From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 20 09:52:41 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 360AD16A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:52:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C15BE43D2D for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:52:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j2K9qob20921 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:52:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:52:40 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <1029409489.20050320082843@wanadoo.fr> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:52:41 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Anthony > Atkielski > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 11:29 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD? > > If the database becomes corrupted, which is highly unlikely, you must > restore it from your last backup (every mail administrator takes > frequent backups, which can be done online with Exchange). Only if you purchase a backup software. If you want to use windows backup you must shut down exchange because windows backup will not back up open files. Also, a file based backup is pointless because it takes the mail store in one fell swoop, it does not back up (nor allow you to restore) individual mailboxes. This is yet another high-cost item, backup software that is written to use the hooks in exchange to back it up is expensive. By contrast under UNIX, you can use tar to backup the /var/mail directories and you can definitely restore an individual mailbox if you want to. Ted