We had the same problem. The previous IT members setup the Exchange server with no limits. It was a nightmare. Every mailbox was over 1gb. Our exchange server would go down constantly (atleast twice a week). Finally after much neglect our Exchange server died. Took a lot of heat for the long outage. I began to check the log files in Veritas and discovered that 80% of the emails in all these mailboxes were just BS emails like jokes, mp3's, chain emails. We submitted our reports to our CEO and told him that if we don't put certain policies in place these outages will constantly happen. Once he reviewed the data we collected he gave us his blessing to do what we want and enforce all polices. I think that no one taught the users how to delete emails. We finally put our foot down and setup limits of only 60mb per mailbox. Users whined and complained but we stood our ground. We began to block emails with certain extensions from passing thru our exchange server. With some daily routine maintenance and putting these simple measures in place we have drastically increased our uptime to almost 100%. Now the users are accustomed to the policies in place and everyone is happy.
You always seem to take more heat when your Exchange server is down and everyone is looking thru your server room window with a nasty look and constantly knocking on your door asking when Exchange will be back up because they need to send out a very important joke to their colleagues. A -----Original Message----- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 6:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact They tend to save the little metal handles from Chinese carryout containers, also "just in case". You gotta fill the living room with something, no? -----Original Message----- From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 17:53 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact True indeed. We've got exec levels at over a Gig mailboxes. Pretty ridiculous, eh. That's what happens when they build an exchange server w/o limits! W -----Original Message----- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 4:26 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact 275 warning, 300 prohibit. Wow that's pretty lenient. You must have ample IS space on your server. Im forced to set mine at 50MB warning 60 mB prohibit. But then again there are over 500 mailboxes. -----Original Message----- From: John Matteson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact Use the HEADERS.EXE file to build a CSV template of the mandatory and optional values you want to extract from the database. Use the directory export tool with the CSV file you generated with HEADERS and then set the limits you wanted on the boxes you wanted, then import. Barring that, and you want to set a GLOBAL value, use the values on the server in the Private Information Store object. This will not overwrite any values set on individual mailboxes. John Matteson; Exchange Manager Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards (404) 239 - 2981 Be who you are and say what you feel because those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter. -----Original Message----- From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:51 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact Right that's the basic idea I was thinking about, but I'd prefer not to manually set the individual mailbox limits.I was hoping someone had a script. 10q W -----Original Message----- From: Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact The best way I can think of is to set a global limit on all mailboxes and then specify the limits for those over on a per mailbox basis. Neil -----Original Message----- From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 February 2002 19:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact Does anyone know of a utility or script that can do the following under Exchange 5.5, Win2k Server SP2, About 250 or so recipients: I would like to apply mailbox limits at 275mb warn and 300mb disable send. The twist is that for existing users over 300mb I would like their limit warning to be 75mb more than what they currently have and their disable send limit to be 100mb more than what they have. Is there a utility or script available that will scan my mailboxes and apply these limits? Maybe I haven't figured out the correct wording yet but I can't find any reference to this on the web or technet. Thanks, William L. Smith Systems Administrator Riptech, Inc. Real-Time Information Protection 2800 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, VA 22314 http://www.riptech.com w: (703) 373-5158 c: (703) 946-0894 f: (703) 373-6158 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
