The Public Folders tree contains extra system folders, such as the EFORMS REGISTRY folder, that do not exist in general-purpose public folder trees.īy default, Exchange System Manager displays public folders rather than system folders (see Figure 7.21).įigure 7.21 The Folders node in Exchange System Manager Other system folders hold configuration information used by custom applications or by Exchange itself.
Client applications like Outlook use these folders to store information such as free and busy data, offline address lists, and organizational forms. System folders (also called the Non IPM_Subtree) Users cannot access these folders directly.In its default configuration, Exchange System Manager displays these folders when you expand a public folder tree.
Understanding Public Folders and System FoldersĮach public folder tree contains two subtrees:
Understanding Types of Public Foldersĭepending on context, public folders can be referred to in different ways: It provides detailed information about how you can configure public folders, and how you can tune public folder settings to make the best use of your system storage and performance capabilities. This section presents an overview of how Exchange classifies public folders and what those classifications mean when you are working with the folders. For detailed information about using this wizard, see the book Exchange Server 2003 Deployment Guide (Managing Public Folders To move a mailbox to another store within the same administrative group, use the Move Mailbox Wizard. Moving a Mailbox Within an Administrative Group
When you have finished reconnecting mailboxes, remove the mailbox stores from the Mailbox Recovery Center.įor more detailed information about recovering mailboxes, including how to remove the mailbox stores from the Mailbox Recovery Center, see the Exchange Server 2003 Help. To reconnect the mailbox, select the mailbox, right-click the selected mailbox, and then click Reconnect.ĥ. Follow the instructions in the Mailbox Conflict Resolution Wizard to identify a single matching user.ī. If a mailbox matches more than one user (or if no match exists), right-click the mailbox, and then click Resolve Conflicts. To associate a user with a mailbox, right-click the mailbox that you want to match to a user (or group), and then click Find Match. If you want a user to be able to access the mailbox, do the following to reconnect the mailbox:Ī. This is a useful way to store the mailbox properties if you do not intend to associate the mailbox with a user.Ĥ. If you want to export the mailbox properties, right-click the mailbox that you want to export, and then click Export. To choose a mailbox store to work with, right-click Mailbox Recovery Center and then click Add Mailbox Store.ģ. In Exchange System Manager, expands Tools.Ģ. To recover one or more mailboxes on one or more mailbox storesġ. You can export the mailbox properties to a file, and you can associate the mailboxes with users in Active Directory and reconnect the mailboxes.