MailStore Connector: Adding a New Connection

Owned by Mateusz Lorc
Oct 18, 2019
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Connection Name Page

 

Setting NameDescription
Display NameThe name of the connection.

Administration API Configuration Page


Setting Name
Description
MailStore Administration API Hostname

Hostname of the Administration API.

PortPort used by MailStore Administration API. You can check this in MailStore Server Service Configuration. Default value is 8463.
MailStore Admin Account LoginLogin name for the admin user that has been created during setup on this page.
MailStore Admin Account PasswordPassword for the admin user that has been created during setup on this page.

IMAP Configuration Page


Setting Name
Description
MailStore IMAP Hostname

Hostname of the IMAP Server.

PortPort used by MailStore IMAP Server. You can check this in MailStore Server Service Configuration. Default value is 993.
MailStore Auditor Account LoginLogin name for the index user (auditor) that has been created during setup on this page.
MailStore Auditor Account PasswordPassword for the index user (auditor) that has been created during setup on this page.
Give Auditor read access to all mailboxesAuditor account when created has read access to all archives. However when new archives are added Auditor is not getting automatically access to them. You can check this box if you want the MailStore Connector to give Auditor read access to all mailboxes at the start of each full scan.
Message Batch SizeNumber messages returned by single request to IMAP Server. It is recommended to leave the default value unless there is good reason for the change.

Security Page


Setting Name
Description
Auth Realm for authentication

Auth Realm that corresponds to the Directory Service Type that was used for user synchronization in MailStore. Supported Auth Realms are:

  • Active Directory
  • Office365
  • Azure AD if at least one connection was made using Azure AD Connector. This Auth Realm corresponds to Office 365 Directory Service.
User Name Format

User Name Format used by the user synchronization. Supported formates are:

  • SAM Account Name (only for Active Directory Auth Realm)
  • User Principal Name (UPN)
  • User Principal Name (UPN) Local Part
  • Important Note: If have enabled Single Sign-On and Active Directory was used for the synchronization then you have to additionally provide Active Directory credentials. If you however do not provide this credentials then all users that will try to get search hits will get error and won't get any results..

File Type Page

Setting Name
Description
File Type to index

Select file types Only the most common file types are included by default.

The file extension to index. The options are:

  • Index all file types (default)
    • This one will by default index ALL files, regardless of the file format
    • For file types associated with the built-in DocFilter content filter, all text content available will be indexed
    • For other file types, only available metadata (like file name and path) will be indexed
  • Index selected file types only
    • Will only index the file types listed in the dialog
  • Exclude selected file types
    • Will index everything - except the file types defined in the list

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