You must choose a location for the holding area that holds the SMTP files until FSA archives them.
When choosing a location for the holding area, note the following:
For information on the requirements for the holding area computer, see "Additional prerequisites for SMTP archiving" in Installing and Configuring.
We recommend that the holding area is on a drive that is local to the computer on which the SMTP archiving components are installed. Using a network location for the holding area may affect performance.
The holding area must be a share or must be located on a volume that is a share, so that it can be a target for File System Archiving. The Vault Service account must have access to the share.
The disk space that is required for the holding area depends on the size of the messages, and the speed at which Enterprise Vault archives the files.
The following accounts must have Read and Change permissions on the folders in the holding area:
The Vault Service account (the account under which File System Archiving runs).
The account that SMTP archiving uses to write to the holding area. You determine this account when you run the SMTP archiving process. The account must be a standard user account. Do not use the Vault Service account or a local administrator account. You can use the account that IIS uses, which is , by default.
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