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E-mails on MS Exchange server 2003

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by cc_2w

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Newbie question..!

Where (folder/filepath) does MS Exchange server store all user emails?

thanks!

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by bart777

The Priv and Pub files are where the data is stored on an MSExchange server. The Priv1.edb and priv1.stm files are where the E-mail are stored. The Pub files house the Public folder information.

Depending on your installation they should be in your Program Files\Exchange foler. Many administrators will put these files on a larger drive though so if you do a search for the files you'll find them quickly.

Hope this helps.

by dumphrey

expand your server, storage group, and get properties on your mailbox store. Click the database tab, its the Exchange database file path. It defaults to the Exchange folder on the install drive, but most admins move this database to a second drive set for performance. Its a live databse so unless you unmount it first, it will not copy/back up properly.

by gtf

I appreciate it. I'll try the things that you suggest.

What I am working with is an image of the server (now offline & defunct). My task is to do some text mining in emails. For this, I need to dump all the emails into some directory, and then proceed with the text mining from there.

Does this sound do-able?

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