Overview

This article aims to explain how to manually retrieve the configuration files from a MailEssentials instance.

Process

• Copy the AutoWhitelist database: <...GFI\MailEssentials\AntiSpam\Autowhitelist.mdb>
• Copy the Bayesian Database: <...GFI\MailEssentials\AntiSpam\data\weights.bsp>
• Copy the Whitelist database <...GFI\MailEssentials\AntiSpam\data\controlLists.sdf>
• Copy the Anti-Spam log files. By default, these will be found in <...GFI\MailEssentials\AntiSpam\DebugLogs\*.*>.
• Copy the Anti-Malware log files. By default, these will be found in <...GFI\MailEssentialsEmailSecurity\DebugLogs\*.*>.
• Copy the EmailSecurity configuration database: <..\GFI\MailEssentials\EMailSecurity\Data\avapicfg.mdb>. 
  • Using Microsoft Access, open avapicfg.mdb that has just been copied and perform the following steps:
  • Open the tb_ldapsettings table
  • Delete the contents of the user and password fields
  • Close the tb_ldapsetttings table
  • Double click the tb_autoupdate table
  • Delete the contents of the proxyuser and proxypw

• If the reports data was archived to a Microsoft Access MDB file, you can copy the file from its location. The default location is <...GFI\MailEssentials\AntiSpam\data\reports.mdb>.
  If you were using Microsoft SQL Server, you can export the data from the server itself.
• If the archive data was archived to a Microsoft Access MDB file, you can copy the file from its location. The default location is <...GFI\MailEssentials\AntiSpam\data\archive.mdb>.
  If you were using Microsoft SQL Server, you can export the data from the server itself.
• If you had any Newsletters or Discussion lists configured, the subscribed users will be saved to a database. If you choose to store subscribers to a Microsoft Access database, you can copy the file from its location. The default location is <...GFI\MailEssentials\AntiSpam\ata\ListName.mdb>.
  If you were using Microsoft SQL Server, you can export the data from the server itself.