SUMMARY
How to backup and restore MailEnable configuration data.
DETAIL
There are 3 main areas where MailEnable stores
configuration and user data:
1. Registry: Server Configuration (Service Settings,
Machine Specific Configuration Information)
2. File System:Queues, Postoffice and Account data,
etc
3. Provider Store (File System: \CONFIG Directory or
SQL Server Database; depending on provider).
It is
relatively straightforward to backup and restore
MailEnable. The most primitive way, if using TAB delimited files, is to copy
everything under the Program Files\MailEnable directory to an alternate location.
MailEnable mostly uses flat files for configuration (by design) and therefore
all messages and configuration are simple to backup.
The only other information (optionally) requiring backup is the information in the
registry. The registry hosts server specific information (like connector settings, etc).
To do this, use the registry editor (REGEDIT) to export the HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SOFTWARE\MailEnable registry key (and all subkeys and values) to a reg file.
More information on how to use the registry
editor is available from Microsoft's Web Site. To recover the backup, stop all
services, replace the directory tree from the backup and then import the saved
registry file into the registry.
A basic utility is available for download from
the MailEnable Web Site. The MEBackup utility has a graphical interface and also
provides the following command parameters:
/BACKUP - automated backup (no user
interface)
/RESTORE - automated backup (no user interface)
/NOLOGS - do
not backup Log Files
/NOSTORE - do not backup the Message Store
/HIDE - do not display Windows
MORE INFORMATION
How to recover a corrupt configuration of MailEnable:
Article ME020069
How to recover configuration data if a system
corruption occurs or is accidentally deleted?: Article ME020156
How to automate backups with the MailEnable Backup
Utility?: Article ME020114
REFERENCES
Microsoft Window's registry
information: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;256986 | 
