didier20
asked on
Monitoring unused mailboxes
I know that there are lots of mailboxes on the server (in our company) whose owner had already left the company.
Is there a tool to check the mailfiles?
I mean to see e.g. from which mailbox wasn't sent a mail since 3 months.
Is there a tool to check the mailfiles?
I mean to see e.g. from which mailbox wasn't sent a mail since 3 months.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
brwwiggins
You can also look into a 3rd party app like Power Tools. It's relatively inexpensive and has some nice features. One we use often is to find mail databases who do not have an associated entry in the directory.
ASKER
Do you mean that I should add a new column in the designer where the column value is the Field DbModifiedDate?
Because the Catalog db contains only a Date Created column.
Because the Catalog db contains only a Date Created column.
Eh, no, that's not what I meant, but you could do it that way, and enable sorting on that column when you click the header. I don't like to change the design of a standard database, so maybe it's better to create a new personal view and add a column there.
What I meant is that, if you look at the Document Properties for some document, 2nd tab, there is a field DbModifiedDate that contains the date the db was modified last. When you enable full-text searching on the database, you can search it using that field. Click on the magnifying glass to open the Search bar. This way, you don't have to change anything in the design.
What I meant is that, if you look at the Document Properties for some document, 2nd tab, there is a field DbModifiedDate that contains the date the db was modified last. When you enable full-text searching on the database, you can search it using that field. Click on the magnifying glass to open the Search bar. This way, you don't have to change anything in the design.
ASKER
When I click the databases and select Properties (second tab) I can see the date when the db was last modified. But all the databases show the current day. Even the database that isn't in use since weeks, shows today's date.
I guess that the services the server runs e.g. compact have an effect on this date.
When I click the magnifier I could create an index but can't open a searchbar.
I guess that the services the server runs e.g. compact have an effect on this date.
When I click the magnifier I could create an index but can't open a searchbar.
Where did you click for the Properties? In the Catalog database? Then you were looking at the document properties. Just open a document in the Catalog, it tells you a lot about the database it's referring to.
ASKER
I found the last modified date in the catalog db.
Good!
ASKER
However, there are some strange things, too.
e.g.
Database creation date: 2001.11.23
Database last modified date: 2003.01.27
but
Database Activity Summary: 3 - Number of uses in previous 24 hours
138 - Number of reads in previous 24 hours
Previous to which date? I thought previous 24 means "Yesterday".
e.g.
Database creation date: 2001.11.23
Database last modified date: 2003.01.27
but
Database Activity Summary: 3 - Number of uses in previous 24 hours
138 - Number of reads in previous 24 hours
Previous to which date? I thought previous 24 means "Yesterday".
I'd say the same. Apparently, the database was opened 3 times, and there were 138 documents read since yesterday, from snapshot to snapshot made by the Catalog task. You should check when the record was updated in the Catalog database. Is the Catalog-task enabled? It should be in the notes.ini, as
ServerTasksAt1=Catalog,Des
Since reading documents doesn't modify a database, the database hasn't been changed in 2.5 years. Bizarre...
ServerTasksAt1=Catalog,Des
Since reading documents doesn't modify a database, the database hasn't been changed in 2.5 years. Bizarre...