Okay as a follow up to this problem, I am trying to use exmerge to import the data from the pst files into the respective end user mailboxes. When I run it, it errors out as follows, the exmerg docs say to login as the Microsoft Exchange Service Account which is the account I am logged in as. I've also verified that the IS store is running as appropriate. Any Suggestions? **************************************************************** Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Merge Program, v6.5.7529.0 Start Logging:October 29, 2005 10:29:42 **************************************************************** [10:29:42] Logging Level: None [10:29:42] Reading settings from file 'C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\bin\EXMERGE.INI'. [10:29:43] Error 8007203a opening an LDAP connection. ('LDAP://EXCHANGE/rootDSE') (CADRoutines::GetNamingContextData) [10:29:43] Accessing Domain Controller 'SERV' [10:29:43] 'EXCHANGE' is running Exchange Server 2000 or later [10:29:43] Destination server read from settings file is 'EXCHANGE'. [10:29:43] Reading list of subjects for messages to be selected from file '' [10:29:43] Reading list of attachment names for messages to be selected from file '' [10:29:43] List of folders to be ignored has been read. 0 folders in the list. [10:29:43] Current machine locale ID is 0x1009 [10:29:43] Operating System Version 5.2 (Build 3790) [10:29:51] Error 8007203a opening an LDAP connection. ('LDAP://EXCHANGE:389/rootDSE') (CADRoutines::GetNamingContextData) [10:29:51] Accessing Domain Controller 'SERV' [10:29:51] 'EXCHANGE' is running Exchange Server 2000 or later [10:29:52] Mailbox '/o=Our Organization/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=EXCHANGE/cn=Microsoft System Attendant' will be ignored as its DN contains strings in the ignore list [10:29:52] Mailbox '/o=Our Organization/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Configuration/cn=Connections/cn=SMTP (EXCHANGE)/cn={0FA3AEEA-A8D1-47EC-B246-4953BCE3BCBD}' will be ignored as its DN contains strings in the ignore list [10:29:52] Mailbox '/o=Our Organization/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=SystemMailbox{0FA3AEEA-A8D1-47EC-B246-4953BCE3BCBD}' will be ignored as its DN contains strings in the ignore list [10:29:52] Found 52 mailbox(es) homed on database 'FIRST STORAGE GROUP/MAILBOX STORE (EXCHANGE)'. [10:29:52] Ignored 3 mailbox(es) homed on database 'FIRST STORAGE GROUP/MAILBOX STORE (EXCHANGE)'. [10:29:52] Found 52 mailbox(es) homed on the specified databases. [10:29:52] Ignored 3 mailbox(es) homed on the specified databases. [10:30:01] Using attribute 'PR_MESSAGE_DELIVERY_TIME' for date operations. [10:30:01] Replacing data in the target store. The program will overwrite existing messages in the target store, by first deleting these messages and then copying the messages from the source store. [10:30:01] Associated folder data will be copied to the target store. [10:30:01] Using 'English (Canada)' (0x1009) as the default locale (Code page 1252) [10:30:01] All mailboxes will be processed, regardless of locale [10:30:01] Using default locale for all mailboxes [10:30:01] Initializing worker thread (Thread0) [10:30:01] Merging data from file '\\server\path\to\stored\pst\file\TERESA.PST' to mailbox 'Teresa NoLastName' ('TERESA') on server 'EXCHANGE'. [10:30:01] Error opening message store (MSEMS). Verify that the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service is running and that you have the correct permissions to log on. (0x8004011d) [10:30:01] Errors encountered. Copy process aborted for mailbox 'Teresa NoLastName' ('TERESA'). [10:30:01] Number of items copied from the source store for all mailboxes processed: 0 [10:30:01] Total number of folders processed in the source store: 0 [10:30:01] 0 mailboxes successfully processed. 1 mailboxes were not successfully processed. 0 non-fatal errors encountered. [10:30:01] Process completion time: 00:00:00 -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. help@xxxxxxxxx (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager)