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In Exchange 5.0 I have the option to store/archive mail. This works great
and has proved VERY useful but it is getting rather large! I would like to
delete these out of the  \EXCHSRVR\IMCDATA\IN\ARCHIVE and the
\EXCHSRVR\IMCDATA\OUT\ARCHIVE
folders.

Am I okay to do this or am liable to cause problems?
How do these folders interact with the DS and IS backups?

Thanks for any help on this!!

Regards,

Vince

Quote:>How do these folders interact with the DS and IS backups?

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Richard Matheisen                           Wang Laboratories
Microsoft Certified System Engineer         Tewksbury, MA USA

Richard,

Quote:>>In Exchange 5.0 I have the option to store/archive mail. This works great
>>and has proved VERY useful but it is getting rather large! I would like to
>>delete these out of the  \EXCHSRVR\IMCDATA\IN\ARCHIVE and the
>>\EXCHSRVR\IMCDATA\OUT\ARCHIVE folders.

>You can delete them without causing any problems. The IMS creates them
>because you asked it to, but it never again refers to them.

>>How do these folders interact with the DS and IS backups?

>They don't. If you want them backed up it's up to you to perform the
>backup.

So it would be fair to say I can't use the files in .\in\archive and
\out\archive to recreate messages in message stores?  We need to keep a
copy of all messages that are sent and received into our Exchange Server for
audit etc. purposes, and I assumed that the best way would be to do it via
these files.

Ultimately what I'd be looking for is the ability to 'resend' messages via
the command line whereby I can specify a file or directory to resend and the
messages are sent to the appropriate public/private message stores by the
MTA.

I could just copy messages when they come in, but this would be the
equivilent of duplicating each message, which would be a terrible waste of
disk space.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts,

Stuart