived mails. Please follow this link for the installation instructions
Once the necessary plug-in is installed, please see next section on Get Started with Email Archival in Outlook