Can google search appliance search .msg files?

[अभिषेक श्रीवास्तव]

Hello,

We have a email retention database where we maintain an archive of
emails (in the form of .msg files).

We want to make these emails search-able.

Is it possible for google appliance to search the .msg file stored in
a database?

Also, how can we implement security with google search appliance?

The search results should include an email (or attachment) only if the
person who is searching was in the to, cc or bcc list of the email.

Please do reply to this question.

Regards,
Abhishek

[Michael Cizmar]

Yes. The are successfully crawled and indexed if they are on a file
system. If they are on a web server, they typically have an issue
because the mime type is not set to something the GSA recognizes as an
MSG file.

HTH,

Michael Cizmar | MC+A
Google Enterprise Partner
http://www.mcplusa.com | twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mcplusa

[अभिषेक श्रीवास्तव]

Thanks a lot for your response.

Also, is it possible to implement search filtering on Google
applicance results.

The search results should contain data about emails in which the
person was in the to, cc, from list. but not otherwise. (so that
person cannot search into someone else's emails).

I will be very grateful if you could point me to some documentation on
how to go about implementing search filtering.

Regards,
Abhishek

On Oct 27, 6:15 am, Michael Cizmar <michael.b.ciz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes.  The are successfully crawled and indexed if they are on a file
> system.  If they are on a web server, they typically have an issue
> because the mime type is not set to something the GSA recognizes as an
> MSG file.
>
> HTH,
>
> Michael Cizmar | MC+A

> Google Enterprise Partnerhttp://www.mcplusa.com| twitter:http://www.twitter.com/mcplusa

[Michael Cizmar]

You could if the documents were indexed with meta data. The GSA will
not do this out of the box. We have a solution:

http://www.mcplusa.com/solutions/enterprise-search/gsa-exchange-feeder/

which creates a meta data feed for exchange. This reduces the number
of documents (by helping the GSA crawl better) and brings in meta
data.

Michael Cizmar | MC+A
Google Enterprise Partner

http://shop.mcplusa.com | twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mcplusa

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[Abhishek Srivastava]

Hello Michael,

Thanks for your response.

One more question (sorry). The emails which we are searching are
stored in a database (archival system). These are .msg files sitting
in a binary column on an Oracle DB.
These are old emails which have been removed from exchange... but
still need to be kept because of compliance reasons.

We don't want people to see someone else's emails. So the search
results should show an email only if the person searching was in the
to, cc or bcc list.

Can you please clarify on whether this is possible and how can we go
about implementing this type of search solution?

Regards,
Abhishek

On Nov 2, 9:03 am, Michael Cizmar <michael.b.ciz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You could if the documents were indexed with meta data.  The GSA will
> not do this out of the box.  We have a solution:
>
> http://www.mcplusa.com/solutions/enterprise-search/gsa-exchange-feeder/
>
> which creates a meta data feed for exchange.  This reduces the number
> of documents (by helping the GSA crawl better) and brings in meta
> data.
>
> Michael Cizmar | MC+A

> Google Enterprise Partnerhttp://shop.mcplusa.com| twitter:http://www.twitter.com/mcplusa

[Michael Cizmar]

MSG are difficult. The GSA seems to index them better when they are
on a file system. It splits up the multi part form and indexes the
attachments. If it is stored a db, you can create a db feed with a
blob field being the MSG. This does not seem to get all of the pieces
like if it were on a file system.

To add meta data you can seperate create another meta data field.
Ideally your database has column with two and from. Otherwise, your
best approach might be a feed running in an external batch process.

Michael Cizmar | MC+A
Google Enterprise Partner

http://shop.mcplusa.com/ | blog: http://www.twitter.com/blog/

On Nov 1, 11:58 pm, Abhishek Srivastava <abhis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Michael,
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> One more question (sorry). The emails which we are searching are
> stored in a database (archival system). These are .msg files sitting
> in a binary column on an Oracle DB.
> These are old emails which have been removed from exchange... but
> still need to be kept because of compliance reasons.
>
> We don't want people to see someone else's emails. So the search
> results should show an email only if the person searching was in the
> to, cc or bcc list.
>
> Can you please clarify on whether this is possible and how can we go
> about implementing this type of search solution?
>
> Regards,
> Abhishek
>

> On Nov 2, 9:03 am, MichaelCizmar<michael.b.ciz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > You could if the documents were indexed with meta data.  The GSA will
> > not do this out of the box.  We have a solution:
>
> >http://www.mcplusa.com/solutions/enterprise-search/gsa-exchange-feeder/
>
> > which creates a meta data feed for exchange.  This reduces the number
> > of documents (by helping the GSA crawl better) and brings in meta
> > data.
>

> > MichaelCizmar| MC+A

> > Google Enterprise Partnerhttp://shop.mcplusa.com|twitter:http://www.twitter.com/mcplusa
>
> > On Nov 1, 8:35 am, अभिषेक श्रीवास्तव <abhis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Thanks a lot for your response.
>
> > > Also, is it possible to implement search filtering on Google
> > > applicance results.
>
> > > The search results should contain data about emails in which the
> > > person was in the to, cc, from list. but not otherwise. (so that
> > > person cannot search into someone else's emails).
>
> > > I will be very grateful if you could point me to some documentation on
> > > how to go about implementing search filtering.
>
> > > Regards,
> > > Abhishek
>

> > > On Oct 27, 6:15 am, MichaelCizmar<michael.b.ciz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Yes.  The are successfully crawled and indexed if they are on a file
> > > > system.  If they are on a web server, they typically have an issue
> > > > because the mime type is not set to something the GSA recognizes as an
> > > > MSG file.
>
> > > > HTH,
>

> > > > MichaelCizmar| MC+A

> > > > Google Enterprise Partnerhttp://www.mcplusa.com|twitter:http://www.twitter.com/mcplusa
>
> > > > On Oct 26, 5:31 am, अभिषेक श्रीवास्तव <abhis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hello,
>
> > > > > We have a email retention database where we maintain an archive of
> > > > > emails (in the form of .msg files).
>
> > > > > We want to make these emails search-able.
>
> > > > > Is it possible for google appliance to search the .msg file stored in
> > > > > a database?
>
> > > > > Also, how can we implement security with google search appliance?
>
> > > > > The search results should include an email (or attachment) only if the
> > > > > person who is searching was in the to, cc or bcc list of the email.
>
> > > > > Please do reply to this question.
>
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Abhishek- Hide quoted text -
>

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