Mail Enabled Public Folder Message Tracking

12 Jun 2009 2:54 PM

da crusher

Hi Everyone,

We are running Exch 2003 SP2, FE/BE configuration.

We have mail enabled public folders that receive internal and external mail
properly. Strangely enough, when I try to track the messages, only the
internal messages show in the results.

Is this normal? Are the messages that show in the results there because
Exchange tracked it from the internal users side instead?

The real reason I am trying to track the messages is that it appears that
external mail to these folders seem a little more delayed that to regular
mailboxes - if i send a message to both a single user and the public folder -
it arrives immediately in the single user's box and about 8 mins later
arrives in the public folder, but with the same time stamp as the single
user's email..

Thanks in advance!!!!!

12 Jun 2009 4:16 PM

Nikki Peterson

Public Folder (PF) replication is appx 10 min by default.
If the message is being delivered to a different PF store
it can take up to 10 minutes to see the replication to
the other PF store. If this is the case, and you have a need
to see it immediately, then you can turn up the replication
on that PF to IMMEDIATE instead of default.

Nikki

"da crusher" <dacrus***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi Everyone,

We are running Exch 2003 SP2, FE/BE configuration.

We have mail enabled public folders that receive internal and external mail
properly. Strangely enough, when I try to track the messages, only the
internal messages show in the results.

Is this normal? Are the messages that show in the results there because
Exchange tracked it from the internal users side instead?

The real reason I am trying to track the messages is that it appears that
external mail to these folders seem a little more delayed that to regular
mailboxes - if i send a message to both a single user and the public
folder -
it arrives immediately in the single user's box and about 8 mins later
arrives in the public folder, but with the same time stamp as the single
user's email..

Thanks in advance!!!!!

15 Jun 2009 4:56 PM

da crusher

Thanks for the reply...
Is that setting in a different location than the Replication tab of the PF
in question? On that tab, we have it set to "Always Run" and the calendar is
"always"..

Do you happen to have any insight into the message tracking as well?

Thanks again.

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"Nikki Peterson" wrote:

> Public Folder (PF) replication is appx 10 min by default.
> If the message is being delivered to a different PF store
> it can take up to 10 minutes to see the replication to
> the other PF store. If this is the case, and you have a need
> to see it immediately, then you can turn up the replication
> on that PF to IMMEDIATE instead of default.
>
> Nikki
>
> "da crusher" <dacrus***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B63DF637-0DE5-4E7C-8DC4-07118A6C851C@microsoft.com...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> We are running Exch 2003 SP2, FE/BE configuration.
>
> We have mail enabled public folders that receive internal and external mail
> properly. Strangely enough, when I try to track the messages, only the
> internal messages show in the results.
>
> Is this normal? Are the messages that show in the results there because
> Exchange tracked it from the internal users side instead?
>
> The real reason I am trying to track the messages is that it appears that
> external mail to these folders seem a little more delayed that to regular
> mailboxes - if i send a message to both a single user and the public
> folder -
> it arrives immediately in the single user's box and about 8 mins later
> arrives in the public folder, but with the same time stamp as the single
> user's email..
>
> Thanks in advance!!!!!
>
>
>