AA Mail Server - Techincal Support

Major Features |

Five Cases |

Quick Setup |

If you have any questions or comments regarding our products, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will do our best to respond & solve promptly. Your problem reports and suggestions are very appreciated. You could contact us at support@aamailsoft.com or ask remote control help (TeamViewer, Remote Desktop, RealVNC).

How to Backup AA Mail Server?

Quickly manually backup

Detach "aamailpro" database in in SQL Server Enterprise Manager (skip this step for Access).
Just copy entire "C:\AAMailPro" folder to another place to backup it.
After backup completed, attach "C:\AAMailPro\dbs\aamailpro.mdf" to SQL Server (skip this step for Access).

Quickly restore AA Mail Server

Copy above backuped folder to a new place.
Attach "C:\AAMailPro\dbs\aamailpro.mdf" to SQL Server (skip this step for Access).
Open "C:\AAMailPro\aamailsvr.ini", modify "DatabaseSetup=0" in [System] setion.
Startup AA Mail Server, enter new database connection parameters .

AA Mail Server Storage Structure

In AA Mail Server, all account information and decoded mail information, e.g. subject, content, header etc, are stored in database, while original messages and decoded attachments stored in file format. This architecture can Extremely reduce physical database volume and provide higher performance. All files are stored in subfolder of "dbs". Each account has its individual folder.

There are two backup functions: quick backup mode and full backup mode. Click "Tool -> Backup database" menu command, and specify destination folder with enough space, you can start backup.

Quick backup Mode: will only backup databases and this backup operation need not stop mail service;
Full backup mode: will stop mail service to backup databases and all mail data (entire dbs folder).

AA Mail Server auto-runs quick backup procedure at 23:55 everyday and keeps copies of previous 3 days. Default backup location is C:\AAMailPro\dbs\bak. If your meet problems and want to restore data, you could use restore function on "Tool -> Restore database" menu command.

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