How do you back up or restore your emails?

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I. Checking the availability of 1-click restore

The LWS Panel offers a one-click restore feature to quickly restore lost data on your various web, MySQL and mail services.

To find out whether this feature is available in your package and what the limitations of the data backup and restore service are, please follow this documentation.

II. How do I access the LWS Panel restore service?

Step 1 : First, you need to log in to your LWS account and access the shared hosting for which you want to restore a backup of the web files.

Step 2: Click on the"Backups/Restores" button in the"Files" section.

Or for Mail Pro service holders, click on the"Backups/Restores" button in the"Administration of your Mail Pro service" section.

Step 3: Click on the"Email Backups" tab to access all the backups available on your hosting package.

III. How do I download an email backup?

The tab lists all the backups available immediately for downloading your emails.

Depending on the service you've subscribed to, you'll be able to benefit from backups of the last 30 or 90 days.

Select the backup you wish to download , then click on the button to the right of the backup, which will allow you to choose different actions

Then click on the"Download link" option to generate a link enabling you to download your backup.

The following window will open:

Click on"Generate link" to launch the action.

Once this action has been completed, click on the history tab to check the progress of the link generation. The action may take several minutes depending on the volume of data involved.

You can refresh the page to check regularly if the status changes. Once the link has been generated, you will see a button enabling you to download your backup.

IV. How do I restore an email backup?

The tab lists all the backups immediately available for restoring your website.

Depending on the service you subscribe to, you will be able to benefit from backups of the last 30 or 90 days.

Select the backup you wish to restore and then click on the button to the right of the backup, which will allow you to choose different actions

A. Restore all

This first option, if selected, restores all the emails contained in the backup for all the domain's email inboxes.

Once the option has been selected, a confirmation window appears:

Once the action has been confirmed, it will be impossible to stop the restoration until it is complete.

B. Restore a mailbox

This option restores all the items linked to a particular email address.

Once the option has been selected, a confirmation window appears:

Select the email address whose contents you wish to restore from the selector.

Once the action has been confirmed, it will be impossible to stop the restoration until it is complete.

C. Viewing the restoration progress

Click on the history tab to view the restoration progress. This may take several minutes depending on the volume of data involved.

You can refresh the page to check regularly if the status changes. Once the restoration has been completed, you will see it in the status.

V. What do I do if the backup I want is not listed?

If the backup you want to restore is not listed, it is probably because your service level does not allow it. You should then subscribe to a Business support option to benefit from the possibility of restoring email backups for up to 90 days, or subscribe to "Backup Search" outsourcing for €49 excluding VAT so that a technician can carry out the operation for you.

VI. Restore error

If, after performing a restore, an error is displayed, please contact our technical support department directly so that a technician can analyse the problem and take action for you if possible.

Conclusion

You now know how to :

• Check the availability of 1-click restore of your web, MySQL and mail services with the LWS Panel 🛠️
• Access the restore service and navigate through the various steps to restore your data 🔄
• Download an email backup to keep a copy of your important communications 💾
• Restore an email backup, either globally or for a specific mailbox 🔃
• Take action if the desired backup is not listed and find out what options are available to recover your data 🕵️‍♂️
• Manage errors when restoring and know when to call technical support for assistance 🆘

By following these steps, you can ensure that your information is secure and easily recoverable should the need arise. Peace of mind is priceless, especially when it comes to the security of your digital data. 🛡️

Thank you for reading this article! If you have any questions or would like to share your experience with the LWS restoration service, please feel free to leave a comment below. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us improve our services! 🤗