XADM: Exchange Server Download Logging Feature

• Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0

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SUMMARY

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.

MORE INFORMATION

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:

· User name · Mailbox name · Size of item downloaded · Document type · Document identifier

The following example is an event generated by the download feature.

   Shannon Boyd (SHABOY) downloaded 1456 bytes from attachment 6A

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To start download logging:

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe or Regedit.exe as appropriate for your version of Windows NT).

2. Go to the following key in the registry:

         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. On the Edit menu, click Add Value and use the following entry:

         Value Name: Log Downloads
         Data Type: REG_DWORD
   

5. 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
   
   

1. In the Windows NT Administrative Tools program group, choose Event Viewer.

2. On the View menu, click 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.

Keywords          : XADM kbusage
Version           : WINNT:4.00
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbinfo