There are two ways to access your email archive:  Through the web portal or via the outlook plugin.  Instructions for both options are below.

 

The email archive system has been running since February 2020.  Any email you have sent or received since that time has been permanently archived in this system.

 

Web Portal

 

Open your web browser and go to https://archive.idealcloud.net/pgt

 

Enter your username in the format lastname first initial

 

 

Enter your password and click next

 

 

 

Outlook Plugin

 

If you do not have this tab available in outlook submit a request here:  https://helpdesk.pgttrucking.com/new/

 

Click the MailStore tab at the top of outlook

 

The first time you go into MailStore it will ask for a server name, enter https://archive.idealcloud.net/pgt

User name and password is your Windows/email/VPN ID and password.

 

 

 

Search Instructions

 

The screenshots below are from the outlook plugin.  The web portal functions the same way

 

For a basic Search, simply type in a list of words in the search box and hit enter.  Note that this will search all email sent and received from your account no matter what folder you kept it in.

 

 

For an advanced search, click the advanced search button

 

 

Here you can filter your results by date, size, attachment, to/from address, as well as search in the body, header, or attachment contents for specific keywords.

 

Click the search button to view the results

 

If this a query that you run often, you can click the "save as" button to add the results into a virtual folder.

 

You can view the virtual folders by clicking the "Browse Archive" button

 

 

 

Once you have located your email, click on it to view the contents.  Click "Open Message" if you'd like to see it in a regular outlook window.  From there you can can reply or forward the email as needed.  Note that you cannot delete items out of the archive.