Why use MessageBunker?

Having a separate cloud-based email archive like MessageBunker can be invaluable, even if you already use email services with their own storage…

Independence from Your Primary Email System

Your regular email provider (Gmail, Microsoft, etc.) can experience outages, account lockouts, or service disruptions. A separate archive means you’re not putting all your eggs in one basket – if something goes wrong with your primary account, you still have complete access to your email history elsewhere.

Protection Against Your Own Actions

Email providers typically have deletion policies – even “deleted” items eventually get purged permanently after 30-90 days. If you realise six months later that you need an email you deleted, your provider can’t help you.

A separate email archive keeps everything indefinitely, regardless of what happens in your main account.

If you lose access to your account (forgotten password, account suspension, company email after leaving a job), or if you switch providers, you could lose historical emails. A separate archive ensures you maintain a permanent, independent record that’s not tied to any single email service.

Enhanced Legal and Compliance Protection

For businesses, having emails stored separately from employee-controlled accounts means departing employees can’t delete evidence before leaving. The archive provides a tamper-proof record for regulatory compliance, litigation, or internal investigations.

True Disaster Recovery

Cloud email services are generally reliable, but they’re not immune to catastrophic failures, data corruption, or cyber attacks. A separate archive in different data centers (like MessageBunker’s UK facilities) provides genuine redundancy – if one system fails completely, the other remains intact.

Search and Retrieval Across Multiple Accounts

If you manage multiple email addresses, a separate archive can consolidate everything in one searchable location, making it much easier to find old correspondence without remembering which account you used.

Think of it like having both cloud storage for your photos AND a separate backup drive – redundancy provides peace of mind that a single point of failure won’t cost you irreplaceable data.

It might just save your bacon!

Here are some real-world scenarios where MessageBunker could rescue you from a difficult situation:

Accidental Deletion Disasters

You’re cleaning out your inbox and accidentally select and delete an entire folder of client correspondence from the past year. With MessageBunker, you can simply search for those emails in your archive and restore them – even though they’re gone from your regular mailbox.

The “I Never Got That Email” Dispute

A client claims they never received your proposal email with the agreed-upon pricing. You search your sent folder but can’t find it – maybe it got deleted during a cleanup months ago. MessageBunker’s archive lets you search back through your complete email history to prove you sent it and show exactly what terms you quoted.

Ransomware or Account Compromise

Your email account gets hacked and the attacker deletes years of correspondence, or ransomware encrypts your local email files. Because MessageBunker stores copies independently in their secure facilities, your entire email history remains intact and recoverable.

Legal or HR Issues

An employee leaves your company and a month later there’s a legal dispute about what was agreed to in email conversations. Even if those emails were deleted from the company server, MessageBunker’s archive preserves them, which could be crucial for defending your position or meeting legal discovery requirements.

The “When Did I Send That?” Problem

You need to prove exactly when you sent an important notice or contract modification. Using MessageBunker’s Time Travel feature, you can recreate your mailbox as it existed on that specific date, showing precisely what was sent and when.

Device Failure

Your laptop crashes and your locally stored emails are corrupted or lost. Rather than losing years of business correspondence, you can restore everything from MessageBunker’s cloud archive.

Key reasons you might choose MessageBunker over its competitors

Simplicity and Ease of Use

MessageBunker positions itself as straightforward and user-friendly compared to enterprise-grade competitors like Mimecast, Barracuda, or Smarsh. There’s no hardware to purchase or complex software to install – everything is managed through a web interface. This makes it particularly appealing if you want archiving without the technical complexity or IT overhead.

Affordability

The service emphasizes that it won’t break the bank, which is a significant differentiator from enterprise solutions that can cost thousands of pounds. MessageBunker is a budget-friendly option for small to medium businesses, whereas competitors like Barracuda Message Archiver and Mimecast Cloud Archive are typically priced for larger organizations with substantial budgets.

No Infrastructure Investment

Unlike hardware-based solutions (archiving appliances) or software solutions that require you to purchase servers, database licenses, and webserver software, MessageBunker is purely cloud-based. You avoid upfront capital expenses and ongoing maintenance costs.

Three-Month Free Trial

MessageBunker offers an unusually long trial period (three months) with no obligation, which is more generous than many competitors. This gives you ample time to evaluate whether it meets your needs before committing.

UK Data Hosting

For businesses concerned about data sovereignty or preferring UK-based storage, MessageBunker hosts data in UK facilities – this could be important for GDPR compliance or simply preference for where your data resides.

Suitable for Smaller Operations

While enterprise solutions like Smarsh or Google Vault (for G Suite users) may be overkill for basic email archiving needs, MessageBunker focuses specifically on email without the complexity or cost of multi-channel communication archiving.

MessageBunker is best suited for small to medium businesses or individuals who want straightforward, affordable email archiving without enterprise complexity.

More information, and your FREE Trial

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