From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 21 15:00:36 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 EB46716A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:00:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564D443D41 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:00:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nocmonkey@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id c16so825933rne for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:00:35 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=OOLWFS+rsRqErVYPoUloXxEqbFTYTygNEDjGmCJPA5ZIDeeDtWiMW9WIX6mjWGaMOyWNthth7TMRdstpnPeh6EG6FoNdP4aSonRorOC/ZCNy9oxllR3m6MNJeHnFTGtiYgv7gcmyXWTOyMKBkhbMVlAw3HeNaepmCH/elZQld9A= Received: by 10.38.10.76 with SMTP id 76mr4671228rnj; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:00:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.22.7 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:00:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:00:35 -0500 From: Danny To: Ted Mittelstaedt In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <1029409489.20050320082843@wanadoo.fr> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Danny List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:00:37 -0000 On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:52:40 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > -----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. You are totally 100% wrong. NTBackup is included with Windows, and is fully supported by Microsoft. > If you want to use windows backup you must shut down exchange because windows > backup will not back up open files. Wrong. Have you bothered to read Microsoft's Exchange Backup & Restore Guide? > 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. Once again, obviously you are not aware of the features present in version 2003. > This is yet another high-cost item, backup software that is written > to use the hooks in exchange to back it up is expensive. Wrong, again. One word: NTBackup. Regardless of the free backup software included with Windows, if you have been mis-informed and think that you *need* 3rd party backup software, well, the Exchange backup agents are a couple of hundred dollars. Pretty cheap when you consider the value of corporate email these days -- but like I say, they are not necessary; read the Exchange Backup & Restore Guide. > 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. Yup, but you do not know Exchange, so stop talking about it. ...D