Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:19:31 -0500 From: Danny <nocmonkey@gmail.com> To: RacerX <racerx@makeworld.com> Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Subject: Re: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <addc34c6050321071923b7f3b6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050321091411.H83638@makeworld.com> References: <1029409489.20050320082843@wanadoo.fr> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIENGFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <addc34c605032107005407c132@mail.gmail.com> <20050321091411.H83638@makeworld.com>
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:15:06 -0600 (CST), RacerX <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Danny wrote: > > > On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:52:40 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt > > <tedm@toybox.placo.com> 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 > > NTBackup won't restore brick level Well, for brick level you would use ExMerge -- another free tool from Microsoft. ...D
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