CommuniGate Pro
Version 5.4
Storage
 
 
External

File Storage

CommuniGate Pro Accounts can utilize mailbox storage of other (external) systems. There are 2 main methods for mailbox storage integration:

  • Remote Access. The mailboxes stored on a remote system are seen as CommuniGate Pro Account own mailboxes. When such a Mailbox is opened, CommuniGate Pro connects to the external system and performs all requested Mailbox operations remotely, reading and modifying data directly in the external system mailbox storage.
  • Synchronized Storage. Mailboxes are stored locally, within the CommuniGate Pro Accounts. The CommuniGate Pro periodically connects to the external system and synchronizes its local storage with the external system mailbox storage: messages added to or deleted from the CommuniGate Pro Mailboxes are added to and deleted from the external storage mailboxes, and messages added to or deleted from the external storage mailboxes are added to and deleted from the CommuniGate Pro mailboxes.

Configuring External Storage

To configure External Mailbox Storage for an Account, open the Account Settings using the WebAdmin Interface, and open the Mail Settings page in the Mail section:
External Storage
External Storage Mode:  External Server: 
imap.service.dom:993
Account Name: 
^0
 Password: 
^0
External Storage Mode
The External Storage integration method.
External Server
The name of the external mailbox storage system. It can contain a macro symbol ^0 which is substituted with the CommuniGate Pro Account Domain name.
The name may contain an IP port suffix, and it may include the tls: prefix to indicate that CommuniGate Pro must connect to that system via a secure (encrypted) connection.
If the specified IP port is a standard secure port for the selected protocol (993 for IMAP, 443 for HTTP-based protocols), secure connects are used with our without the tls: prefix specified.
Account Name
The external mailbox storage system credential.
This settings can contain a macro symbol ^0 which is substituted with the CommuniGate Pro Account name.
Password
The external mailbox storage system credential.
This settings can contain a macro symbol ^0 which is substituted with the CommuniGate Pro Account password. The CommuniGate Pro Password should not be stored using a one-way hash method, otherwise a syncronisation attemp will fail.

Remote Access via IMAP

When the External Storage Mode setting is set to IMAP, the Account Mailbox storage is extended using the external mailbox storage system, via IMAP connections:

Synchronized Storage via AirSync

When the External Storage Mode setting is set to AirSync, the Account Mailbox storage is synchronised with the external mailbox storage system using the AirSync protocol:
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