Thanks to all!
I'm now waiting to see if the permissions work. I'll back it up creating a .pst with all the information (no big problem on that). Do you suggest anything else? > Once you do manage to open the mailbox, how are you proposing to back it up? > > Regards > > Mr Louis Joyce > Computer Support Analyst > Network Administrator > BT Ignite eSolutions > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 November 2001 10:21 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Log in to user's mailboxes > > > > Hi! > > I've been asked one thing that some of you may have already been asked to > do before: access a user's mailbox and get a backup of everything in > there. > > I'll not discuss the legal/ethical questions about this. I *really* need > to get that information to my boss. > > I've searched Microsoft KB and found two articles: "Q147354 XADM: Service > Account Can Log In to any Mailbox" and "Q147362 XADM: Event ID: 1016 > Logged Incorrectly in Application Event Log" > > So, I've logged in to a machine using the account that is used to start > all Exchange services, then I created a profile with the user's mailbox, > but it didn't work. It complained about a lack of permissions. I then > tried to create the profile with the services account and in the "open > additional mailboxes" I specified the user's mailbox, but it didn't work > too (same lack of permissions error). > > What am I doing wrong? How can I access the information? > > Don't tell me to restore de server from tape to another server (no time > and no hardware available). > > Thanks for your help! > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
