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## Configuring Search & Destroy Settings

Specify the Active Directory service account and the discovery mailbox that stores the search results.

| ##### Note Ensure that a properly configured Active Directory service account and discovery mailbox exist in the Exchange organization before changing the Search & Destroy settings.

### Procedure

1. Click Search & Destroy → Settings.
   The Search & Destroy Settings screen appears.
2. Type the User name for the service account that performs the backend searches.

   | ##### Note The format for the service account is as follows: domain\user name

3. Type the Password for the service account.
4. Select a discovery mailbox that stores the Search & Destroy search results from the Available Discovery Mailbox(es) list.
5. Optionally select the Allow Search & Destroy users to generate a .pst file containing all search results option to display the PST generation options on the Mailbox Search Results screen.

   | ##### Note ScanMail automatically creates the folder `<ScanMail installation path>\SmexSDPst` and shares the folder with the Exchange Trusted Subsystem. Ensure that the account is a member of the Exchange Mailbox Import Export role Create a mailbox for this account (Exchange 2013 only)

6. Click Save.