RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
As an ASP we have our clients connect with Citrix to a data centre which hosts the exchange servers etc. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 February 2002 17:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Well, it comes at a price. I think for most, the price might be prohibitive, or at least justify hosting their own email. Are you going to have MAPI connectivity to your ASP? William -Original Message- From: Steve Wyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:12 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Hi William I assume your observation regarding it not being a good solution (on the grounds of price) is based on the thought that most people just need a simple email system from an ASP? If however they actually want the calendar etc etc features of exchange then 200 is ok? Your thoughts. regards -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 February 2002 20:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I don't think it is a good solution. It is very expensive. But, if that is not at issue, then it can be good. There is a whitepaper at Microsoft on implementing Exchange2000 in a hosting environment. This isn't the one I was thinking of, but... http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/hosting/ISPArch.asp William -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Is e2k a good solution for an ASP-type model? Somebody I know wants to try to host an exchange solution for multiple small companies. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact All you can do is report and recommend. Fully communicate the reasons and risks. Management will make the best decision based on your contributions. Exchange2000 Enterprise will allow multiple storage groups so you can have variable send/receive limits administered more simply. Also, you can keep management mailboxes in their own store. Restoration can be per store. Other stores are not affected during the process. Just my unsolicited ramblings. William -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Hi William I assume your observation regarding it not being a good solution (on the grounds of price) is based on the thought that most people just need a simple email system from an ASP? If however they actually want the calendar etc etc features of exchange then 200 is ok? Your thoughts. regards -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 February 2002 20:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I don't think it is a good solution. It is very expensive. But, if that is not at issue, then it can be good. There is a whitepaper at Microsoft on implementing Exchange2000 in a hosting environment. This isn't the one I was thinking of, but... http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/hosting/ISPArch.asp William -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Is e2k a good solution for an ASP-type model? Somebody I know wants to try to host an exchange solution for multiple small companies. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact All you can do is report and recommend. Fully communicate the reasons and risks. Management will make the best decision based on your contributions. Exchange2000 Enterprise will allow multiple storage groups so you can have variable send/receive limits administered more simply. Also, you can keep management mailboxes in their own store. Restoration can be per store. Other stores are not affected during the process. Just my unsolicited ramblings. William -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter the Fact Right that's the basic idea I was thinking about, but I'd prefer not to manually set
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Well, it comes at a price. I think for most, the price might be prohibitive, or at least justify hosting their own email. Are you going to have MAPI connectivity to your ASP? William -Original Message- From: Steve Wyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:12 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Hi William I assume your observation regarding it not being a good solution (on the grounds of price) is based on the thought that most people just need a simple email system from an ASP? If however they actually want the calendar etc etc features of exchange then 200 is ok? Your thoughts. regards -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 February 2002 20:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I don't think it is a good solution. It is very expensive. But, if that is not at issue, then it can be good. There is a whitepaper at Microsoft on implementing Exchange2000 in a hosting environment. This isn't the one I was thinking of, but... http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/hosting/ISPArch.asp William -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Is e2k a good solution for an ASP-type model? Somebody I know wants to try to host an exchange solution for multiple small companies. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact All you can do is report and recommend. Fully communicate the reasons and risks. Management will make the best decision based on your contributions. Exchange2000 Enterprise will allow multiple storage groups so you can have variable send/receive limits administered more simply. Also, you can keep management mailboxes in their own store. Restoration can be per store. Other stores are not affected during the process. Just my unsolicited ramblings. William -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
It depends on your goals. Most companies use POP3 and a Flavor if Linux or FreeBSD. This is primarily because of the low hardware and software cost of implementing such a solution. You can also use something like IMHO* to give webmail access to messages stored on the server. There are positives and negatives with Exchange hosting. The negative is the licensing cost and equipment required to run Exchange as an ASP. The positive, IMHO, has to be the ability to keep the data reposed on the server and use OWA 2002 to access it! Microsoft's technet site has several articles on hosting Exchange. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/exchange Bob Bobby J. Christian II NT Systems Engineer VeriSign, Inc. Savannah, GA Carrier Division 912.527.4396 -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]=20 Posted At: 20 February 2002 03:44 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Is e2k a good solution for an ASP-type model? Somebody I know wants to try to host an exchange solution for multiple small companies. BIG SNIP List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
I like IMHO, IMHO. What are your thoughts, Bob? [1] [1] Hi Bob. Lunch is over... haven't lost ALL my business sense... -Original Message- From: Bob Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact It depends on your goals. Most companies use POP3 and a Flavor if Linux or FreeBSD. This is primarily because of the low hardware and software cost of implementing such a solution. You can also use something like IMHO* to give webmail access to messages stored on the server. There are positives and negatives with Exchange hosting. The negative is the licensing cost and equipment required to run Exchange as an ASP. The positive, IMHO, has to be the ability to keep the data reposed on the server and use OWA 2002 to access it! Microsoft's technet site has several articles on hosting Exchange. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/exchange Bob Bobby J. Christian II NT Systems Engineer VeriSign, Inc. Savannah, GA Carrier Division 912.527.4396 -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]=20 Posted At: 20 February 2002 03:44 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Is e2k a good solution for an ASP-type model? Somebody I know wants to try to host an exchange solution for multiple small companies. BIG SNIP 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
