wallewek
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Logging email to text
It seems like such a simple thing...
All I want is to be able to have all of the email sent to a given Exchange mailbox to be immediately output to one or more text files.
I already have software that will read that text file as a log, parse it and act accordingly. But it won't read mailboxes. All I need is to get the mail into the text file.
If there's a tool out there that will already do it, great! So long as it isn't excessively expensive or complex, that's all I ask.
/kenw
All I want is to be able to have all of the email sent to a given Exchange mailbox to be immediately output to one or more text files.
I already have software that will read that text file as a log, parse it and act accordingly. But it won't read mailboxes. All I need is to get the mail into the text file.
If there's a tool out there that will already do it, great! So long as it isn't excessively expensive or complex, that's all I ask.
/kenw
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Another vote here for MailArchiver!
What version of Exchange r u using? If 2007/2010 you could use a journalling rule to copy the messages to another account.
What version of Exchange r u using? If 2007/2010 you could use a journalling rule to copy the messages to another account.
ASKER
Yes, using Exchange 2007, already using Journaling. What does that have to do with exporting to text files? I don't get that.
/kenw
/kenw
Without more details it is difficult to give specific direction. Depending on your Powershell scripting experience, the Managed API for Exchange might provide some good reference points:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/
Starting with Exchange 2007 the Exchange Web Services (EWS) allow a much easier interface. The link above also provides the Object model for this API, so, that should help frame the context a little.
Here is another link with some Powershell examples directly related to EWS:
http://gsexdev.blogspot.co
Lastly, you may want to look at this product if you have some budget and give them a call to see if their product will do what you need:
http://www.powershellinsid
http://msdn.microsoft.com/
Starting with Exchange 2007 the Exchange Web Services (EWS) allow a much easier interface. The link above also provides the Object model for this API, so, that should help frame the context a little.
Here is another link with some Powershell examples directly related to EWS:
http://gsexdev.blogspot.co
Lastly, you may want to look at this product if you have some budget and give them a call to see if their product will do what you need:
http://www.powershellinsid
ASKER
What kind of additional would you need? It's currently Exchange 2007 on Server 2008 R2. Does that help?
The price for the PowerShell Server isn't much below the GFI product, and the latter looks a LOT easier to implement. I'm not clear why PowerShell Server is even being suggested, given what is already built in.
Although we have considered using PowerShell, we don't have a great deal of experience with it, or the free time to throw at it. have no idea whether what I described is even possible from within PowerShell, let alone what it would take, Without knowing which specific PS commands one could use for this, I wouldn't want to even start.
If you could provide more detail, that might be helpful.
/kenw
The price for the PowerShell Server isn't much below the GFI product, and the latter looks a LOT easier to implement. I'm not clear why PowerShell Server is even being suggested, given what is already built in.
Although we have considered using PowerShell, we don't have a great deal of experience with it, or the free time to throw at it. have no idea whether what I described is even possible from within PowerShell, let alone what it would take, Without knowing which specific PS commands one could use for this, I wouldn't want to even start.
If you could provide more detail, that might be helpful.
/kenw
wallewek,
It took me less than an hour to setup Journaling & GFI MailARchiver in my environment.
It took me less than an hour to setup Journaling & GFI MailARchiver in my environment.
ASKER
Very incomplete, solution looks good but not yet proven, several others agreed.
ASKER
/kenw