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# AWS::SES::MailManagerArchive ArchiveRetention
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The retention policy for an email archive that specifies how long emails are kept before being automatically deleted. 

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your Amazon CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[RetentionPeriod](#cfn-ses-mailmanagerarchive-archiveretention-retentionperiod)" : {{String}}
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [RetentionPeriod](#cfn-ses-mailmanagerarchive-archiveretention-retentionperiod): {{String}}
```

## Properties
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`RetentionPeriod`  <a name="cfn-ses-mailmanagerarchive-archiveretention-retentionperiod"></a>
The enum value sets the period for retaining emails in an archive.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Allowed values*: `THREE_MONTHS | SIX_MONTHS | NINE_MONTHS | ONE_YEAR | EIGHTEEN_MONTHS | TWO_YEARS | THIRTY_MONTHS | THREE_YEARS | FOUR_YEARS | FIVE_YEARS | SIX_YEARS | SEVEN_YEARS | EIGHT_YEARS | NINE_YEARS | TEN_YEARS | PERMANENT`  
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