OWA2002? -Original Message- From: Bob Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact It depends on your goals. Most companies use POP3 and a Flavor if Linux or FreeBSD. This is primarily because of the low hardware and software cost of implementing such a solution. You can also use something like IMHO* to give webmail access to messages stored on the server. There are positives and negatives with Exchange hosting. The negative is the licensing cost and equipment required to run Exchange as an ASP. The positive, IMHO, has to be the ability to keep the data reposed on the server and use OWA 2002 to access it! Microsoft's technet site has several articles on hosting Exchange. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/exchange Bob Bobby J. Christian II NT Systems Engineer VeriSign, Inc. Savannah, GA Carrier Division 912.527.4396 -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]=20 Posted At: 20 February 2002 03:44 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Is e2k a good solution for an ASP-type model? Somebody I know wants to try to host an exchange solution for multiple small companies. BIG SNIP List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Yep good. Can be done with Ex5.5 as well but its a bit messy to say the least -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 February 2002 03:44 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Is e2k a good solution for an ASP-type model? Somebody I know wants to try to host an exchange solution for multiple small companies. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact All you can do is report and recommend. Fully communicate the reasons and risks. Management will make the best decision based on your contributions. Exchange2000 Enterprise will allow multiple storage groups so you can have variable send/receive limits administered more simply. Also, you can keep management mailboxes in their own store. Restoration can be per store. Other stores are not affected during the process. Just my unsolicited ramblings. William -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
I don't think it is a good solution. It is very expensive. But, if that is not at issue, then it can be good. There is a whitepaper at Microsoft on implementing Exchange2000 in a hosting environment. This isn't the one I was thinking of, but... http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/hosting/ISPArch.asp William -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Is e2k a good solution for an ASP-type model? Somebody I know wants to try to host an exchange solution for multiple small companies. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact All you can do is report and recommend. Fully communicate the reasons and risks. Management will make the best decision based on your contributions. Exchange2000 Enterprise will allow multiple storage groups so you can have variable send/receive limits administered more simply. Also, you can keep management mailboxes in their own store. Restoration can be per store. Other stores are not affected during the process. Just my unsolicited ramblings. William -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Thanks. Not my nickel, so I don't care about the cost. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I don't think it is a good solution. It is very expensive. But, if that is not at issue, then it can be good. There is a whitepaper at Microsoft on implementing Exchange2000 in a hosting environment. This isn't the one I was thinking of, but... http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/hosting/ISPArch.asp William -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Is e2k a good solution for an ASP-type model? Somebody I know wants to try to host an exchange solution for multiple small companies. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact All you can do is report and recommend. Fully communicate the reasons and risks. Management will make the best decision based on your contributions. Exchange2000 Enterprise will allow multiple storage groups so you can have variable send/receive limits administered more simply. Also, you can keep management mailboxes in their own store. Restoration can be per store. Other stores are not affected during the process. Just my unsolicited ramblings. William -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
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Title: Message Our new largest is 1.9GB. -Original Message-From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:53 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList 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
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Title: Message I dont see that as a good thing -Original Message-From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 21:57To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Our new largest is 1.9GB. -Original Message-From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:53 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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
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All you can do is report and recommend. Fully communicate the reasons and risks. Management will make the best decision based on your contributions. Exchange2000 Enterprise will allow multiple storage groups so you can have variable send/receive limits administered more simply. Also, you can keep management mailboxes in their own store. Restoration can be per store. Other stores are not affected during the process. Just my unsolicited ramblings. William -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Title: Message Indeed. Not exportable in its entirety to .pst. Bad all around. I will endeavour to change it. -Original Message-From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:57 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I dont see that as a good thing -Original Message-From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 21:57To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Our new largest is 1.9GB. -Original Message-From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:53 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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
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Title: Message ewww, so a PST would be like 2.8gb or more ? -Original Message-From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 22:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Indeed. Not exportable in its entirety to .pst. Bad all around. I will endeavour to change it. -Original Message-From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:57 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I dont see that as a good thing -Original Message-From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 21:57To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Our new largest is 1.9GB. -Original Message-From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:53 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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
