VIPRE Email Continuity
Every VIPRE Email Security plan includes always-on email continuity at no extra charge. It is not a separate product or add-on — it is built directly into the VIPRE filtering infrastructure. When your mail server goes down, your users keep working. No calls to IT. No waiting for the server to come back. No lost messages. No disruption visible to the outside world.
In January 2026, a Microsoft 365 outage left millions of professionals locked out of email for over nine hours. Organizations with an email continuity solution in place kept working. Those without one stopped completely. VIPRE’s built-in continuity is exactly the kind of automatic email failover protection that keeps your business running when your primary email platform fails — whether that is Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, on-premise Exchange, or any other mail server.
How VIPRE Email Continuity Works
All inbound email flows through VIPRE’s cloud filtering layer before reaching your mail server. As each clean message passes through, VIPRE stores a copy in its continuity store for a rolling 90 days. This happens automatically, continuously, in the background — whether or not an outage ever occurs.
When your primary mail server becomes unavailable, VIPRE detects the failure and activates email failover automatically. Users log into the VIPRE end-user portal at portal.mailanyone.net with their email address and password and immediately have full access to their 90-day message history. They can compose, reply, forward, and send new email just as they would in any webmail client. When your mail server recovers, messages sync back automatically. Zero IT intervention required.
What Users Can Do During an Outage
From the Continuity section of the VIPRE portal, users have full uninterrupted email access with all standard email actions:
Why VIPRE Continuity Is Different
No Extra Cost
Competing solutions like Mimecast, OpenText, and Retarus charge separately for business email continuity. VIPRE includes it in every plan — Inbound Only and ATP Bundle alike. Nothing to add, nothing to activate, nothing extra to pay.
90 Days vs. the Industry Standard
Most email continuity solutions store 30 days of message history. OpenText Core stores 30 days. AppRiver stores 30 days. Mimecast provides up to seven days of full failover. VIPRE stores a rolling 90 days — three times the industry norm — giving your users and administrators a much deeper history for recovery, compliance review, and dispute resolution.
Works With Any Mail Platform
Because VIPRE sits in front of your mail server via MX record, it delivers email failover protection regardless of platform. Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, on-premise Exchange, StrataMail hosted email, or any SMTP-based system — no platform-specific configuration required.
Automatic — Zero IT Intervention
No manual failover to trigger. No runbook to execute. No help desk ticket to open. Automatic email failover activates the moment your primary server becomes unreachable. Users go to the portal — which they can bookmark in advance — and keep working. Your customers and partners never know an outage is happening.
Outage Scenarios VIPRE Continuity Covers
- Microsoft 365 outage — like the nine-hour M365 disruption in January 2026; users work from the VIPRE portal while Microsoft restores service
- Google Workspace disruption — same protection; all inbound mail stored in VIPRE’s 90-day continuity store remains instantly accessible
- On-premise Exchange failure — hardware failure or power outage; VIPRE keeps storing and serving email with zero service interruption
- ISP or internet outage — office loses connectivity; remote and mobile workers access email from anywhere via the VIPRE continuity portal
- Planned server maintenance — take your mail server offline for upgrades or migrations without interrupting users or losing inbound messages
- DNS propagation delays — MX record changes in flight; VIPRE queues and holds mail during the transition and delivers it automatically on recovery
- Ransomware or cyberattack — if attackers take your mail server offline, email failover keeps communication flowing while you respond and recover
How VIPRE Compares to Other Email Continuity Solutions
| VIPRE | Mimecast | OpenText | AppRiver | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Message history | 90 days | 7 days | 30 days | 30 days |
| Included in base plan | Yes | Add-on | Separate product | Add-on |
| Automatic failover | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works with M365 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Google Workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Spam filtering included | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
VIPRE Continuity vs. StrataMail Email Continuity
| VIPRE Continuity | StrataMail Continuity | |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure | VIPRE’s global cloud filtering network | Infinity Data Center, Knoxville TN |
| Requires StrataMail hosting | No — works with any mail platform | Yes — paired with StrataMail hosted email |
| Message history | 90-day rolling inbound store | Live shadow mailbox, real-time mirror |
| Webmail during outage | VIPRE portal (portal.mailanyone.net) | Branded Roundcube webmail |
| Extra cost | Included in all VIPRE plans | Included in StrataMail Continuity plans |
| Best for | M365, Google Workspace, or any platform needing filtering plus continuity | Organizations hosting email on StrataMail |
Always-On Email Continuity Included at No Extra Cost
VIPRE’s uninterrupted email access and zero-downtime email failover are included in every plan. No setup required. No additional fee. Plans start at $25.00/month for 10 users and include enterprise-grade spam filtering, 90-day continuity, and outbound scanning.
