The owner of the company asked me to pull a log of emails that were sent to a distribution group. He wants me to go as far back as one year. However, our Exchange 2007 server appears to only be going back as far back as 1 month. The smarthost we use allows me to go as far back as 3 months and is able to pull more results than our Exchange server. Is there something I am doing wrong or does Exchange really only keep a log of emails for a month? Thanks

That is typically the default you need to increase the retention. http://exchangeserverpro.com/set-exchange-2007-message-tracking-log-ageJames Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 14:50:44 +0000, ProTranslating-Frank wrote: > > >The owner of the company asked me to pull a log of emails that were sent to a distribution group. He wants me to go as far back as one year. However, our Exchange 2007 server appears to only be going back as far back as 1 month. The smarthost we use allows me to go as far back as 3 months and is able to pull more results than our Exchange server. > > > >Is there something I am doing wrong or does Exchange really only keep a log of emails for a month? 30 days is the default retention perid. You can modify that with the "set-transportserver" cmdlet and the "-MessageTrackingLogMaxAge" parameter. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

That is typically the default you need to increase the retention. http://exchangeserverpro.com/set-exchange-2007-message-tracking-log-ageJames Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 14:50:44 +0000, ProTranslating-Frank wrote: > > >The owner of the company asked me to pull a log of emails that were sent to a distribution group. He wants me to go as far back as one year. However, our Exchange 2007 server appears to only be going back as far back as 1 month. The smarthost we use allows me to go as far back as 3 months and is able to pull more results than our Exchange server. > > > >Is there something I am doing wrong or does Exchange really only keep a log of emails for a month? 30 days is the default retention perid. You can modify that with the "set-transportserver" cmdlet and the "-MessageTrackingLogMaxAge" parameter. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

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