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Title: Message Is there a 4GB attachment? ;o) -Original Message-From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:23 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact but of course, every one of those mails is essential, and referred back to on a daily basis!! -Original Message-From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 15 February 2002 11:35To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact e -Original Message-From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 05:24To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message-From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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
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Title: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Hi! Can u tell me where and how I can do that.I have checked in store property, i could not find any thing. Farooq Ahmed The Aga Khan University Official:Yes -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:57 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact All you can do is report and recommend. Fully communicate the reasons and risks. Management will make the best decision based on your contributions. Exchange2000 Enterprise will allow multiple storage groups so you can have variable send/receive limits administered more simply. Also, you can keep management mailboxes in their own store. Restoration can be per store. Other stores are not affected during the process. Just my unsolicited ramblings. William -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
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Title: Message ew -Original Message-From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 09:30To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact ...our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. I'll pray for yaj/k -Original Message-From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 5:24 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message-From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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
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Title: Message We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message-From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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.htmList 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
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I'd hate to be the person performing the move mailbox method at your place! :-) Neil Hobson Silversands http://www.silversands.co.uk Microsoft Gold Certified Partner For Enterprise Systems For Collaborative Solutions -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: 15 February 2002 10:24 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any view or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Silversands, or any of its subsidiary companies. If you have received this email in error, please contact our Support Desk immediately by telephone on 01202-36 or via email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
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Title: Message e -Original Message-From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 05:24To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message-From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter
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Title: Message but of course, every one of those mails is essential, and referred back to on a daily basis!! -Original Message-From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 15 February 2002 11:35To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact e -Original Message-From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 05:24To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message-From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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
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Title: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact but of course, every one of those mails is essential, and referred back to on a daily basis!! More likely, they're kept around, in case it needs to be presented in court as evidence (See: Gates, Bill; North, Oliver) G List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Title: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Holy crap! 48 Gs on your priv.edb??? For 230 users??? I feel better now about ours. I am trying to enforce a cleanup here, with a high user of 800 MB. Wheh, at least I am not the worst dog in the pen... -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Title: Message ...our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. I'll pray for yaj/k -Original Message-From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 5:24 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message-From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
The folks reporting these gigantic stores, limits or not, need to seriously work on establishing credibility with upper management. IT has to be able to persuasively defend reasonable use of shared resources--these horror stories are all examples of the tail wagging the dog because the tail doesn't trust the dog to do it right. -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:23 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter the Fact Does anyone know of a utility or script that can do the following under Exchange 5.5, Win2k Server SP2, About 250
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
An unread message with a word doc flyer attached - Joe Smith's retirement lunch on Oct 6, 1995 - that's some pretty mission-critical info. Certainly don't want to get rid of anything like that. One manager had almost 1000 unread messages in the inbox at any given time. Important enough to keep forever, but not important enough to even bother opening and reading? Gimme a break Quotas and limts right from the start is the moral of the story. Easier said than done without mgmt support. Ask users to clean up or run the tools to clean up for them and you could be asking for a new job. Luckily the current CEO supported the effort to clean up the system here, and I did a lot of slash-and-burn on an inherited system that was not properly set up in the first place. We now have a system-wide default of 10MB (yep - that's all they get unless they can jusity the need for more). Management mailboxes have a 100 MB limit. Mailbox full? Maybe first you should get rid of those 23 pics of your daughter's new dog you'll have lots of room. Total IS is typically less than 4GB for 600 users -- a single mailbox that size is a truly frightenting thing. People here are actually keeping it real clean (thanks to an understanding upper-management team - who would've thought? - and the e-mail nazi from hell at the helm...). But I'm still working and still learning - (although the 'nads are a darker shade of blue). -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 15, 2002 7:23 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact but of course, every one of those mails is essential, and referred back to on a daily basis!! -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 February 2002 11:35 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact e -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 05:24 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
