The Microsoft Exchange Server download logging feature writes events to the Windows NT Event Log when users download attachments, messages, and folders from public or private folders. You can use this information for billing or tracking download costs.
A download event is logged when the user moves or copies an item from the private or public information store to a different store, such as a Personal Folder file. The item can be a message, attachment, or folder, depending on the configuration selected as described in the following section.
For example, if Log Downloads is set to 1 in the ParametersPublic registry key, every time a user moves or copies a message with an attachment to the user's Personal Folder file, an event is logged.
The following information is logged:
The following example is an event generated by the download feature.
Ann Devon (ADEVON) downloaded 1456 bytes from attachment 6A
You establish download logging by editing the registry of a Microsoft Exchange Server with RegEdit, a Windows NT administrative tool. The values you add apply to all public and private folders on the server.
1. Start Regedt32.
2. Select the following registry key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS
3. Select ParametersPublic to log downloads from public folders. Select ParametersPrivate to log downloads from private mailboxes.
4. From the Edit menu, choose Add Value.
5. In the Value box, type Log Downloads.
6. In the Data Type box, select REG_DWORD.
7. In the D_WORD Editor dialog box, type a decimal or binary value from the following table.
To log downloads from | Enter a registry value of | |
Decimal | Binary | |
Attachments only | 1 | 001 |
Messages only | 2 | 010 |
Attachments and messages | 3 | 011 |
Folders only | 4 | 100 |
Attachments and folders | 5 | 101 |
Messages and folders | 6 | 110 |
All | 7 | 111 |
Use the Windows NT Event Viewer to review events recorded by the download logging feature.
1. In the Windows NT Administrative Tools program group, choose Event Viewer.
2. From the View menu, choose Filter Events.
3. In the Source box, select MSExchangeISPub or MSExchangeISPriv.
4. In the Category box, select Download.
5. Double-click an event to see its detail.