Re: .NET Search all mailboxes Exchange Server 2003 Full-text Index

Zach--

The fact is that the search interface was not designed to do database wide
searches. Also, there is a security issue here. In order for an
administrator to be able to do a database wide search, that means the
administrator needs to have access to the content within the user's mailbox.
By default, no Exchange or Domain Admins have permisssions to a user's
mailbox.

Currently, there is no supported was for directly searching the Full-Text
Index. The main reason is the security issue above. The Full-Text Index
has no sense permissions so the "gatekeeper" is the Exchange Store.

Here are a couple of solutions that I found searching the internet for
"Microsoft Exchange" "electronic discovery":
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246916 - XADM: How to Find Mailboxes That
Contain a Specific Message

http://wm.quest.com/products/recoverymanagerexchange/ - Quest Recovery
Manager for Exchange
http://whitepaper.informationweek.com/cmpinformationweek/search/viewabstract/73411/index.jsp

http://www.re-soft.com/product/archive.htm - LEGAL & REGULATORY E-DISCOVERY,
ARCHIVE AND COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS FOR MICROSOFT EXCHANGE, LOTUS DOMINO, PST
FILES, INSTANT MESSAGING

--Chris

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<zoxman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1122070906.569688.159200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> What is the logic behind that? Is there a security related reason for
> this?
>
> It seems ridiculous to not have a way to search all emails, accross all
> folders (public and private). Is there no way to search the full-text
> index?
>
> It would be very slow to have 45 + users with many emails and to have
> to iteratively query the exchange server.
>
> I would hope Microsoft is smart enought to have some sort of a solution
> for this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zach
>


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