Message Store Management
The message store is the component of the Messaging Server that contains the user mailboxes as well as the servers that provide IMAP, POP and HTTP access to them. The size of the message store increases as the number of users, mailboxes, and log files increase. You can control the size of the store by specifying limits on the size of mailboxes, by specifying limits on the total number of messages allowed, and by setting aging policies for messages in the store.
Depending on the number of users your server supports, the message store might require one physical disk or multiple physical disks. There are two ways to integrate this additional disk space into your system. The easiest way is to add additional message store partitions (see Managing Message Store Partitions and Adding Storage) Likewise, if you are supporting multiple hosted domains, you might want to dedicate a server instance to a single, large domain. With this configuration, you can designate a store administrator for a particular domain. You can also expand the message store by adding more partitions.
 | How this page is arranged. The sections below give you two ways to view the message store pages, the first by topic and the second by concepts and tasks. |
Message Store Pages by Topic
Architecture & Concepts Administration Monitoring
Troubleshooting Shared Folders Quotas & Automatic Mail Deletion
Message Store Backup and Restore Message Types Mailbox Migration
Command-line Utilities Upgrading the Message Store
All Message Store Pages
Overview and Concepts
- Message Store Architecture and Components
- Message Store Directory Layout
- Message Store Valid UIDs and Folder Names
- Message Store Maintenance Queue
- Message Store Message Types Overview
- Message Store Automatic Recovery on Startup
- Message Store Very Large Mailboxes Overview
- Message Store Shared Folders Overview
- Message Store Message Expiration
- Message Store Quota (Overview)
- Message Store Command-line Utilities
- Message Store Logging
- Message Store Load Throttling
Message Store Tasks and Examples
- Specifying Administrator Access to the Message Store
- Troubleshooting the Message Store
- Monitoring Disk Space
- Managing Mailboxes
- Managing Shared Folders
- Managing Message Types in the Message Store
- Managing Message Store Quotas
- Configuring Automatic Message Removal
- Monitoring the Message Store
- Administering Very Large Mailboxes
- Administering Message Store Database Snapshots (Backups)
- Monitoring User Access to the Message Store
- Protecting Mailboxes from Deletion or Renaming
- Backing Up and Restoring the Message Store
- Managing Message Store Partitions and Adding Storage
- Migrating Mailboxes to a New System
- Reducing Message Store Size Due to Duplicate Storage
- Upgrading the Message Store
- Interpreting Message Store Log Messages for Appropriate Action
- Moving Messaging Server Users From One Mailhost to Another
- Configuring POP, IMAP, and HTTP Services
- Best Practices for Messaging Server and ZFS
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