Been there, done that, don't do it all at once! I tried to go from 4.07
through 5.0x to 6.0 AND from NT users to external database in one fell
swoop, and fell it was! Currently we're at 6.02 with the IMail database, and
working, so any attempt to "externalize" the database is off till summer,
when most of our users are elsewhere. Your mileage may vary--good luck.
Biggest problem is getting the passwords out of NT. Either you have to reset
them (got a database of fallback passwords?) or use something like
l0phtcrack (http://www.l0pht.com/l0phtcrack/) to extract them. Be
warned--l0phtcrack took 5 days to get about 90% of our passwords--some of
our more paranoid users did a good job!
--Cal Frye, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio
"Good, fast, & cheap: Which two would you like?"
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason Grant
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 12:28 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Upgrade Time
I am currently running IMail v. 4.08 and am going to purchase version 6.0
sometime come next week.
However....
I am wondering what else I need (or should) do to my server in order to have
IMail use a database (or databases) for all my main domain (and virtual
host) information?
My server(s) have:
a) Windows NT Server 4.0 (SP6)
b) SQL Server 6.5
c) IMail v. 4.08
Also, I would like some input on what the best configuration is. I am
guessing, that because my current client database is accessed from the SAM
database (User Manager), I have to export all that information to a database
in SQL so IMail can use it.
If I seem confused anywhere, it is because I am.
Hopefully someone can help me out.
Thank you kindly,
Jason Grant
System Administrator
Norlink Communications
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