ArtiSan Mailbox Manager for MS Exchange (AMM)

Architectural Overview

At its most basic level, ArtiSan scans Exchange mailboxes and extracts email and similar information. It then uses uses customer-defined rules and policies to determine whether a copy of the item should be archived and, if so, what its retention period should be.

The items are placed in the archive in industry standard Internet format, where they can be processed using standard and proprietary analytical tools. Archive lifetime management is built into the server allowing organisations to apply the appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks.

This basic installation is hidden from the end-user and does not impact on any of the tools they use to interact with their Exchange mailbox. The message content within Exchange is not changed.

In addition, ArtiSan can be configured through rules to “stub” the mailbox content as it archives the items. This can significantly reduce the amount of storage required within the Exchange store giving benefits such as optimising mailbox limits and to limit the exponential growth of the store. A stubbed message acts as a placeholder for the original content of the mail which is now held in the archive. End-Users can click links within the stub to view the content.

ArtiSan is tightly integrated with standard Microsoft products such as Exchange and the Active Directory Service. The latter allows ArtiSan to operate in the customer environment with a minimum amount of system or network re-configuration. Further, ArtiSan employs a zero client install, all components being installed on a dedicated server. This reduces the total cost of ownership of the software and greatly simplifies product deployment.