There is a tool called emerge that can export all mail boxes from an Exchange server to a PST. I used it about a year ago to migrate mail boxes from one Exchange server to another.
I have a love hate relationship with Exchange, as a POP3/IMAP/SMTP server it is the pox! For collaboration it is the best I have seen bang for buck. > -----Original Message----- > From: CF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 22 August 2003 12:49 p.m. > To: Linux Users Group > Subject: Re: Exchange server Re: Linux in schools > > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 12:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Having used, installed and cofigured exchange quite a bit > in the past I can > > tell you that you are wrong on most counts below. > > :-) I take it you've done this in a business setting. > > > You can create individual PSTs from each user > > Not for 1400 users I won't > > , or configure each computer to > > maintain a local copy of their mail in order to move email > from one server to > > another, > > Only about 12 staff have their own computer - the rest are > all shared. > So the old business idea of "One Person One Computer" just does not > work. > > let alone backing it up and restoring it en masse between exchange > > servers. PSTs can be imported into outlook regardless of > the user or their > > existing email configuration. > > Outlook on P75s with 32 Mb ram? That would be like expecting Jamie > Olliver to make a cullinary masterpiece using a Macdonalds kitchen. > > Moving outlook mail to something else, ie > > Mozilla, is a little more complicated, but is do-able by > passing it into > > outlook express, then on to netscape / mozilla. Other apps > exist for moving > > mail between other packages without resorting to individual > forwarding. > > I think the question originally was more like "how do I move > EVERYTHING > to some other mailserver" Putting mail into a specific mail-reader > application is not the end result required. > > > Using Backup Exec with the exchange option you can delete / > restore individual > > emails to/from tape. This is probably true for most decent > backup packages. > > Yes - but schools don't have much money.... and decent > backup packages > cost a lot. We're still using NT4 server cos its too much to > change to > anything else. Indeed - my four linux boxes are backed up using > home-grown scripts. > > > From memory the built in backup package in Windows 2000 > server will not allow > > this, but then its not really a 'real' backup package > anyway (IMHO)... > > See above - 2000 is far newer than anything running here. > > > Exchange is prety misunderstood, and takes a lot of flak. > Its not really a bad > > package if you know how to use it (Something a lot of > people say about Linux, > > too :) > > I retract my statement earlier about "festering.." How about "simply > totally unsuitable for schools" ? > > > PS: I'm not a Microsoft advocate, but I hate to see people > shooting MS down > > without a full understanding of the product they are attacking. > > I've never had any training on how to use exchange server - its too > expensive. Do you see the problem? At least with an imap server > running on a linux box I can ask google for help, and not come across > the "hire an MSCE" stuff. > > > > > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 07:46, Terry Cole wrote: > > > > With all the MS problems/virus as well as Exchange > problems I have been > > > > having.. > > > > > > Others can comment on the rest, but since I have an > exchange server here > > > and probably most of the problems you've had, I'll comment here. > > > > > > Exchange is a festering heap of fertilliser. There is no > way to move > > > all the existing mail from ES to any other mailserver other than > > > forwarding all email manually. > > > > > > We have made a partial change - I run squirrelmail on the > webserver > > > (linux) which is a webmail/imap gateway, and that runs > fairly well. > > > > > > Users will loose all the > calendaring/schedualling/addressbook components > > > of exchange server too, when you change to something else. > > > > > > But then - its impossible to restore a single email from a tape > > > backup... you have to restore the lot to a scratch > machine then forward > > > it to the real server, so I have always told users to > save important > > > emails to disk. > > > > > > You might have to bite the bull's horns and change > wholesale, loosing > > > the old mail... which is going to be a real turn-off for users. > > >
