Well..you did make a good point though (as always). When searching through AD one must be aware of the impact of running broad searches. I have worked with companies that have over 130k users (over 200k mailbox enabled accounts counting resource mailboxes) and I learned that the less broad a search is, the happier the AD guys are :-).
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:59:05 -0800, Ed Crowley [MVP] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I didn't say you were wrong! > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Presley, > Steven > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:00 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Mailbox Size Limits in Exchange 2003 > > This is correct. I am sure that there is a more fine-tuned query that could > make it more optimized, but this gets the jobs done. From what I read of > the question, the requirement is to report on "any" mailbox enabled object > that does not have any quota set. If the OU where the mailbox enabled > objects live is known (or a parent), then the baseDN could be set to that to > further optimize the search. In most cases when a customer requests this > information, the OU is not known (most cases the objects are spread > throughout the directory) and the customer wants to know about all mailbox > enabled objects that do not have a quota regardless of location in Active > Directory. > > Anyways he did say that he has < 1000 users. How big could his directory > be? > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:02:13 -0800, Ed Crowley [MVP] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > In a large directory, I believe that this query will take a very long > > time because I don't believe that those attributes are keyed. > > > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Presley, Steven > > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:52 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: Mailbox Size Limits in Exchange 2003 > > > > You can use your favorite LDAP tool (ldifde, ADSIEdit, csvde, ldp, > > adfind, > > etc...) and run this query on any domain where you have mailbox > > enabled > > objects: > > > > (&(ObjectClass=user)(mDBUseDefaults=FALSE)(|(!mDBStorageQuota=*)(!mDBO > > verQuo > > taLimit=*)(!mDBOverHardQuotaLimit=*))) > > > > This will return all mailboxes that are not set to use the default > > store policy and ones that do not have either a warning, prohibit > > send, or a prohibit send\receive set. > > > > Best regards, > > Steven > > > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:58:05 -0500, McCready, Robert > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there any easy way to get a report on anybody's mailbox that is > > > NOT setup to use the Information Store defaults, other than clicking > > > on the accounts one by one in Active Directory? > > > > > > We have about 800 users, 50 of which probably have a mailbox size > > > manually set. It sure would be nice if there was some way to list > > > the manually set mailboxes (and their limits), without clicking on > > > 800 Active Directory accounts. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > > > To subscribe: > > > http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [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. > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [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. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [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. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [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. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [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. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. 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