From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 21 15:19:32 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 E51E516A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:19:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 641D343D41 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:19:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nocmonkey@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so1011025rng for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:19:32 -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=bKeuZ/tJNvyUod9+Wd7XWsNWcJyNzotLmAlX33EC7vm9t2Ebky3Kp2AzBQih2SMafqVU7osz+N9yWebizQl67A2yvXzHNfPAAiBhSa7wMxWZI9ht5DYDlPxLW6Nl0E8C19FsexAKr4Rga6REoLKghWdpa8/DekG+DzTHzWXDXMY= Received: by 10.38.152.6 with SMTP id z6mr4666362rnd; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:19:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.22.7 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:19:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:19:31 -0500 From: Danny To: RacerX In-Reply-To: <20050321091411.H83638@makeworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <1029409489.20050320082843@wanadoo.fr> <20050321091411.H83638@makeworld.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Ted Mittelstaedt 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 15:19:33 -0000 On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:15:06 -0600 (CST), RacerX wrote: > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Danny wrote: > > > 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 > > NTBackup won't restore brick level Well, for brick level you would use ExMerge -- another free tool from Microsoft. ...D