Overview

This article shares information about enabling the 'Legal Hold' on the deletion of archived items in GFI Archiver. 

IMPORTANT: Use this feature with caution, since emails are immediately deleted on disabling Legal Hold.

Process

• Legal Hold instructs GFI Archiver to pause deleting archived emails and to retain them until further notice.
  • Enable this feature to temporarily halt archived email deletion until, for example, a court case is resolved.
    
    
• Enabling this feature still causes GFI Archiver to mark the archived emails for deletion. Delete instruction will be executed only once the legal hold is removed.
  
  
• Follow these steps to enable Legal Hold:
  1. Select the Configuration tab.
  2. Click Retention and SPAM Policies.
  3. Select .
     • Verify that Legal Hold is enabled from the Home tab, under About GFI Archiver.
       
       
• Follow these steps to disable Legal Hold:
  
  1. Select the Configuration tab.
  2. Click Retention and SPAM Policies.
  3. Select .

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Configuring Deletion for Archived Items in GFI Archiver