[msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder

  • From: "Tom Howarth" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:50:44 -0000

Thanks for your time Brian.   I now know more about Exchange than I did
b4

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Politis [mailto:bpolitis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 6:43 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder

I don't think so.  I believe it will pick them up regardless.  Also, I
THINK only the .bad files will be messages.  The other files will be
relay errors and other informational messages from the SMTP service.
You can actually open them in notepad and get an idea on what they are.
If they still won't go, try renaming them to *.eml (make a backup copy
first).  I don't have time to verify that is the right info!

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Howarth [mailto:tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:27 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder


Just a quick one do I need to rename the file extensions from *.BAD,
*.BDP and *.BDR when I moved them?

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Politis [mailto:bpolitis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 6:15 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder

OK, the typical badmail folder is for the Windows2000 SMTP service that
comes by default with IIS.  It sounds like your boss activated this
service so that it received the mail instead of the SMTP service for
Exchange.  SMTP for exchange is a more advanced service and co-opts the
native Win2000 service. =3D3D3D20

Do you have any other servers running IIS?  If so, set up the SMTP
service on that server. Than tell it use your exchange server as a smart
host.  Put the mail in the bad mail Q on this server, and it should go
out to your exchange box.

You can set the "smart host field" by right clicking the smtp service
under IIS in computer management and going to the SMTP / Delivery
/Advanced tab.  Also set it to allow for relay from anywhere (to make it
easy) and stop and start the service.  It should then pick up the mail
and deliver it.  If it can't deliver it, it will put it in it's own bad
mail Q, and you can keep moving it back and forth until you get the
settings right.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Howarth [mailto:tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:00 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder


Exchange 2000 (not sure on Service pack) running on windows 2000 server
sp3

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Politis [mailto:bpolitis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D3D20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:56 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder

What version of exchange are you running?

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Howarth [mailto:tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D3D3D20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 12:54 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder


Help, I copied the files and stopped and started SMTP to no avail.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Politis =
[mailto:bpolitis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D3D3D3D20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:37 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder

That should be it, unless you have changed something in your services.
Try copying it there and see what happens (it shouldn't hurt anything).
Stop and start the smtp service, and you should see it dis-appear
post-hast as it is delivered.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Howarth [mailto:tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D3D3D3D3D20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 12:36 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder


Next question,  where would I find an active "queue" folder  there is a
queue folder on the same level as "bad mail" but it appears empty,  it
this the one or should I be looking elsewhere.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Politis =3D3D
[mailto:bpolitis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:27 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Re: Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder

You should be able to directly copy the contents of badmail directly
into any active "queue" folder and the smtp service will deliver them!

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Howarth [mailto:tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D20
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 12:26 PM
To: msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msexchange] Recovery of Mail on Bad Mail folder


Please forgive my ignorance, =3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D20

I need a bit of help on recovery of missing mails.

Over the weekend my boss configured a new connector in our exchange
server but at the same time managed to muck up, mail relaying/routing.
We could mail out but not receive.  All mail was being received by our
server but was disappearing into the ether.  We have now got mail
running again, but are missing mails form Sunday morning until approx
2:30 this afternoon (Monday).

I have found a directory called "Bad Mail" that holds a lot of files
dated yesterday and today, the last were placed in there just prior to
our resumption of normal service.

I have two questions=3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D3D20

1:  is this where our missing mail is?

2: if so how do I get it out and onto the correct recipitant,  or if not


Where is our missing mail and again how do it recover it


Regards

Tom Howarth



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