NO DO NOT DELETE ANY OF THE LOG FILES!!!!! Configure your anti-virus software correctly, and then perform a full online backup of your Exchange Storage Groups and the log files will be purged. Here is a link that explains what to exclude from scanning in your AV package: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328841&Product=exch2 k Mark Fugatt MCSE, MCT, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Rochester, NY Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 http://www.4mcts.com http://www.exchangetrainer.com -----Original Message----- From: Venu V [mailto:vvenu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:33 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Two New Whitepapers Available from Microsoft http://www.MSExchange.org/ We are running Exchange2000 and by the way MR.Mark can I delete log files from MDBData folder which are with old dated as my drive is getting filled up with logs.Is there any harm in doing so?Please suggest me -----Original Message----- From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:39 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Two New Whitepapers Available from Microsoft http://www.MSExchange.org/ What version of Exchange? Mark Fugatt MCSE, MCT, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Rochester, NY Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 http://www.4mcts.com http://www.exchangetrainer.com -----Original Message----- From: Venu V [mailto:vvenu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:22 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Two New Whitepapers Available from Microsoft http://www.MSExchange.org/ We are running Symantec Corporate Version 8.0 and unfortunately im not running any separate package for exchange. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:31 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Two New Whitepapers Available from Microsoft http://www.MSExchange.org/ What version of Exchange? I can't really tell you how to exclude the files in your own AV package as I don't know what your running, but if you tell me what version your running I can tell you what to exclude. So, you are just running a client AV package on your Exchange server!!!!, that is really not a good idea, you should have an anti-virus package that is designed to run with the version of Exchange you have. Mark Fugatt MCSE, MCT, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Rochester, NY Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 http://www.4mcts.com http://www.exchangetrainer.com -----Original Message----- From: Venu V [mailto:vvenu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:16 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Two New Whitepapers Available from Microsoft http://www.MSExchange.org/ My exchange server is a antivirus client and I think its scanning the log files too. Can you help me how to exclude Exchange for scanning log files? -----Original Message----- From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:25 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Two New Whitepapers Available from Microsoft http://www.MSExchange.org/ You should not be scanning any of your Exchange log files or databases with an AV package. Mark Fugatt MCSE, MCT, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Rochester, NY Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 http://www.4mcts.com http://www.exchangetrainer.com -----Original Message----- From: Venu V [mailto:vvenu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 11:40 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Two New Whitepapers Available from Microsoft http://www.MSExchange.org/ NetSky Virus infected to logs files in exchange and made the virtual drive to disappear. I tried to restore the files and was successful but today it again infected to other files which it showing quarentined status. Can any one help Me how to get rid of these situations? -----Original Message----- From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 6:32 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Two New Whitepapers Available from Microsoft http://www.MSExchange.org/ Exchange Server 2003 Security Hardening Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6a80711f-e5c9-4 aef- 9a44-504db09b9065&displaylang=en or http://tinyurl.com/25hlf Exchange Server 2003 Administration Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=98e45481-1458-4 809- 97d6-50d8aeebd8a1&displaylang=en or http://tinyurl.com/mtna Mark Fugatt MCSE, MCT, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Rochester, NY Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 http://www.4mcts.com http://www.exchangetrainer.com ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: 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