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Understanding Device Behavior when Disabled or Subscriptions Expire

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This article refers to Barracuda Message Archiver Legacy Release firmware or higher.

The following tables list Barracuda Message Archiver behavior when the device is disabled or subscriptions expire.

Table 1. Disabled Device Behavior
Virtual AppliancePhysical Appliance

Inbound mail services and processing stops:

  • SMTP Journaling stops working
  • Exchange Integration jobs stop running
  • PST Imports are disabled
  • Journal Accounts stop fetching mail
  • GroupWise Sync is disabled
  • Search stops functioning
  • Mail continues to be accepted and processed
  • Archived mail is not searchable
  • UI configuration changes are disabled
Table 2. Expired Subscriptions
Virtual AppliancePhysical Appliance

Inbound mail services and processing stops:

  • SMTP Journaling stops working
  • Exchange Integration jobs stop running
  • PST Imports are disabled
  • Journal Accounts stop fetching mail
  • GroupWise Sync is disabled
  • Search stops functioning
  • All updates are disabled