Re: Copying E-mail from a Linux Server to SBS2003

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From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] (mwport_at_no_spam_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:09:40 -0500

Try restarting the Exchange System Attendant for the quota changes to take
effect...
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=uItLTuiCEHA.1544%40TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl 

-- 
Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
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"Mark Fulton" <fastzrex@nospam.postalias> wrote in message
news:D398B5CB-0AF9-4C85-A1DF-2A7ED463BCBF@microsoft.com...
> Hello! I have probably a simple problem, but I don't seem to have a idea
> where to fix it. This is a SBS2003 Premium with ISA (no SQL) enabled. The
> system is working well.
>
> I have an IMAP e-mail server (Linux based) where the user e-mails are
> currently stored. I am using Outlook 2003 to access both the Linux server
and
> their mailbox and copy the e-mails from Linux to their new Exchange
mailbox.
> I have just completed most of my users.
>
> I have two users which have a need for some larger e-mail storage space
than
> the default (instead of 200M they will need 500M). After reading here and
in
> the help menus, I go to the user account, click the Exchange General tab,
> uncheck the default limit checkbox and put in 500,000 for a limit, warning
> 475,000. I then proceed to copy their individual folders from Linux to
their
> new mailbox. I get about half done on one user, and I get a warning that
> there is no space available for any new messages as the mailbox quota has
> been reached. They have a limit of 400M on the Linux box, so it should not
be
> more than that. Anyway, I increase the limit again on their Exchange
mailbox
> to 1,000,000KB (I hope that means 1G!), and I receive the same warning.
>
> I checked to make sure there was no quota enabled on the volume (no
quota).
> Am I missing a step such as doing a IISRESET (although I have tried this)?
> Any help would be much appreciated!
>
> -- 
> Best Regards,
>
> Mark

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