Thanks Andy. Managed to code something up to do it, seems to work quite well. Only problem is the d%&m outlook security dialog popping up every 10 minutes, but thats a minor annoyance.
Cheers Glenn On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 11:35, Webb, Andy wrote: > You're going to have to write code whichever way you decide to deal with this (if at > all). > > You could write code that fixes it once in Exchange using any number of interfaces > to read the smtp header, then update the received date. > > You could do a two step migration and write code that parsed through the IFF format > files and grabbed the received date off the item body (not the message body, rather > the smtp header which is stored in the "body" portion of the .SEC file of the IFF > set) and restamp the header in the .PRI file. > > You could probably come up with other ways to skin the cat too. Read the items into > a PST from the IMAP server, then use exmerge to migrate the data into a mailbox, or > drag&drop to get it into public folders. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Corbett > Posted At: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 5:21 PM > Posted To: Microsoft Exchange > Conversation: Migrated Mail dates incorrect > Subject: RE: Migrated Mail dates incorrect > > > Thanks Andy. > > *sigh* not quite what I wanted to hear, but been playing since I posted the message, > and looks like this might be the only way to do it (if its even possible). > > Oh well, only about 10-20 million messages to rewrite *grin* > > Glenn > > On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 23:31, David, Andy wrote: > > Hmm, Im thinking there is not. > > You could always start here <g> : > > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=194870 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Glenn Corbett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:06 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Migrated Mail dates incorrect > > > > All, > > > > Haven't asked questions for a while, must be a good sign *grin* > > > > I have been migrating a bunch of mail from an external system using > > the Exchange IMAP 4 interface, and have stumbled across an issue I > > hope someone can help me with. > > > > When mail is migrated into an Exchange 2003 public folder or mailbox, > > the Sent, Received, and Modified fields of the migrated message are > > the date it was created on the Exchange system (understandable). > > However, the Internet Mail Headers of the message list the Date: field > > with the correct time and GMT offset of the original message. Is there a way to: > > a) Force Exchange to use this Date field as (at a minimum) the > > Received date of the message so that messages appear correctly, or > > b) Rewrite the date fields in the messages already there, using the > > Date field from the message header ? > > > > Basically all migrated messages need to have the date / time of the > > original message, as its quite confusing for the users to have all > > messages in their public folders and mailboxes having the same date > > and time (within a couple of minutes of each other at least). > > > > Hope this makes some sort of sense. > > > > TIA > > > > Glenn Corbett > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
