Email backup vs. email archive
Email is still the most dominant form of communication. Both email backups and email archiving are critical for any company’s business continuity plan (BCP). In this article we’ll explore what they are good for, and how they complement each other. What’s an email backup? An…
Authenticate against Google Workspace (formerly gSuite)
Google Workspace (formerly Google Suite Business) is a widely used email platform. This blog post describes how to configure piler enterprise to archive emails at Google. Prerequisites You have your own domain an Google Workspace and piler enterprise installed. Register the archive as a web…
Escaping the PST chaos
Probably the most frequent topics in the Microsoft Exchange group on Linkedin are related to PST files. There are several posts in the group on “How to export emails to a PST file” or “How to recover a PST file”-kind posts. I can also see…
Using Azure AD single sign-on (SSO)
Azure is a popular cloud provider, and the piler GUI supports Azure AD to provide Single Sign-On (SSO). In this article we’ll see how to delegate the piler GUI authentication to Azure AD using its SSO capabilities. Prerequisites You have an Azure subscription or trial,…
Using AWS Cognito single sign-on (SSO)
Single Sign-On (SSO) is an important feature towards security. The benefits are huge. Users don’t have to memorize several passwords to access company resources, a single strong password is enough. SSO providers often add other useful perks, eg. password recovery, 2FA, protection against brute-force password…
The bucket feature
What if you needed to provide access to a bunch of emails from different email accounts to a 3rd party? Let’s say an external auditor needs access to emails related to a specific case. The relevant emails are located in 10 different mailboxes. You don’t…
Reviewing Zimbra Network edition’s email archiving capabilities
What is Zimbra? Let me quote their own definition from the Zimbra website: “Zimbra, a Synacor product, is an email and collaboration platform that includes contacts, calendar, tasks, instant messaging and file sharing, plus add-ons such as videoconferencing, document creation and file storage.” The Zimbra Network…
Running piler on Zentyal
What’s Zentyal? Zentyal is an easy to use Linux alternative to Windows Server. Its features include replacing an MS Active Directory, securing Internet access using VPN and firewall, etc. It also has a dedicated mail server, however it doesn’t have email archiving capabilities. This is…
3-2-1 Backup: The Rule For Recovery
A single backup is not enough You think you have a backup, so you are covered, right? Not even close. Having a backup of your emails is a must. However, it may not be enough. Several incidents show that some disaster could happen even if…
Running piler enterprise in a containerized environment with docker-compose
In the previous blog post we learned that the traefik edge router is a handy tool to provide https connection together with Let’s Encrypt. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could run all components required by an email archive including traefik as well in a…
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- Email backup vs. email archive
- Authenticate against Google Workspace (formerly gSuite)
- Escaping the PST chaos
- Software maintenance
- Using Azure AD single sign-on (SSO)
- Using AWS Cognito single sign-on (SSO)
- The bucket feature
- Reviewing Zimbra Network edition’s email archiving capabilities
- Running piler on Zentyal
- Communigate Pro with piler