Viewing user mailbox contents

[ljg]

Hi - I'm new to Exchange. I know that in Lotus Notes, the administrator has the ability to view the contents of a user's mailbox store on the server (you can see their email messages). Is there a way in the Admin console for Exchange 2003 to view a user's emails?

 

[Zelandakh]

Not in the admin console, no.

 

[ljg]

Not in the admin console" ... is there another way?

Thanks,
LJG

 

[ForumKB]

easyest way is to give yourself rights to the mailbox(es) you want to open and open them in outlook as additional mailboxes


Adrian Paris

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[airbourne]

If you are using outlook, you can access another user's mailbox if you are an admin, 1 of 2 ways.

Go to FILE choose OPEN, OTHER USERS FOLDER

-or-

Go to TOOLS and click SERVICES. Click PROPERTIES of the MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVER. Click the ADVANCED tab and click ADD. Type the name of the mailbox you want to add.

Please keep in mind the mailbox you want to open must NOT be hidden, otherwise outlook cannot find it.

 

[zbnet]

Airbourne's instructions only work if the account you are logged in as has rights on the mailbox. This may or may not be true depending on which account you're using, and how the groups have been set up in your active directory.

 

[Zelandakh]

and all of that is only permissible if the contract of employment specifies to the user that you can snoop their mail.

 

[ntinlin]

By default administrators are DENIED read and write access to the user mailboxes at the Exchange Organisation level.

Neill