Off topic MS exchange help

Oh yea, and then you forgot the part about quadrupling the customers' prices
and convincing your sales staff and customers that its a great idea and
benefit to them.

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From: Todd Anderson [mailto:tanderson@...]
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 11:21 AM
To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] RE: off topic MS exchange help


That's easy - just double their pay, given them all executive level
benefits, and 8 weeks a year of vacation.

-
Now can anybody help us negotiate our
expired union contract?

Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.




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We are running Small Business Server 4.5 and Outlook 2000 loaded with all
the default settings. As such all e-mail is stored on the server. The
systems is archiving e-mail in 2 folders \exchsrvr\imcdata\in\archive and
\exchsrvr\imcdata\out\archive. I am looking for advice to manage these
files. It appears that deleting e-mail and archiving at the client level has
no impact on these files is this correct? I noticed a change in the mailbox
resource totals but not in the archive files. Where is the path for these
files called out in the configuration parameters? Should I be setting
mailbox size limits? Should I reconfigure clients to store e-mail locally
(reduced server transactions)?ghtly backups)? My search of MS knowledge base
and Boarders book shelf came up short any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.
Dan

Keep in mind I haven't had any formal training in MS-Exchange.
I noticed my free disk space gradually disappearing on my exchange server.
It got to the point that it was crashing because it didn't have enough disk
space for the VM file. I went exploring and found the two archive
directories you mentioned with thousands of files in them. These are copies
of all e-mails sent or received by everyone. Using explorer, I click on the
date field to sort the files by date, then delete all the files before a
certain date. I know there's a setting in exchange to turn off the
archiving of messages, but you never know when a user will ask you to
recover something they just deleted that's "really important".

I'd like to know about a better way to handle this. I usually clean these
directories once a month, keeping about a months worth.

Bob Bruton
Entek Corp.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Shallbetter [mailto:dans@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 7:49 AM
To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] off topic MS exchange help


We are running Small Business Server 4.5 and Outlook 2000 loaded with all
the default settings. As such all e-mail is stored on the server. The
systems is archiving e-mail in 2 folders \exchsrvr\imcdata\in\archive and
\exchsrvr\imcdata\out\archive. I am looking for advice to manage these
files. It appears that deleting e-mail and archiving at the client level has
no impact on these files is this correct? I noticed a change in the mailbox
resource totals but not in the archive files. Where is the path for these
files called out in the configuration parameters? Should I be setting
mailbox size limits? Should I reconfigure clients to store e-mail locally
(reduced server transactions)?ghtly backups)? My search of MS knowledge base
and Boarders book shelf came up short any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.



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Dan,

I set up an archive.pst in each users' home directory. To redirect the
archiving to this location you have to go to each client and in outlook
"Tools" - "Options" there is an auto archive tab that lets you set location
(It will also show you were the info is going, I think the default is on the
C: drive of the local machine. With my heavier users I also load the
archive.pst in their outlook directory so they can have quick access to old
info (makes them happy to see it there even though they don't use it much).

Hope this helps

Jerry L. Solobay
Ebco Aerospace

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Shallbetter [SMTP:dans@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 5:49 AM
To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] off topic MS exchange help

We are running Small Business Server 4.5 and Outlook 2000 loaded
with all
the default settings. As such all e-mail is stored on the server.
The
systems is archiving e-mail in 2 folders
\exchsrvr\imcdata\in\archive and
\exchsrvr\imcdata\out\archive. I am looking for advice to manage
these
files. It appears that deleting e-mail and archiving at the client
level has
no impact on these files is this correct? I noticed a change in the
mailbox
resource totals but not in the archive files. Where is the path for
these
files called out in the configuration parameters? Should I be
setting
mailbox size limits? Should I reconfigure clients to store e-mail
locally
(reduced server transactions)?ghtly backups)? My search of MS
knowledge base
and Boarders book shelf came up short any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks
Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.




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http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

Here's a link to a few Exchange tips. This guy suggests that PST files are
bad, and so is backing up the mailboxes at the Brick Level, like ARCserve
does. He suggests using alternate methods that are more stable.

As a side note, my IN & OUT directories are empty. Must be because I have
autoarchive turned off.

John Mueske
Hiatt Manufactuirng, Inc.



Message: 24
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 08:27:45 -0700
From: Jerry Solobay <jsolobay@...>
Subject: RE: off topic MS exchange help

Dan,

I set up an archive.pst in each users' home directory. To redirect the
archiving to this location you have to go to each client and in outlook
"Tools" - "Options" there is an auto archive tab that lets you set location
(It will also show you were the info is going, I think the default is on the
C: drive of the local machine. With my heavier users I also load the
archive.pst in their outlook directory so they can have quick access to old
info (makes them happy to see it there even though they don't use it much).

