http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------Power Control's has a tool that can be used to copy mailbox and public folder data directly out of an, off-line, EDB file. It's not free but it's a life saver when you need it. http://www.ontrack.com/powercontrols/, $950 You could download the trial version and see if it can enumerate data and restore item, the trial version only lets you restore/copy a few items out I belive. Sounds like this org needs an archiving solution, see my post from a few minutes ago for details. Jason Sherry - Pro Exchange http://www.theproexchange.com - C: 719-310-1561 -----Original Message----- From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Boza Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 5:06 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Biggest Mailbox? http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------Mark, If it's freeware/shareware and you can post it within the license agreement, by all means, I'd love to grab it. Do you recall if you can selectively export the data (ranges, with or without attachments, recipient, etcetera)? We'll almost definitely need to reduce it to multiple PSTs but since trying to do so using Exmerge (by the way, this should also be considered in response to Chris Wall's suggestion: Exmerge can't seem to yank anything out, IIRC it's using MAPI and so if Outlook can't open it, Exmerge also has a problem) failed it'll be interesting to see if this can be made to work. Thanks again! Rick -----Original Message----- From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Meelhuysen Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 3:47 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Biggest Mailbox? http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------Rick, That's quite a big MB indeed. Some time ago we had problems with a store from a client. I then found a tool on the net named "Recovery for Exchange Server 3.1" It can open a mailbox store and see what mailboxes are in it. You can then select the mailbox you need and it will extract it to an PST file. Maybe the size of the MB might be a problem because there is a limit on PST files of 20 gbyte (only in Outlook 2003) but it is worth a try. Maybe you can take the store ofline, create a copy of the databse file, defragment it en then run the tool. If you are interested I will publish it on my webserver. It is nearly 2 mb large. Mark -----Original Message----- From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Boza Sent: dinsdag 5 september 2006 20:23 To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Biggest Mailbox? http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------Hey folks, Just a quick poll - what's the biggest overall store, and single mailbox you've seen? We've got a client looking for assistance, and as it turns out they have a store of 180 GB and a single mailbox of just about 45 GIGS. Both far surpass anything I've seen, and I've worked with some big companies in the past, but no one else has come close. Needless to say, they're having problems, especially opening that mailbox. Anyone have any thoughts on a way to extract the data in there? We've tried Outlook, OWA, MDBView, Exmerge, IMAPping and POPping it off, but nothing seems able to get there. Mail does keep getting delivered, however, as it continues to grow. Ideas, no matter how screwy, are welcome. 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