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EVPM : How to exclude a specific outlook folder from archiving

yarg
Level 4
Hello,

We are running EV2007 SP3 and Exchange 2003 SP2 and are looking for a way to exclude a specific Outlook folder from being archived.
Reading through the forum, it seems that EVPM is the best (only ?) way to achieve this.
We've looked at the official EV Utilities pdf, but cannot make sense of the scripting syntax for the ini file.

Could anyone help ? Much appreciated.
Thx in advance,
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MichelZ
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
Hi

You can do the following:

CTRL + ALT + Click to an EV Symbol
Go to "Vault Information", you should be able to See a Filter Message for the folder, where the settings for the folder are listed.

Cheers
Michel

cloudficient - EV Migration, creators of EVComplete.

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MichelZ
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
Yes, EVPM is your best bet here.

Try this:

[Directory]
directorycomputername = myserver
sitename = MattSite
[Mailbox]
distinguishedname = all
[Folder]
name = \personal archive
filtername = DoNotArchive
OverrideArchiveLocks = true


This would create a folder called personal archive in all EV user's mailboxes and won't archive it.
Of course for the name = you should use your folder, and you probably want to try it out first with a specific distinguishedname of a test mailbox ;)

Cheers



cloudficient - EV Migration, creators of EVComplete.

Wayne_Humphrey
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
[Directory]
DirectoryComputerName= SERVERNAME
SiteName= VAULTSITE

[Mailbox]
DistinguishedName= all
; ldapquery = (&(department= kvs*)(name= *test*))

[Folder]
Name= SentItems
FilterName= DoNotArchive
OverrideArchiveLocks = True

Ahhh, MZ beet me to it, but he forgot OverrideArchiveLocks = True :)

so try my script....

yarg
Level 4
Thanks for your response gentlemen; I very much appreciate your sample scripts.  I just have one additional question please:

We are in the process of rolling out Colligo Contributor, which will enable certain users to contribute to Sharepoint sites from within their Outlook.  For people who will use this tool, it will create a folder called "Colligo Contributor" in their mailbox, and the goal is to ensure that this folder does not get archived.  So my question relates to your scripts: we don't want to create a folder using the script; the folder will already be there (not for all users though, only certain ones) and for the users that do have it we want to exclude it from being archived.

Is it possible to edit your sample script to cater for the above scenario?

Many thanks once again!
G

Wayne_Humphrey
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
That's simple,

run it only on a group of users in AD or if its a handful enter there DN.
[Directory]
DirectoryComputerName= SERVERNAME
SiteName= VAULTSITE

[Mailbox]
DistinguishedName=/o=ORG/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=ALIAS
; ldapquery = (&(department= kvs*)(name= *test*))

[Folder]
Name= \Colligo Contributor
FilterName= DoNotArchive
OverrideArchiveLocks = True

Hope this helps.

yarg
Level 4
Hi again,

Thanks for the input.  We are now attempting to implement this using the example provided.  Just a question though, since this is a new implementation is there a way I can tell if the EVPM "instruction" to not archive the Colligo folder has worked?

Cheers,
G

MichelZ
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
Hi

You can do the following:

CTRL + ALT + Click to an EV Symbol
Go to "Vault Information", you should be able to See a Filter Message for the folder, where the settings for the folder are listed.

Cheers
Michel

cloudficient - EV Migration, creators of EVComplete.

yarg
Level 4
Perfect; thanks for all your help gents!