Hi, Weve migrated over to a hosted exchange server and I want to simply stop the (in house) exchange services BUT I dont want to totally remove the server. I occasionally get asked by management to retrieve old emails from people that are no longer here and were not here during the migration. My question iscan I simply stop the services for the exchange 2003 server and restart when I need to retrieve old emails? NOTE: the exchange 2003 server is running on one of the domain controllers. Thanks, dlt

You probably can do that.Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Hi, because your Exchange Server is running on a domain controller please do not shut down because your Active Directory will be shut down too. So please be careful and analyze your Active Directory infrastructure before shutting down the Exchange Server. How many users have had their mailbox on your Exchangeserver. Perhaps it is possible to export each mailbox to a pst-file in order to get access to the old mailbox data. Kind regards Thomasregards Thomas Paetzold visit my blog on: http://sus42.wordpress.com

Hi Thomas, I wouldn't be shutting down the server itself, just the exchange services. I'm assuming that's what you may be referring to when you say 'do not shut down because your Active Directory will be shut down too.'? Thanks, dlt

Hi, yes this is what I mean. Please make sure Active Directory is still working. regards Thomas Paetzold visit my blog on: http://sus42.wordpress.com

Hi, could we help you? If your question is answered it would be nice if you mark it accordingly because this may help others. regards Thomas Paetzold visit my blog on: http://sus42.wordpress.com