export-mailbox (E2K7)

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dk - 31 Jul 2008 21:25 GMT

Desired tasks:
1.) export (copy, don't delete) all messages from, say, a half-dozen
mailboxes into a folder of a particular mailbox. - should be easy, just six
export-mailbox commands. Users aren't groupable by any means that I can see.
However, if I want .pst for each, do I need a special tool on my e2k7
(64bit) server?

export-mailbox -id User1of6 -TargetFolder 'UserData1of6' -TargetMailbox
'ReviewerGuy'

to .pst? tools?

2.) export all mail sent from a given user from all mailboxes (I know,
"Wouldn't it be easier to just export that users Sent items?"- long story,
but we can't.

get-mailbox | export-mailbox [{...then a miracle occurs...}] -TargetFolder
'SentFromBadGuy' -TargetMailbox 'ReviewerGuy'

need a little help in step 2 :)

3.) export all mail sent to a given user from all mailboxes

get-mailbox | export-mailbox [ help how to to the 'to e-mail address']
-TargetFolder 'SentToBadGuy' -TargetMailbox 'ReviewerGuy'

could approximate by searching the sent items folder only
with the -IncludeFolders "\Sent Items"

any ideas welcome

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Bharat Suneja [MSFT] - 01 Aug 2008 00:47 GMT

1) If you want PSTs for exported mailboxes, you need to perform the export
operation on a 32-bit management workstation/server. (You'll need 32-bit
version of Exchange Server 2007 SP1/Management Tools and Microsoft Outlook
2003 SP2). The following cmdlet doc has links to the 32-bit download.

Export-Mailbox
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998579(EXCHG.80).aspx

To export to PST:
Export-mailbox "User1of6" -TargetFolder "UserData1of6" -PSTFolderpath
"C:\MyFolder\Mailbox1.pst"

2) To export all mail from a particular sender:
Export-mailbox "User1of6" -TargetFolder "UserData1of6" -PSTFolderpath
"C:\MyFolder\Mailbox1.pst" -SenderKeywords badguy@somedomain.com

3) Be aware of what you're doing with this one - you're running
export-mailbox against all mailboxes. Why not export the recipient's mailbox
instead of dumping everyone's Sent Items (if the recipient is internal)?
Should you want to export evreyone's mailboxes (guessing you're looking in
Sent Items folder):

Get-Mailbox | Export-mailbox -PSTFolderpath
"C:\MyFolder\Mailbox1.pst" -PSTFolderpath
"C:\MyFolder\Mailbox1.pst" -RecipientKeywords
badguy@somedomain.com -IncludeFolders "\Sent Items"

*Omit the -IncludeFolders parameter if you want to look for items in all
folders and not restrict it to "Sent Items" folder of each mailbox.

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> Desired tasks:
> 1.) export (copy, don't delete) all messages from, say, a half-dozen
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> any ideas welcome

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