Abstract: A method and system for storing and distributing emails in an organization having a plurality of email users. The method comprises the steps of: Encrypting and compressing emails from at least one email collection center and transferring said encrypted and compressed emails through a network based system; extracting, decrypting and indexing the contents, properties and any attachments of the emails transferred from the at least one email collection center; and providing an archival access application by which individual users are able to conduct term-based searches for and retrieve one or more specific ones of their own indexed emails via multiple web clients, wherein the terms of said term-based searches include one or more terms associated with one or more of at least the subject, sender, recipient, body and attachments of the indexed emails.