Somehow (although I think I know when), I lost the System Attendant mailbox on my Exchange 2007 which probably explains why the SA service won't start. I found this http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316622 but I'm not sure it also applies to Exchange 2007. I still have the SystemMailbox object in AD and everything else looks fine. Suggestions on how to recreate the SA mailbox?Jeffery Hicks Microsoft PowerShell MVP http://blog.sapien.com follow me: www.twitter.com/JeffHicks "Those who forget to script are doomed to repeat their work." Now Available: Managing Active Directory With Windows PowerShell: TFM

On Wed, 23-Dec-09 13:46:54 GMT, Jeffery Hicks wrote:>Somehow (although I think I know when), I lost the System Attendant mailbox on my Exchange 2007 which probably explains why the SA service won't start. I found this http://support.microsoft.com/?id=316622 but I'm not sure it also applies to Exchange 2007. I still have the SystemMailbox object in AD and everything else looks fine. Suggestions on how to recreate the SA mailbox?d to repeat their work." Now Available: Managing Active Directory With Windows PowerShell: TFM Rebooting the server doesn't recreate the missing mailbox?Does this help?http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd535374(EXCHG.80).aspx---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

What is the homemdb value for the AD object? If this value is invalid you could have this problem.Mike Crowley: MCT, MCSE, MCTS, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator / Messaging Administrator

That is the oddest thing. I rebooted a few times yesterday with no change, but I rebooted again and now the SA service is running. But shouldn't I see a SystemMailbox in the management console somewhere?Jeffery Hicks Microsoft PowerShell MVP http://blog.sapien.com follow me: www.twitter.com/JeffHicks "Those who forget to script are doomed to repeat their work." Now Available: Managing Active Directory With Windows PowerShell: TFM

For some reason neither in the EMC nor the EMS with Get-Mailbox. However, this works:Get-MailboxStatistics | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -eq "Microsoft System Attendant"} | flRight now I'm moving mailboxes and deleting databases. That's the way I keep track of the SA mailbox. But now I understand, just delete the SA mailbox, and the SA mailbox will be created automatically? MCTS: Messaging | MCSE: S+M | Small Business Specialist

Thanks for the PowerShell expression. I feel better verifying the mailbox. In my situation, I rebooted and it was automatically recreated. Although I had rebooted at least once and nothing changed. But now I'm back to where I need to be.Jeffery Hicks Microsoft PowerShell MVP http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog follow me: www.twitter.com/JeffHicks "Those who forget to script are doomed to repeat their work." Now Available: Managing Active Directory With Windows PowerShell: TFM

On Wed, 23-Dec-09 20:06:30 GMT, Jon-Alfred Smith wrote:>For some reason neither in the EMC nor the EMS with Get-Mailbox.I think that's a "good thing". It keeps people from doing bad thingsto mailboxes they shouldn't be fooling around with. :-) It was prettycommon for scripters to forget to exclude the SMTP and SA mailboxeswhen using ADSI and only using the msExchHomeServerName, homeMDB, orhomeMTA properties in the AD query.stem Attendant"} | flYup. That's because it looks at the mailbox database, not the AD.>Right now I'm moving mailboxes and deleting databases. That's the way I keep track of the SA mailbox. But now I understand, just delete the SA mailbox, and the SA mailbox will be created automatically? That's the way it should work. Restarting the SA service is all itusually takes.---Rich MatheisenMCSE+I, Exchange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP