A) Exchange 2000 doesn't have a service account. This would explain why you can't get your service account to access a mailbox. :)
B) If you want an account to have the ability to open another users' mailbox, grant it Send As and Receive As rights. Jason -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Schilbach Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:34 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange 2000 Service Account Permissions Hi All, I was wondering if you all have maybe heard of a resolution for the following problem: As of Exchange 2k SP2, MS has removed the ability for teh service account to view users email content. This means I cannot bind to a user mailbox with my service account for maintenance or programming realated features. I tried a work arround that basically took me to the properties of an exchange store, then to the permissions. I then made a copy of the inherited permissions and allowed my service account full access to mailboxes in that store. I figgured that would be enough. We ll interrestingly enough, I have an application that counts the email (read and unread items) in a users mailbox. I have created a custom VB.Net control that I have placed on our intranet pages that shows the user how much email is in their box and how many new items. I would usually just use the account the user logged in with, but teh intranet login is fed from a SQL database and not an NTLM login. SO I dont have the real credentials of the user, just the mailbox alias. I figgured if I used the service account I could work arround the permissions issue. It works from some users but not others. All of our users that use this APP are all besed on the same server, storage group, and store. Does anyone know why I would get a login error for some accounts but not all? Timothy H. Schilbach Alpha Omega Design Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] visit our NEW website at www.aodinc.com _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