10MB mailbox limits!. Randy, you sir are da MAN! -Original Message- From: Toni, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:26 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact An unread message with a word doc flyer attached - Joe Smith's retirement lunch on Oct 6, 1995 - that's some pretty mission-critical info. Certainly don't want to get rid of anything like that. One manager had almost 1000 unread messages in the inbox at any given time. Important enough to keep forever, but not important enough to even bother opening and reading? Gimme a break Quotas and limts right from the start is the moral of the story. Easier said than done without mgmt support. Ask users to clean up or run the tools to clean up for them and you could be asking for a new job. Luckily the current CEO supported the effort to clean up the system here, and I did a lot of slash-and-burn on an inherited system that was not properly set up in the first place. We now have a system-wide default of 10MB (yep - that's all they get unless they can jusity the need for more). Management mailboxes have a 100 MB limit. Mailbox full? Maybe first you should get rid of those 23 pics of your daughter's new dog you'll have lots of room. Total IS is typically less than 4GB for 600 users -- a single mailbox that size is a truly frightenting thing. People here are actually keeping it real clean (thanks to an understanding upper-management team - who would've thought? - and the e-mail nazi from hell at the helm...). But I'm still working and still learning - (although the 'nads are a darker shade of blue). -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 15, 2002 7:23 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact but of course, every one of those mails is essential, and referred back to on a daily basis!! -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 February 2002 11:35 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact e -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 05:24 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Andy, Do you tend to see a larger than average file server with a 10mb limit? Or do you have disk quotas on the file server too? Just curious of the cause and effect. W -Original Message- From: Toni, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:26 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact An unread message with a word doc flyer attached - Joe Smith's retirement lunch on Oct 6, 1995 - that's some pretty mission-critical info. Certainly don't want to get rid of anything like that. One manager had almost 1000 unread messages in the inbox at any given time. Important enough to keep forever, but not important enough to even bother opening and reading? Gimme a break Quotas and limts right from the start is the moral of the story. Easier said than done without mgmt support. Ask users to clean up or run the tools to clean up for them and you could be asking for a new job. Luckily the current CEO supported the effort to clean up the system here, and I did a lot of slash-and-burn on an inherited system that was not properly set up in the first place. We now have a system-wide default of 10MB (yep - that's all they get unless they can jusity the need for more). Management mailboxes have a 100 MB limit. Mailbox full? Maybe first you should get rid of those 23 pics of your daughter's new dog you'll have lots of room. Total IS is typically less than 4GB for 600 users -- a single mailbox that size is a truly frightenting thing. People here are actually keeping it real clean (thanks to an understanding upper-management team - who would've thought? - and the e-mail nazi from hell at the helm...). But I'm still working and still learning - (although the 'nads are a darker shade of blue). -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 15, 2002 7:23 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact but of course, every one of those mails is essential, and referred back to on a daily basis!! -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 February 2002 11:35 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact e -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 05:24 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact We have about 100 with 1GB+, 50 odd edging dangerously close to the 2GB, and a few 'important' people that management have insisted have limits turned off because they hit 2GB and we said 'tough, clean it out, 2GB is the maximum limit we can set' Just checked and our biggest mailbox is a little over 4.5GB. Can I break it? Please!!! -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 February 2002 21:26 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
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good point - where does the crap all go? That was definitely a consideration (fear) since we had NT 4 with no disk quotas in place at the time of the cleanup. We didn't want to just migrate the junk to another location. We knew there would be some impact, but we also knew we had tons of useless crap in the system that had no value. So we picked a few volunteers for the cleanup process and went nuts on their mailboxes (with them) to get an idea of the overall impact and sure enough - what we found in general was that those power-users would rather just delete most things rather than move stuff - even if we gave them the training and the tools and the time to do it rather easily, they just chose to get rid of most of it. The cleanup forced them to realize how much crap was there and to make a judgement call as to what was really worth keeping -- and most of it wasn't. It's surprising how many huge attachments were already dropped into home directories by the users or not even useful to users, but the messages were kept intact in the mailbox as a convenient reference for the CYA mentality - so there was already a lot of duplication between Exchange and other servers. In most cases, the real agenda behind keeping everything turned out to be that people like to have an audit trail of every e-mail correspondence since the beginning of time. The content was actually not the biggest issue - they just wanted to cover their butts and keep a record of everything ever sent or received. Ultimately most of the stuff which was so critically important without any limit or any pressure to clean up, was simply not worth the user's effort to move to a file server, etc. when the time came to clean it up. Also what really helps is a policy (other comments here mentioned this too) about stripping off non-business stuff on incoming email. We find that without all the screen savers and jokes and alien songs floating around, the very small mailbox is more than enough for the majority of users who really only need to deal with simple text and the odd small word doc. No problem to open up more for anyone who really needs it (Finance people, etc.). This may be too small for most other shops, but we handle it here quite well, and I figure it's better to go with a very