XADM: How to Monitor Mailbox Storage Limits in Event Viewer

Exchange Server 5.5

1. Start the Exchange Server Administrator program.
2. Click the Configuration object, and then double-click the Information Store Site Configuration object to bring up its properties.
3. Click the Storage Warnings tab. By default, the schedule is set to "Once a day". Change this setting to Always, or to whatever setting you want. When Storage Warnings is set to "Always", the information store checks approximately every 15 minutes for storage limits.
4. Close the Information Store Site Configuration page.
5. Under the Servers object, click the Exchange Server computer you want, and then on the File menu, click Properties to bring up the properties page for that server.
6. Click the Diagnostics Logging tab, open MSExchangeIS, and then click Private.
7. Click Storage Limits, and set Logging to Maximum.
8. Click the Apply or OK button to apply the logging setting.

Exchange 2000

1. Start Exchange System Manager.
2. Under Adminstrative Groups, locate System Policies, right-click System Policies, click New, and then click Mailbox store policy.
3. In the New Policy box, click Limits, and then click OK.
4. In Properties box, on the General tab, type the name for the policy.
5. On the Limits (policy) tab, type the storage limits, and set the Warning message interval. By default, it runs daily at midnight. Click OK.
6. Right-click the policy that you created, click Add, and then add the mailbox store that is to be controlled by this policy.
7. Under the Servers object, right-click the Exchange 2000 server that you want, and then click Properties.
8. Click the Diagnostics Logging tab, open MSExchangeIS, and then click Mailbox.
9. Click Storage Limits, and set Logging to Maximum.
10. Click the Apply or OK button to apply the logging setting.