To automate the process of exporting Exchange mailboxes to .pst files, we’re going to use the exmerge tool using a Windows batch file. We can use a MAILBOXES.TXT file to choose which mailboxes we’ll be using and possibly a SUBJECTS.TXT or ATTACHMENTS.TXT to constrain our searches. To run the exmerge, run as a typical GUI based merge but save the search. Once saved, you’ll be able to select a path, which we’ll call c:\tmpexmerge. In here, you should see an EXMERGE.INI as well as a MAILBOXES.TXT (and possibly a few other files. In the MAILBOXES.TXT file you’ll see the CN information for the mailboxes selected in the previous: /O=FIRST ORGANIZATION/OU=FIRST…
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What Exchange NDR Codes Mean
One of the things that hasn’t changed in all these years with Exchange is Non-Delivery Reports. An NDR is an email that is sent when a message you send fails to go out. Exchange has had a consistent set of NDR status codes since version 5, just adding some here or there with changing technology (e.g. routing connectors, smarthosts, etc). Exchange has a lot of NDR codes at this point. I keep a little list running in my collection of files I spotlight to find the answer to recurring questions (which happens to always be 42). When an email bounces in Exchange, these codes explain why without having to be…
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Address Book.app and Exchange Contacts
Over the years Apple has slowly been adding Exchange functionality to a number of their products, quietly. While Snow Leopard is reported to add even more functionality there are still a number of things you can do with Exchange from the Mac OS X client. For example, Address Book can pull information from your Exchange contacts. This isn’t to say that every single field will work, but the basics do work – and pretty well. To connect to your Exchange server from Address Book, open the program and then open the Preferences menu. From the General tab check the box for Synchronize with Exchange as seen here: Now click…
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Exchange 2003: Applications that Access the Information Store
I would always create a service-specific (Atempo, Blackberry, GFM, Symantec, etc) account that is not a Domain Admin but is an Administrator. Then I would provide the rights mentioned here. So, once you do that then you can go to Services and provide the service with an account to fire up as (eg – AtempoAdmin). Then make sure this key is in the registry (according to which SP you have it might not be) HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftExchange EXAdminShowSecurityPage DWORD value =1 Then fire up Exchange System Manager, click on the Organization, click on the Admin Group and then your group and then properties for it. Then you’ll notice that nice security tab.…
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Exchange: Increase Maximum Database Size
Exchange has a maximum database size of 16GB. You can temporarily increase this if you exceed it by editing the registry. To do so, open a registry editor (Start -> Run regedit) and browse to this location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMSExchangeIS Now, find the name of the server whose database you would like to increase the size of and click on it. Then, click on either the folder that starts with Public- or Private- according to which you want to increase the size of. Now add a Reg_DWORD with a name of: Database Size Limit in GB Now set the setting for the limit to 17GB (just type in 17) and reboot the…