tight default and work from there - with messaging systems, file servers, firewalls, whatever. Only enable what you really need (if you can)... sorry for rambling - the short answer is that there was really a very minimal impact on any other system. We're finally starting to move to w2k from NT and disk quotas are part of the plan for sure. randy. -Original Message- From: William Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 15, 2002 11:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Andy, Do you tend to see a larger than average file server with a 10mb limit? Or do you have disk quotas on the file server too? Just curious of the cause and effect. W -Original Message- From: Toni, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:26 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact An unread message with a word doc flyer attached - Joe Smith's retirement lunch on Oct 6, 1995 - that's some pretty mission-critical info. Certainly don't want to get rid of anything like that. One manager had almost 1000 unread messages in the inbox at any given time. Important enough to keep forever, but not important enough to even bother opening and reading? Gimme a break Quotas and limts right from the start is the moral of the story. Easier said than done without mgmt support. Ask users to clean up or run the tools to clean up for them and you could be asking for a new job. Luckily the current CEO supported the effort to clean up the system here, and I did a lot of slash-and-burn on an inherited system that was not properly set up in the first place. We now have a system-wide default of 10MB (yep - that's all they get unless they can jusity the need for more). Management mailboxes have a 100 MB limit. Mailbox full? Maybe first you should get rid of those 23 pics of your daughter's new dog you'll have lots of room. Total IS is typically less than 4GB for 600 users -- a single mailbox that size is a truly frightenting thing. People here are actually keeping it real clean (thanks to an understanding upper-management team - who would've thought? - and the e-mail nazi from hell at the helm...). But I'm still working and still learning - (although the 'nads are a darker shade of blue). -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: February 15, 2002 7:23 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact but of course, every one of those mails is essential, and referred back
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Title: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Have you considered the Mailbox Manager service in the exch support tools (SP2 or later I think)? You can set things like Delete Items over 1MB after 30 days or empty items older than 30 days from the Deleted items folder. Don't use it myself (In fact only first looked at it yesterday), but you could look at that. Neil -Original Message-From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 14 February 2002 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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
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Title: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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
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Title: Message 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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.htmList 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Title: Message 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList 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
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Title: Message 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
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Title: Message 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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.htmList 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Title: Message and I have seen the OSTs/PSTs crap out after 750megs. MS documents state 2+ gig and you are SOL .. I have experienced it much lower -Original Message-From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 17:53To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 ManagerGeac 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt
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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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Title: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact As a side point, I would recommend setting a Receive limit That way, if you end up the subject of a d.o.s style attack or come across a message looping problem the unlucky mailbox(s) will eventually reach a point where it will stop. I normally set the receive limit quite high (normally around3 - 10 times that of the send limit (e.g. 500mb for a 50mb send limit/1000mb for a 300mb send limit). I haven't come across any problems with that yet since I set it over 3 years ago on over 1000 mailboxes. I have come across a message looping problem, which although we cut the link to the foreign X400 system before it became a problem, itwould have stopped the server going down if it had been a weekend or xmas break etc. Neil -Original Message-From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 14 February 2002 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
write and have them sign (ya right) a risk acceptance? Thanks, Patrick Mike Zatkalik zatkalik@clickcoTo: MS-Exchange Admin Issues mmerce.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: 02/14/2002 04:10 Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact PM Please respond to MS-Exchange Admin Issues I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
RE: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
What you do is make it known to management what your concerns are. You look for faster backup/restore options and budget accordingly, or at least submit it. You send out requests to people to at least clean out their sent/deleted folders. -Original Message- From: Patrick Smallwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 6:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact write and have them sign (ya right) a risk acceptance? Thanks, Patrick Mike Zatkalik zatkalik@clickcoTo: MS-Exchange Admin Issues mmerce.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: 02/14/2002 04:10 Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact PM Please respond to MS-Exchange Admin Issues I am in a similar position. We had a 250MB warning, 300MB prohibit and a sales person complained to my boss and my boss said to remove the limits on EVERYONE. Now, I have 6 mailboxes in the 1GB+ range and the majority of the other mailboxes are above 400MB+. Of course all of these huge mailboxes are on laptops, so the OST is frickin huge and every other month it gets corrupted and has to be recreated. My company is about 230 user with a priv.edb of 47.5GB. Backups only take a whopping 8 hours for full backup, meaning about the same for a restore. Management is upset that the restore would take so long, but they aren't willing to enforce limits, or delete mail. Oh well, what can I do. Mike Z -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 5:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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 LimitsAfter 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
