MS Exchange server on FreeBSD?

[Danny]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:15:06 -0600 (CST), RacerX <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Danny wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 01:52:40 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt
> > <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Anthony
> >>> Atkielski
> >>> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 11:29 PM
> >>> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >>> Subject: Re: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD?
> >>>
> >>
> >>> If the database becomes corrupted, which is highly unlikely, you must
> >>> restore it from your last backup (every mail administrator takes
> >>> frequent backups, which can be done online with Exchange).
> >>
> >> Only if you purchase a backup software.
> >
> > You are totally 100% wrong.  NTBackup is included with Windows, and is
> > fully supported by Microsoft.
> >
> >> If you want to use windows backup you must shut down exchange because windows
> >> backup will not back up open files.
> >
> > Wrong.  Have you bothered to read Microsoft's Exchange Backup & Restore Guide?
> >
> >>  Also, a file based backup is pointless because it takes the mail store in one fell swoop,
> >> it does not back up (nor allow you to restore) individual mailboxes.
> >
> > Once again, obviously you are not aware of the features present in version 2003.
> >
> >> This is yet another high-cost item, backup software that is written
> >> to use the hooks in exchange to back it up is expensive.
> >
> > Wrong, again.  One word: NTBackup.  Regardless of the free backup
> > software included with Windows, if you have been mis-informed and
> > think that you *need* 3rd party backup software, well, the Exchange
> > backup agents are a couple of hundred dollars.  Pretty cheap when you
> > consider the value of corporate email these days -- but like I say,
> > they are not necessary; read the Exchange Backup & Restore Guide.
> >
> >> By contrast under UNIX, you can use tar to backup the /var/mail
> >> directories and you can definitely restore an individual mailbox
> >> if you want to.
> >
> > Yup, but you do not know Exchange, so stop talking about it.
> >
> > ...D
> 
> NTBackup won't restore brick level

Well, for brick level you would use ExMerge -- another free tool from Microsoft.

...D