Hope this helps

Jerry L. Solobay
Ebco Aerospace

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Shallbetter [SMTP:dans@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 5:49 AM
To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] off topic MS exchange help

We are running Small Business Server 4.5 and Outlook 2000 loaded
with all
the default settings. As such all e-mail is stored on the server.
The
systems is archiving e-mail in 2 folders
\exchsrvr\imcdata\in\archive and
\exchsrvr\imcdata\out\archive. I am looking for advice to manage
these
files. It appears that deleting e-mail and archiving at the client
level has
no impact on these files is this correct? I noticed a change in the
mailbox
resource totals but not in the archive files. Where is the path for
these
files called out in the configuration parameters? Should I be
setting
mailbox size limits? Should I reconfigure clients to store e-mail
locally
(reduced server transactions)?ghtly backups)? My search of MS
knowledge base
and Boarders book shelf came up short any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks
Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.
There's a little book I bought at Borders called Microsoft Exchange
Administrator's Pocket Consultant that has helped me sift through all of
those screens and find the places to turn off the archiving and so on.

Lydia

-----Original Message-----
From: Hiatt Manufacturing, Inc. [mailto:hiattmfg@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 8:58 AM
To: Vantage Egroups
Subject: [Vantage] RE: off topic MS exchange help

http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

Here's a link to a few Exchange tips. This guy suggests that PST files are
bad, and so is backing up the mailboxes at the Brick Level, like ARCserve
does. He suggests using alternate methods that are more stable.

As a side note, my IN & OUT directories are empty. Must be because I have
autoarchive turned off.

John Mueske
Hiatt Manufactuirng, Inc.



Message: 24
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 08:27:45 -0700
From: Jerry Solobay <jsolobay@...>
Subject: RE: off topic MS exchange help

Dan,

I set up an archive.pst in each users' home directory. To redirect the
archiving to this location you have to go to each client and in outlook
"Tools" - "Options" there is an auto archive tab that lets you set location
(It will also show you were the info is going, I think the default is on the
C: drive of the local machine. With my heavier users I also load the
archive.pst in their outlook directory so they can have quick access to old
info (makes them happy to see it there even though they don't use it much).

Hope this helps

Jerry L. Solobay
Ebco Aerospace

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Shallbetter [SMTP:dans@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 5:49 AM
To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] off topic MS exchange help

We are running Small Business Server 4.5 and Outlook 2000 loaded
with all
the default settings. As such all e-mail is stored on the server.
The
systems is archiving e-mail in 2 folders
\exchsrvr\imcdata\in\archive and
\exchsrvr\imcdata\out\archive. I am looking for advice to manage
these
files. It appears that deleting e-mail and archiving at the client
level has
no impact on these files is this correct? I noticed a change in the
mailbox
resource totals but not in the archive files. Where is the path for
these
files called out in the configuration parameters? Should I be
setting
mailbox size limits? Should I reconfigure clients to store e-mail
locally
(reduced server transactions)?ghtly backups)? My search of MS
knowledge base
and Boarders book shelf came up short any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks
Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.



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Dan,
These files are created when the Diagnostics logging "Message Archival" for
the
Internet Mail Service is set to Medium or Maximum. If you do not need or
want
these files to appear set the logging to Minimum or None otherwise you could
just delete them periodically perhaps after they have been backed up.

Jeff Jaske
System Administrator
American Tool and Mold, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Shallbetter [mailto:dans@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 8:49 AM
To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] off topic MS exchange help


We are running Small Business Server 4.5 and Outlook 2000 loaded with all
the default settings. As such all e-mail is stored on the server. The
systems is archiving e-mail in 2 folders \exchsrvr\imcdata\in\archive and
\exchsrvr\imcdata\out\archive. I am looking for advice to manage these
files. It appears that deleting e-mail and archiving at the client level has
no impact on these files is this correct? I noticed a change in the mailbox
resource totals but not in the archive files. Where is the path for these
files called out in the configuration parameters? Should I be setting
mailbox size limits? Should I reconfigure clients to store e-mail locally
(reduced server transactions)?ghtly backups)? My search of MS knowledge base
and Boarders book shelf came up short any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.





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A big thanks to all who responded to my question re: MS exchange. The book
Lydia suggests is great. Concise, informative,and an easy read. Amazing
considering Microsoft publishes it. Now can anybody help us negotiate our
expired union contract?

Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.


-----Original Message-----
From: Lydia Coffman [mailto:lcoffman@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 11:40 AM
To: vantage@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] RE: off topic MS exchange help


There's a little book I bought at Borders called Microsoft Exchange
Administrator's Pocket Consultant that has helped me sift through all of
those screens and find the places to turn off the archiving and so on.

Lydia





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Amazin' ain't it? Thanks.

Lydia


A big thanks to all who responded to my question re: MS exchange. The book
Lydia suggests is great. Concise, informative,and an easy read. Amazing
considering Microsoft publishes it. Now can anybody help us negotiate our
expired union contract?

Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.
That's easy - just double their pay, given them all executive level
benefits, and 8 weeks a year of vacation.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lydia Coffman [mailto:lcoffman@...]
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 10:53 AM
To: vantage@egroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] RE: off topic MS exchange help

Amazin' ain't it? Thanks.

Lydia

A big thanks to all who responded to my question re: MS exchange. The book
Lydia suggests is great. Concise, informative,and an easy read. Amazing
considering Microsoft publishes it. Now can anybody help us negotiate our
expired union contract?

Dan Shallbetter
States Electric Mfg.