Never lose an important email again
Every message is kept encrypted. When someone deletes the wrong thing, or a case needs evidence, you can get it back safely.
Archive, hold and recover
Encrypted archive
Messages are stored encrypted and searchable by authorised staff.
Retention policies
Keep mail for as long as policy or law requires, then remove it automatically.
Legal holds
Freeze selected mail so nothing, including retention clean-up, can delete it.
Recovery Desk
The person who asks for recovery cannot be the one who approves it.
Time-limited access
Approvals open a time window and close it automatically.
Recovery modes
Choose strict (approval needed), direct (admin can restore) or off, per customer.
Data protection controls (DLP page)
Choose how long archived mail is kept for your organisation. Mail under legal hold is never touched.
Search the archive
Find messages by sender, recipient, date and subject.
Every access logged
Who searched, opened or recovered what is written to the audit trail.
Four eyes on every recovery
Recovering mail is powerful, so it is protected. A request names the mailbox and reason, a second person approves, and the access expires on its own.
- Requester and approver are different people
- Reason is mandatory and recorded
- Strict, direct or off per customer
Archive and recovery questions
Can I stop the archive from deleting mail under a legal case?
Yes. A legal hold freezes the selected mail until you lift it, whatever the retention policy says.
Who can read archived mail?
Only staff whose role includes the right permission, and every access is recorded.
What does the DLP page do?
It lets an organisation shorten its archive retention within the limit of its plan. If a change would remove existing mail immediately, you must confirm first, and mail under legal hold is never removed.
Keep every message, prove every access
Request an account to enable the archive.
Explore X-Protection
- X-Protection overview – every feature on one page
- Spam, malware and link protection – spam rules, reputation, attachment analyzer and URL protection
- X-Trust impersonation defence – BEC and look-alike sender detection with 18 signals
- Archive, legal hold and recovery – encrypted archive, retention and Recovery Desk
- Quarantine, digests and mail trace – release requests, allow and block lists, delivery monitor
- Compliance, audit and access control – tamper-evident audit trail, custom roles and two-factor
- X-Protection for MSPs and resellers – one console for every customer, plans and usage
- Mail Admin – the control panel for business email