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Exchange Server Cookbook
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Exchange Server Cookbook

by Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin L. Ganger
June 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
464 pages
13h 2m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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7.15. Moving SMTP Queues to a New Location

Problem

You want to move the SMTP queues for a specified virtual server from their default location to a new disk or partition.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

For Exchange Server 2003, do the following:

  1. Open the Exchange System Manager (Exchange System Manager.msc).

  2. Expand the organization Administrative Groups target administrative group Servers target server Protocols SMTP.

  3. Right-click your SMTP virtual server instance and click Stop. When it stops, right-click it again and click Properties. Click Messages.

  4. Provide the new location of the Badmail folder in the Badmail directory field.

  5. Provide the new location of the Queue folder in the Queue directory field.

  6. Right-click your SMTP virtual server instance and click Start.

Warning

This method does not move the Pickup directory. If you want to move it as well, use the Exchange 2000 ADSI Edit method described next.

For Exchange 2000 Server, do the following:

  1. Stop all Exchange and IIS services on the Exchange server.

  2. Create a backup copy of the current location of the virtual server queue files directory. By default this directory is C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\Queue for the default virtual server.

  3. Move the vsi 1 (or appropriate virtual server directory) to the new location.

  4. Open the ADSI Edit (ADSIEdit.msc).

  5. On the menu, click Action Connect To, Naming Context, select Configuration Container, and click OK.

  6. Navigate to the following container:

    CN=Configuration,CN=Services,CN=Microsoft ...
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