Is there a way for Exchange to throw out an EVENT in the Event log when the size of a users mailbox crosses a pre-set threshold? Say 500MB?

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If that is the treshold set on the SEND / Recieve limits for the mailbox, then you can set diags on the MSExchangeIS\9000 Private\Storage Limits log entity and it should fire.

You could create a script to periodically check the mailbox sizes against the treshold and generate events, or you can create a transport rule with a "log an event" action which triggers (based on text in subject/body) when the notification is send to the user. But that might cause load on your Hub severs and you need to collect the events from the Hub servers'eventlog.

A script is definately what I am looking for, however I have no scripting abilities...any suggestions?

Have you looked into third party reporting tools like Promodag http://promodag.com or MailScape by ENOW http://www.enowconsulting.com/mailscape/overview.asp ? You can schedule daily reporting with these tools.

Hi, When a user mailbox reach the limit, you should see the event 8528 in the event log. Event Type: Warning Event Source: MSExchangeIS Event Category: General Event ID: 8528 Date: 5/18/2009 Time: 1:04:25 PM User: N/A Computer: MBX Description: The mailbox for /o=Test Organization/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=xxx has exceeded the maximum mailbox size. This mailbox cannot send or receive messages. Incoming messages to this mailbox are returned to sender. The mailbox owner should be notified about the condition of the mailbox as soon as possible. Thanks, Elvis

Unfortunately, there is no send/recieve restrictive limit set. I am just wanting something to detect when a user's box is reaching a certain size threshold...no more, no less...

Hi, Exchange doesnt have such a feature. You may need to develop it yourself. If you need help on development of Exchange, you could write a post on the following forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrdevelopment/threads Thanks, Elvis

In PowerShell, you could do something like (threshold 500MB)Get-MailboxServer | Get-MailboxStatistics | Where {$_.TotalItemSize -gt 500MB} |Sort-Object -Property TotalItemSize -Descending | Format-Table DisplayName,TotalItemSizeYou can use the output as an attachment in an e-mail.

On Wed, 28-Oct-09 12:47:41 GMT, DanCummings wrote:>Is there a way for Exchange to throw out an EVENT in the Event log when the size of a users mailbox crosses a pre-set threshold? Say 500MB? Powershell can write to the event logs.http://winpowershell.blogspot.com/2006/07/writing-windows-events-using.htmlPowershell can tell you the size of a mailbox:(Get-MailboxStatistics username).totalitemsize.value.tomb()Combine the two with some other statements to select the mailboxes youwant in a script and schedule it to run periodically.---Rich Matheisenange MVP--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Here is the finished product for informations sake:get-mailboxstatistics | Where {$_.TotalItemSize -gt 475MB} | select-object DisplayName,@{name= "Size";expression={$_.TotalItemSize.Value.ToMB()}} [string]$FailBoxes = @() $Threshold = 475 foreach ($MB in (get-mailboxstatistics)) { [int]$MBSize = $MB.TotalItemSize.Value.ToMB() if ($MBSize -ge $Threshold) { $FailBoxes +=$MB.Displayname ,$MB.TotalItemSize.Value.ToMB()+"MB"$FailBoxes +="`n" } } $evt=new-object System.Diagnostics.EventLog("Application") $evt.Source="Exchange Mailbox Size" $infoevent=[System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType]::Information $evt.WriteEntry("`n `nThe Following Mailboxes Have Crossed The Warning Size Threshold (475MB):`n `n$Failboxes",$infoevent,55501)