Viewing Mailboxes in Exchange 2007 vs Lotus Notes

Mindwatering Incorporated

Author: Tripp W Black

Created: 12/16/2009 at 12:19 PM

 

Category:
Microsoft Server
Mail / SMTP

How to View a User Mailbox:

Lotus (as Administrator):
1. Start the Domino Administrator. (Change server if needed.)
2. Click the Files tab.
3. Open the appropriate mail folder.
4. Locate and Right Click for Properties or Double click to open the user's mail database store.

Lotus (as User):
1. Open your mail.
2. Select Other Mail on the left. (Click an existing User's name if desired.)
3. Click the Open Other Mail ... option for a new entry.
4. In the Open Mail File For dialog, click the Other option and click OK.
5. In the standard addressing (name picker) dialog, select the user and click OK.
Note: The other user will have to set you as a calendar or mail delegate or when you click the new user, you'll get an access error message.

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Exchange 2007:

Via GUI:
1. Start the Exchange 2007 Exchange Management Console.
2. Choose Console --> Recipient Configuration --> Mailboxes
3. Locate the user's mailbox storage through its Storage Group.
4. Right-click or use the task bar menu to open its Properties.

It's likely you'll want more information, time for shell...
Via Shell:
1. Start the Exchange Management Shell.
2. Use the Get-MailboxStatistics and the Get-MailboxFolderStatistics cmdlets to display various properties and statistics for the mailbox or a folder in it.

Examples:

Properties of a mailbox:
Get-MailboxStatistics usershortnm | format-list

Print size of user's databases in descending order:
(Needed to find out who are the power users hogging up the drive space.)

Get-MailboxStatistics | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending | ft DisplayName,@{label=”TotalItemSize(MB)”;expression={$_.TotalItemSize.Value.ToMB()}},ItemCount

or

Get-MailboxStatistics -Database “Mailbox Database” | Sort -Property TotalItemsize | Format-Table DisplayName, LastLoggedOnUserAccount, ItemCount, @{expression={$_.totalitemsize.value.ToMB()};label=”Size(MB)”}, LastLogonTime, LastLogoffTime

Are the admin and need to get into a user's database.
(Warning: This may violate your company's privacy policy.)
Get-MailboxDatabase -identity "SERVERNAME\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database" | Add-ADPermission -user administrator -AccessRights FullAccess

or

use the Add-MailboxPermission cmdlet. See:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124097.aspx

Then use OWA to see their mailbox.
(e.g. https://myserver.com/owa/usershortnm)

or

Reconfigure your Outllook 2007 client to view the additional mailbox:
1. Start Outlook 2007
2. Under menu choose Tools --> Account Setttings...
3. Under the E-mail tab, click the Change button/icon/text.
4. In the bottom right corner of the Change E-mail Account dialog, click the More Settings ... button.
5. In the Microsoft Exchange dialog, click the Advanced tab and click the Add ... button.
6. In the Add Mailbox dialog, type the name of the additional mailbox as it would be displaced in the Exchange Management Console.
7. Click the OK button. Click the OK button in the underlying dialog.
8. Back in the main Wizard screen, click the Next button and the Finish button on the next screen.
9. Back in the Account Settings dialog, click the Close button.

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