# Pros and Cons of User Mailbox and Journal Mailbox

User mailbox, journal mailbox and contentstore mailbox solution together provide a complete compliance oriented solution.

Exchange Mailbox | Pros | Cons
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User Mailbox | Connects to every mailbox directly and captures all older and newer mails along with their folder structure. Users can control what to include or exclude from backup Clean up feature aids to control mailbox size growth. Useful for point in time restore cases. Draft items and contacts are protected. | The first full backup is very slow. Storage and indexing footprint is high. Users can delete /modify mails prior to backup.
Journal Mailbox/ContentStore Mailbox | Every mail is captured. Mails are captured faster. Storage and indexing footprint is low. | Folder structure of every user mailbox is not captured. End users have limited option of downloading only their owns using end user search. It is not suitable for point in time restore cases. You cannot capture mails from draft folder / contacts folder of end users. There is no connection with end user mailboxes, so older mails from end user mailboxes cannot be collected.

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