Re: Logons container under the storage group

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"h gregorian" <hgregorian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>What does logons container log in?

It's just an enumeration of all the open sessions between clients and
the information store.

>It is kind of confusing. Some have two
>entries, some have more... We had some security issues and I was looking into
>this container and it was confusing as what exactly does it log in? Please
>help or refer me to some documentation in this regard.

If someone ends Outlook without properly logging off, the Exchange
server doesn't know the client's gone. It'll keep the sessions hanging
around for a while (hours?).

Outlook clients often open more than one connection to the information
store during a session.

Users can log on to mailboxes from multiple locations.

>And with Outlook 2002 and above, every time a user adds someone's name in
>the meeting request, or attendee, it shows as he/she is logging into the
>other's mailbox.

That's correct.

>Is there any way to avoid that,

Sure. Don't let other prople have access to your mailbox. :)

>or is it known to everyone?

No, not to everyone. You didn't know that. :P

> Although we want them to be able to see their free/busy schedule but with
>Outlook 2000 it does not happen, unless you right click on the busy line.

Free/Busy is just that. You're asking to see the details about WHY
they're busy. That's not the same thing. There are no details in the
free/busy data.

>Another issue that, I will give an example, someone in our department added
>all the IT staff as attendees to a meeting request. When he closed his
>Outlook it logged off from all the mailboxes except for two.

Inviting someone to a meeting doesn't require your accessing their
mailbox. The meeting request will update their calendar if they accept
the invitation.

>They were all
>in one distribution list for our IT employees. How is it possible?

You'd have to ask that question of Microsoft.

>My head
>is throbbing as I thought about this so much and I tested it so many times,
>my brain is not working any more. Please help. As I mentioned this was a
>security issue. Thanks.

It wouldn't be an issue at all if you didn't give permissions on your
mailbox or folders to other users.

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Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
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