Viewing Mailboxes

BobS · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on the
server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of email
going on.

In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can not
find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done away
with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry or
elsewhere.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Bob Showalter

Archived from group: microsoft>public>exchange>admin

Mark Arnold [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1126

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:04:50 -0700, "BobS"
wrote:

>I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on the
>server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of email
>going on.
>
>In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
>individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can not
>find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done away
>with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry or
>elsewhere.
>
>Thanks for any help you can give.
>
>Bob Showalter

Hmm, nope, you didn't remember that.
Sure, there are permissions that you can set, either on the target
mailboxes or for everyone (KB 821897) but unless SBS had something
different the behaviour in man-size E2K and E2K3 is no different.

Holz · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:04:50 -0700
"BobS" wrote:

> I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes
> on the server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper
> use of email going on.
Then have her spend the $ on software like C2C. You do not want to
grant rights to those who screw up.

--
live, or leave & let live.
Smile

dsecker · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

On Feb 21, 7:04 pm, "BobS" wrote:
> I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on the
> server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of email
> going on.
>
> In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
> individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can not
> find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done away
> with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry or
> elsewhere.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Bob Showalter

Bob,
If you're looking for the 'm:\' drive, it's been disabled by default
in Exchange 2003. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821836 explains how
to turn it back on. Alternatively (and preferably in my opinion!),
you could use Outlook to access any account assuming Exchange
permissions have been adjusted accordingly.

Dave Secker

Larry Struckmeyer · Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 4

Hmmmm...

Just thinking out loud here... never tried it, but what if you exmerge out a
copy of the mailboxes and imported them into a outlook .pst file for the
admin?

Could get tedious for the person who reviews the contents, but maybe you
could narrow it down to a few suspects?

--
Larry

wrote in message @64g2000hsw.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 21, 7:04 pm, "BobS" wrote:
> I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on
> the
> server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of email
> going on.
>
> In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
> individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can not
> find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done away
> with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry or
> elsewhere.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Bob Showalter

Bob,
If you're looking for the 'm:\' drive, it's been disabled by default
in Exchange 2003. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821836 explains how
to turn it back on. Alternatively (and preferably in my opinion!),
you could use Outlook to access any account assuming Exchange
permissions have been adjusted accordingly.

Dave Secker

Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

How to get service account access to all mailboxes in Exchange 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262054

Grant a single account access to all mailboxes
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5648992.html

--
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
============================

"BobS" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
>I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on
>the server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of
>email going on.
>
> In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
> individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can
> not find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done
> away with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry
> or elsewhere.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Bob Showalter

BobS · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

Yes,
The m: drive. That is what I was trying to remember. Thanks

Obviously some here don't approve; but you would have to know the situation.
I assure you she has ample reason to want to take a look. Has more to do
with company working smoothly than invasion of privacy.

Again thanks

wrote in message @64g2000hsw.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 21, 7:04 pm, "BobS" wrote:
> I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on
> the
> server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of email
> going on.
>
> In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
> individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can not
> find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done away
> with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry or
> elsewhere.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> Bob Showalter

Bob,
If you're looking for the 'm:\' drive, it's been disabled by default
in Exchange 2003. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821836 explains how
to turn it back on. Alternatively (and preferably in my opinion!),
you could use Outlook to access any account assuming Exchange
permissions have been adjusted accordingly.

Dave Secker

BobS · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

Sounds like it could work. If enabling the m: drive don't do it I will give
it a try.

"Larry Struckmeyer" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hmmmm...
>
> Just thinking out loud here... never tried it, but what if you exmerge out
> a copy of the mailboxes and imported them into a outlook .pst file for the
> admin?
>
> Could get tedious for the person who reviews the contents, but maybe you
> could narrow it down to a few suspects?
>
> --
> Larry
>
> wrote in message
> @64g2000hsw.googlegroups.com...
> On Feb 21, 7:04 pm, "BobS" wrote:
>> I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on
>> the
>> server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of email
>> going on.
>>
>> In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
>> individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can
>> not
>> find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done away
>> with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry or
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>>
>> Bob Showalter
>
>
> Bob,
> If you're looking for the 'm:\' drive, it's been disabled by default
> in Exchange 2003. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821836 explains how
> to turn it back on. Alternatively (and preferably in my opinion!),
> you could use Outlook to access any account assuming Exchange
> permissions have been adjusted accordingly.
>
> Dave Secker
>

BobS · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

At a glance, these look like perhaps the easiest way to go. I will give
them a try.

