ARCO Suite · ARCO Mail

Enterprise email your organisation controls.

Mail, calendar, contacts, chat, files and a full office suite behind one secure login — hosted in India, in your own data centre or in a private cloud. Built, hosted and supported in-house by Archonova.

  • MFA & S/MIME
  • SAML SSO & LDAP/AD
  • Active-passive HA + DR
  • Archiving & legal hold
  • Outlook & ActiveSync
  • Zimbra / Exchange / Google migration
ARCO Mail Dashboard, Office and Calendar app windows layered together, showing the app launcher, recent files, Talk mentions and upcoming events
15
integrated apps · one login
99.9%
uptime target with active-passive HA
24×7
support options incl. upgrades & patches
Full
technical compliance matrix available on request

15 apps

One login, the whole workspace

Everything your people use every day, signed in once and administered in one place.

Mail

Priority inbox, rich compose, read receipts.

Calendar

Meetings, rooms & resources, free/busy, appointment booking.

Contacts

Personal and global address book.

Talk

Chat, audio/video calls, meeting scheduling.

Files

Personal & team folders, sharing, version history.

Office

Documents, spreadsheets, presentations with real-time co-editing.

Whiteboard

Brainstorms, flowcharts, mind maps, kanban templates.

Diagrams

Diagramming built into the workspace.

Photos

Albums, timeline, places.

Deck

Kanban task boards.

Teams

Team spaces, members, roles, invites.

Activity

Feed of every change.

Notes

Markdown notes synced to Android & iOS.

Attendance

Appointments, check-ins, statistics, export.

Announcements

Organisation-wide notices.

UI showcase

A closer look at the workspace.

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Mail

Priority inbox, rich compose with formatting, read receipts and S/MIME.

  • Priority inbox and rich compose with formatting
  • Read receipts
  • S/MIME encryption and digital signatures

White-label

Your brand, your domain, your login page.

Every user, every app: one brand.

Logo, colours, login background, light or dark base and your own domain are configured per organisation.

  • Logo and favicon

  • Brand colours

  • Custom login page and background

  • Your own domain (e.g. mail.yourcompany.com)

  • App selection per organisation

  • Custom integrations through APIs

Light & dark

Light or dark — every app, every screen.

Each user chooses light, dark or automatic (follows their device). Try it below.

Auto is following your device: light mode.

  • Per-user preference, remembered across devices

  • High-contrast and dyslexia-friendly options for accessibility

  • Your brand colours apply in both modes

Security

Security & identity

Protection at sign-in, in transit, at the gateway and in the audit trail.

Multi-factor authentication

Native MFA/2FA on webmail and desktop client.

Encryption & signatures

S/MIME encryption & digital signatures on web, desktop and Outlook, TLS in transit, HTTPS everywhere.

Single sign-on & directory

SAML & Kerberos SSO with government and enterprise apps. LDAP / Active Directory.

Sender authentication

DKIM, SPF, DMARC; relay only for authenticated users; static IP binding for designated senders.

Threat filtering

Spam & malware filtering, attachment file-type blocking, suspicious-URL warnings and URL defanging via email-security gateway.

Role-based access

RBAC & delegated administration.

Audit logging

Native audit logging, centrally aggregated with exception reporting.

Device control

ActiveSync remote wipe.

Technical specifications

Enterprise-grade by design, not by add-on.

Identity, encryption and mail security are covered above. Here is the rest of the platform at a glance.

Every client

Webmail, Outlook (MAPI on Windows, EWS on Mac), Windows/macOS desktop client with offline mode, ActiveSync for iOS & Android, CalDAV/CardDAV.

High availability

Active-passive HA at the data centre, DR site replication, 99.9% uptime target.

Backup & recovery

Real-time and scheduled backup, single-mailbox restore, user self-service restore from Trash.

Archiving & compliance

Archiving with legal hold, indexed multi-mailbox search, disclaimers, per-group policies.

Open standards & APIs

IMAP, SMTP, ActiveSync, CalDAV, CardDAV, LDAP, SAML and documented APIs, with no lock-in.

Pros at a glance

  • Data hosted in India, on-premise or in your private cloud
  • Works on-premise and air-gapped
  • Full collaboration suite included (chat, video, files, office co-editing)
  • White-label branding and your own domain
  • Migration from Zimbra, Exchange and Google with coexistence
  • One Indian team for implementation, L1/L2 support and 24×7 options
  • Perpetual licence or subscription
  • Runs on RHEL · Rocky Linux · Ubuntu · Oracle Linux
  • Multi-domain
  • Role-separated, multi-tier architecture
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Access

Works the way your people work

Browser, Outlook, desktop or phone — the same mailbox everywhere.

Webmail

  • Chrome, Firefox & Safari
  • Adaptive mobile web
  • Low-bandwidth friendly
  • Dark mode
  • Attachment-content search
  • Filters & rules
  • Private notes on emails
  • Self-service restore from Trash
  • Quota visible

Microsoft Outlook

  • MAPI on Windows
  • EWS on Mac
  • Mail, calendar and contacts

Desktop client

  • Windows & macOS
  • Offline access
  • Local archive with server folder structure

Mobile

  • ActiveSync for iOS & Android
  • CalDAV / CardDAV

Every client

  • Shared mailboxes with rights
  • Delegation & send-on-behalf
  • Multiple accounts and aliases under one login
  • Global Address List

Collaboration

Collaboration built in

Files, documents and chat live next to the inbox — not in another subscription.

