How Can I Archive My Groupwise E-Mail?

GroupWise Archive

GroupWise Archive allows you to store your e-mail messages electronically in another location other than the GroupWise servers for safe keeping. GroupWise Archive looks like your GroupWise Mailbox but the messages are stored on your Y: drive. Once you configure GroupWise Archive, you can view archived items whenever you need to. You can also unarchive any archived item.

To configure GroupWise Archive, follow the steps below.   It is only necessary to configure GroupWise archive once.

 1. Create a folder called GWARCHIVE on your Y: drive. This folder will store your archived items.

 2. Double-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop

 3. Double-click on your Y:\ drive to open

 4. Right-click in the window

 5. Select New

 6. Select Folder

 7. Type GWARCHIVE to name the folder

 8. Close the window(s)

 9. Login to GroupWise

10. Select Tools from the GroupWise menu

11. Choose Options

12. Double-click on Environment

13. Click on the File Location tab

Specify the location of your archive directory in the Archive Directory text box. (For ex. type Y:\GWARCHIVE). You can also browse to your Y: drive by selecting the yellow folder to the right, selecting your Y: drive and then selecting the GWARCHIVE folder.

14. Select O.K.

15. Close the Options box

To archive a message

1. Right-click on the message that you want to Archive

2. Choose Archive

To archive a Cabinet item in a folder, right-click on the message that you want to archive and choose Archive. You do not have to create the folder, it will automatically create the folder for you in Archive. You can select multiple items at once and archive them.

To open the Archive

1. Select File from the GroupWise menu

2. Choose Open Archive

To unarchive items

1. Select File from the GroupWise menu

2. Choose Open Archive

3. Select the item you want to unarchive, right-click on the message, choose Archive

4. To return to your Mailbox, Select File from the GroupWise menu

5. Choose Open Archive

Unarchived messages are returned to the folder from which they were archived. If the folder has been deleted, GroupWise creates a new folder in your Mailbox or Cabinet.

To archive items automatically

Select Tools from the GroupWise menu

Choose Options

Double-click on Environment

Click on the Cleanup tab

Select Auto_Archive After for the item type you want to archive (ex. Mail and Phone or Appointment, task, and reminder note

Specify the number of days after the item is delivered or completed that you want it to be archived.

Select O.K.

Close the Options box

If you use Auto_Archive, it is still very important to delete unwanted mail from your main mailbox as well as your archive.


     
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