Thanks,

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote in message $nIv$PdIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> How to get service account access to all mailboxes in Exchange 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262054
>
> Grant a single account access to all mailboxes
> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5648992.html
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
>
> "BobS" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
>>I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on
>>the server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of
>>email going on.
>>
>> In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
>> individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can
>> not find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done
>> away with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry
>> or elsewhere.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>>
>> Bob Showalter
>
>

Mark Arnold [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1126

And looking in the M drive or recreating it in 2003 is just about the
most stupid suggestion I ever heard in my life.

Just assign permissions over the mailbox and use Outlook to view
emails.

Outlook is a mail client. Windows Explorer is NOT a mail client.

Mark Arnold [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1126

Certainly not at you, merely an expression of how frightening the
course of action would be.

BobS · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

Thanks for the suggestions. I followed them. When I go into Outlook and
tell it to open another users mailbox, it gives options for Inbox and
others, but when Inbox is selected, only the top level and no sub folders
are displayed. How can those subfolders be displayed also.

I did an ExMerge to get the current contents to a .pst file that could be
loaded, but that does nothing for the future without doing it every week or
so.

Thanks,
Bob Showalter
"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote in message $nIv$PdIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> How to get service account access to all mailboxes in Exchange 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262054
>
> Grant a single account access to all mailboxes
> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5648992.html
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
>
> "BobS" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
>>I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on
>>the server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of
>>email going on.
>>
>> In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
>> individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can
>> not find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done
>> away with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry
>> or elsewhere.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>>
>> Bob Showalter
>
>

Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Lanwench had a post about accessing subfolders in this thread:

Administrative access to users sub folders
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.exchange2000.information.store/browse_thread/thread/968b013fd32f3a29/9cd446f929e8900c?hl=en&lnk=st&q=exchange+service+account+access+subfolders#9cd446f929e8900c

--
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
============================

"BobS" wrote in message @microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the suggestions. I followed them. When I go into Outlook and
> tell it to open another users mailbox, it gives options for Inbox and
> others, but when Inbox is selected, only the top level and no sub folders
> are displayed. How can those subfolders be displayed also.
>
> I did an ExMerge to get the current contents to a .pst file that could be
> loaded, but that does nothing for the future without doing it every week
> or so.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Showalter
> "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote in message
> $nIv$PdIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> How to get service account access to all mailboxes in Exchange 2000
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262054
>>
>> Grant a single account access to all mailboxes
>> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5648992.html
>>
>> --
>> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
>> ============================
>>
>> "BobS" wrote in message
>> @microsoft.com...
>>>I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on
>>>the server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of
>>>email going on.
>>>
>>> In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
>>> individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can
>>> not find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done
>>> away with, or are there some options that need to be set in the registry
>>> or elsewhere.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>>>
>>> Bob Showalter
>>
>>
>

BobS · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 9

Merv,
Thanks a gob; for your post and to Lanwench for her dialog of a few years
ago. Works great. She is going to be sooooo happy.

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Lanwench had a post about accessing subfolders in this thread:
>
> Administrative access to users sub folders
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.exchange2000.information.store/browse_thread/thread/968b013fd32f3a29/9cd446f929e8900c?hl=en&lnk=st&q=exchange+service+account+access+subfolders#9cd446f929e8900c
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
>
> "BobS" wrote in message
> @microsoft.com...
>> Thanks for the suggestions. I followed them. When I go into Outlook and
>> tell it to open another users mailbox, it gives options for Inbox and
>> others, but when Inbox is selected, only the top level and no sub folders
>> are displayed. How can those subfolders be displayed also.
>>
>> I did an ExMerge to get the current contents to a .pst file that could be
>> loaded, but that does nothing for the future without doing it every week
>> or so.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob Showalter
>> "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote in message
>> $nIv$PdIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> How to get service account access to all mailboxes in Exchange 2000
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262054
>>>
>>> Grant a single account access to all mailboxes
>>> http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5648992.html
>>>
>>> --
>>> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
>>> ============================
>>>
>>> "BobS" wrote in message
>>> @microsoft.com...
>>>>I have a client that wants me to take a look at some of the mailboxes on
>>>>the server. She (the Director) thinks there may be some improper use of
>>>>email going on.
>>>>
>>>> In Exchange 2000 / SBS 2000 I remember being able to actually look at
>>>> individual mailboxes from the server and open individual emails. I can
>>>> not find this facility with SBS 2003 / Exchange 2003. Has it been done
>>>> away with, or are there some options that need to be set in the
>>>> registry or elsewhere.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help you can give.
>>>>
>>>> Bob Showalter
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

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