If you need help, and you know how to find them, maybe YOU can hire the A-Team....
-----Original Message----- From: Clark, John A (FUSA) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:37 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Drive m:???? Does anyone know how to hire the A-Team? I can't find their ad in my local papers..... -----Original Message----- From: HANNA, Keith (TSL Shirley) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:34 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Drive m:???? Happy Birthday to Mr. T. today. :) -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 May 2002 15:27 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Drive m:???? There is no A-Team -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:23 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Drive m:???? Right. There is no M: drive. > -----Original Message----- > From: Felicity Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 7:30 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Drive m:???? > > > pardon me for sounding so partonizing, but the M drive is the > installable file system that ships with exchange. As you know all > internet protocols (http, smtp, nntp, pop, imap) are now server by the > same engine that does IIS. IIS consults the Exhcange store and a file > handle to the item you are looking for in the Exchange store is > returned. > > This is a true NTFS file handle and is provided by the EPoxy or EXIPC > mechanism which masquarades exchange items as NTFS file handles using > an asynchornous work queue which is extremely fast and provides little > context switching. Think of it as another file system driver just the > same as FAT, NTFS, CDFS, HPFS. > > The reason some of you do and some of you don't see an M drive is > because IIS launches (specifically the W3svc > service) before your exchange store service completes it > start up process. Hence no M drive. All you do is bounce > your w3svc service and you will have an M Drive. > > I chose to change > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC > and make DependOnService have the value of MSExchangeIS. > > You can change the drive letter by editing the following registry key. > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EXIFS\Parameters > On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry > value: > Value Name: DriveLetter Data Type: REG_SZ Value: P > NOTE: If the DriveLetter value already exists, double-click > the value, and then change the drive to n: or another letter. > > One more point about the EXIFS (Exchange Installable File > System) - there are three methods of application deployment - > xcopy from the file system, ftp, or email or sending data to > an exchange public folder. NT admins like xcopy, web admins > like ftp or webdave, exchange admins like to deploy to public > folders. EXIFS provides a mechisim to keep everyone happy. > > --Felicity > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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] ********************************************************************** This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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