Without investing in a 3rd party tool such as: http://www.c2c.com/Products/AccessSecurityManager.aspx In exchange 2003 environments, is there any tool to check all our mailboxes security permissions? Also what are default and anonymous access accounts in relation to exchange 2003?

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Thanks Gulab, so this can check permissions on both mailboxes AND public folders?

Hi, The tool checks the permissions status of each public and mailbox folder and corrects any problems found. So it can check permissions on both mailboxes AND public folders. ThanksPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

In case you also want to get mailbox permissions in addition to the folder permissions use the script below from Glen Scales MVP, I've used it in the past for auditing mailbox permissions. It pipes out who has access to which mailboxes throughout your org. Reverse msExchMailboxSecurityDescriptor Permissions Audit script http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2005/04/reverse-msexchmailboxsecuritydescripto.htmlJames Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com