Re: Manually moving a mailbox

From: John (John_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/28/04


Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:05:06 -0700


"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:59:01 -0700, "John"
> <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >.We want to put SBS2000 onto a new server. After speaking with Microsoft they
> >suggested we start from scratch since we only have 35 users. AS far as the
> >mail boxes as concerned it was suggested that each user export their mail to
> >a .pst and save to their local drive. Once the new server is up using
> >identical domain name and Ip address scheme, just as the old SBS2000, all
> >users will be manually recreated & exchange mailboxes will be recreated. The
> >users will then import their mail into their new mailbox.
> > Will this affect our users from being able to reply back to mail that
> >existed before the move, and/or affect other people's ability to reply back
> >to us from mail prior to the move. (Domain Name, Server Name and IP
> >addresses will not be changed)
>
> They would suggest that but the SBS folks in M.P.smallbiz have some
> good steps and also here:
> http://www.sbslinks.com/
>
> Thanks for the good source. I have joined and posted this question there also. Still looking for a concrete answer to this senerio listed above if anyone knows the answer for sure. Thanks John & Candie



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