Your client should look at something like Symantec Enterprise Vault or EMC Legato to implement this ... those products are built for tasks like this.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 4:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Add folder with quota to existing mailboxes - > via scripting or tool > > Thanks Brian and Mathieu, > > I will tell a little bit more about the background of this. The > customer has asked for a folder called "private" to be created in the > root of every users mailbox and if possible set a quota to this folder. > > After this has been done, the customer wants to instruct his users to > use only this folder only as their personal/private email folder and > move everything that the users sees as being private, to the private > folder. From that moment on, all other folders in the users mailboxes > are no longer considered as private/personal. > > I do have some additional questions: > > - how would the script look if the requirement would be to create the > folder in the root. > > - The way the script is set up now, do I have to set up which users > this script will apply to, I mean will it now apply to all users in the > entire domain which are mailbox enabled? > > - Is there any way that I can specify which users this script has to be > applied to, I mean can I run it against all mailbox enabled users in a > specific OU? > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > ------- > Re[2]: [ActiveDir] Add folder with quota to existing mailboxes - via > scripting or tool > From: Mathieu CHATEAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:24:47 +0200 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > -------- > > Hello Victor, > > If the folder already exist, it will simply do nothing, except going > into errors.. > > need to add a on error resume next or test if the folder exist before. > > will create in the inbox, as a subfolder > > I don't see your goal with this folder...except if you turn special > rights on it. > > may ask them to put it [private] in the subject instead (it will work > for the sent folders) > > Regards, > > Mathieu CHATEAU > > http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com > > > > > Sunday, August 27, 2006, 10:26:59 PM, you wrote: > > > Thanks Mathieu, nice. > > Does this create a folder in the root of the mailbox? > > Access all mailboxes you say, that sounds logical. I know that domain > admins indeed dont actually have the full mailbox access (they have > some denies). > > What if a user already has the folder, does this script take this into > account? > > Again thanks. > > Victor > > > > > > > > > > > From: Mathieu CHATEAU [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: zondag 27 augustus 2006 22:04 > To: Victor W. > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Add folder with quota to existing mailboxes - > via scripting or tool > > > Hello Victor, > > you will at least need an account that can access all mailboxes (not a > domain admins one) > > (or give a script to everyone that they will execute) > > To my knowledge, quota is mailbox based. You may set up a special > retention on this folder. > > > sample _vbscript_ to create the private folder > > set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") > set inbox = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").getDefaultFolder(6) > set temp5 = inbox.folders.add("Private",6) > > hope it helps, > > Regards, > > > Mathieu CHATEAU > > > > http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > Sunday, August 27, 2006, 8:57:03 PM, you wrote: > > > Does anybody know what is the 'best' way to add > > automatically a folder to existing mailboxes and set a quota on that > same folder? > > We would like all our users to get a folder called > > "private" added to the root of their mailbox and if possible, a quota > to be set to that folder. > > Can this be done by scripting easily or is there perhaps > > even a tool which is capable of doing this? > > This also counts for new, still to be created users. I mean, every user > that will be created will have to have that certain folder added to his > or her mailbox. > > Offcourse this could be done by running the script a > couple of times a day, checking if the folder exists allready and > > if not, adding it. Or perhaps it can even by realised the > > moment a user has been created. > > Any ideas are greatly appreciated. > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx
