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Conference chefs::ms-exchange

Title:	Microsoft Exchange Server
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Moderator:	FLASK2::SYSTEM

Created:	Fri Feb 17 1995
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Number of topics:	1099
Total number of notes:	5174

952.0. "Message recovery when Xchng crashes?" by ABACUS::mkodhcp-46128232.mko.dec.com::TOMAS () Fri Mar 21 1997 14:48

While creating a rather lengthy mail message in Exchange, the server connection 
went down without me knowing about it... until I clicked on "Send".  The message 
was never sent, the screen widow got messed up and I lost all the contents of the 
message.  

Is there any way to simulate VMS journaling?  Are there any other workarounds or 
suggestions?   Can I save the file to my local drive before sending it.. just in case?

Thanks,

Joe

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
952.1	Word Editor	ROCKS::KEANE		`Fri Mar 21 1997 14:52`	13
	hi I asked this same question a few months ago..... The only answer I got was to use the WORD editor as your default exchange editore instead of the micky mouse Exchange editor. You can then set autosave in Word, also if you crash and burn, word keeps a temp journal file you can recover! regards Patrick
952.2		NEWVAX::WHITMAN	gun control = 5% gun + 95% control	`Fri Mar 21 1997 17:09`	9
	Joe, Yes you can save to your local disk before sending AND should save your work periodically for lengthy messages. The problem you are seeing with losing the message is not unusual and as .1 indicated. You might want to consider using Word or Notepad to create the long message and then insert it into your Exchange message. Al
952.3	another option - work offline	PARZVL::tunsrv2-tunnel.imc.das.dec.com::kennedy	nuncam non paratus	`Fri Mar 21 1997 17:40`	7
	when I'm connecting in over dial-up, I don't connect to the server - I choose to work offline and use the Remote Mail tool to synch up with the server. So a message I create goes into my outbox. When I connect with Remote Mail, it gets sent. I find my Exchange window is a lot more responsive this way, also.
952.4		AXEL::FOLEY	http://axel.zko.dec.com	`Fri Mar 21 1997 19:30`	6
	If you used outlook, you could probably write some VBscript code that would automatically write out the text at preset intervals. mike