Drive with internal/external sharing and versioning

Create docs, sheets and slides from webmail

Real-time co-editing

DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PDF and ODS

Attach from drive

Large attachments automatically uploaded and sent as a link

Links to Dropbox and Google Drive

Team chat

Administration

Administration & reporting

Policy, provisioning and visibility from one web console.

Administration

  • Single web admin console
  • Multiple mail domains in one instance
  • Designation, department and function based mailboxes
  • Per-user/group size limits, allowed domains and attachment policies
  • Disclaimers
  • Password policies
  • Age-based tiering to secondary storage

Reports

  • Mail-flow dashboard — traffic, rejected/quarantined, bounces
  • Total mail processed
  • Mail logs
  • Login history
  • Unauthenticated attempts
  • Admin audit

Documented APIs with authorisation controls

24×7×365 SLA monitoring

Resilience

Resilience: HA, DR and backup

Designed so a failed node, a lost site or a deleted folder is a recoverable event.

Users

Web, Outlook, desktop, mobile

Security edge

TLS, filtering, MFA/SSO

Primary DC

Active node

sync

Passive node

Backup & archive

Real-time and scheduled

replication

DR site

Secondary location

  • Multi-tier, role-separated architecture — routing, access, mail store and directory on separate servers/VMs, scaling out as you grow
  • Real-time and scheduled backup
  • Single-mailbox granular restore, including deleted mail
  • User self-service restore within a retention window
  • 99.9% availability target

Compliance

Archival, legal hold & eDiscovery

Keep what you must, find it when asked, and restore what was lost.

Native archiving with legal hold

Server-side archiving for chosen users and groups

Indexed multi-mailbox archive search

Integration with industry-standard archival and discovery tools

Admin restore of deleted or purged mail

Compliance matrix

Compliance at a glance.

Requirements by area
  • Supported129
  • Partial6
  • Not yet3
Compliance requirements by area
AreaSupportedPartialNot yet
Security1000
End-user features4122
Offline, Outlook & calendar1410
Documents, mobile & attachments1321
Server1100
Storage, domains & security1310
Architecture & backup700
Archival & discovery500
Administration & reporting1500
All 138 requirements
  • Supported129
  • Partial6
  • Not yet3

Scope of work

20 / 20

scope-of-work items supported

Zimbra conversion, HA, DR, chat, file sharing, migration, 3-year support.

Based on our 138-point enterprise email technical compliance matrix. Full matrix available on request.

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Editions

Choose the edition that fits.

Perpetual licence

ARCO Mail On-Premise

Unlimited users on your own servers.

  • One-time perpetual licence
  • Unlimited users and mailboxes
  • Runs in your data centre, including air-gapped
  • Full suite included
  • Implementation, migration and support/AMC from Archonova

Best for · Government, PSU and regulated enterprises

Most popularSubscription

ARCO Mail Cloud Unlimited

Unlimited users in a dedicated cloud.

  • Annual subscription
  • Unlimited users and mailboxes
  • Hosted by Archonova in India or in your private cloud
  • Updates, patches and 24×7 monitoring included
  • L1/L2 support

Best for · Mid-size and large organisations

Per user

ARCO Mail Team

Pay per mailbox in the ARCO cloud.

  • Per-user subscription
  • Start small and add users anytime
  • Hosted in our Indian data centre
  • The same apps and security
  • Free migration support

Best for · Startups and small teams

Every edition includes Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Talk, Files, Office, Whiteboard, Deck, Teams and the admin console, plus MFA, S/MIME, SSO/LDAP, archiving and backup.

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FeatureOn-PremiseCloud UnlimitedTeam
LicencePerpetualAnnual subscriptionPer user, per month or year
UsersUnlimitedUnlimitedPay per user
HostingYour data centreArchonova India DC or your private cloudArchonova India DC
Air-gapped optionYesNot availableNot available
Updates & patchesUnder AMCIncludedIncluded
SupportArchonova L1/L2 + AMCL1/L2 + 24×7 monitoringL1/L2

Deployment

Deploy it your way

The same platform in our data centre, in yours, or across both.

ARCO Cloud

Shared, in an Archonova data centre in India.

Best for · SMBs & startups

ARCO Private Cloud

A dedicated instance.

Best for · Mid-size & large enterprise

On-premise

Your data centre, including air-gapped.

Best for · Government, PSU, regulated

Hybrid

Cloud and on-premise together.

Best for · Phased migrations, multi-site

Runs on RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu and Oracle Linux.

Migration

Migration without disruption

Sources

  • Zimbra
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Google Workspace
  • Any IMAP

What moves

  • Email
  • Address books
  • Calendars & shared calendars
  • Tasks
  • Filters
  • Signatures
  • Distribution lists
  • Policies
  1. 01

    Assess

  2. 02

    Build

  3. 03

    Pilot

  4. 04

    Coexist

  5. 05

    Bulk migrate (delta syncs)

  6. 06

    Cut-over & hypercare

Zero data loss and minimal downtime — users keep working during coexistence.

Service

One accountable team

The platform, the migration and the support desk come from the same people.

  • Implementation & hardening
  • DNS & deliverability setup
  • SSO / directory integration
  • Migration
  • L1 user help desk
  • L2 configuration, mail-flow & deliverability support
  • Upgrades, updates & security patches
  • 24×7 SLA monitoring
  • Perpetual licence + multi-year 24×7 support, or annual subscription

Open by design

ARCO Mail is engineered, hardened, hosted and supported in-house by Archonova on proven open-source foundations and open standards (IMAP, SMTP, ActiveSync, CalDAV, CardDAV, LDAP, SAML). No lock-in: your data can always move.

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