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What is the difference between an archive and e-mail backup?

April 26, 2017archive backup e-mail

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What is the difference between an archive and e-mail backup?

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In general terms, archiving is the process of removing or copying e-mails to a separate storage facility so that it can be retrieved even after a long period of time. The aim of the process of archiving is to provide some sort of historical record which can be regarded as definitive in law. Backup is the process of copying e-mails to a separate storage facility so that it can be retrieved later. The sole purpose of backup is to give system managers a way of restoring the service to an operational state in the event of hardware, software (or even human) failure.