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Q260985: XIMS: Minimum NTFS Permissions Required to Use CDONTS

Article: Q260985
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.1,1.2,2.0; winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): exc55
Last Modified: 23-OCT-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
- Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) for NTS, versions 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article discusses the minimum NTFS permissions that are required to use
Collaboration Data Objects for Windows NT Servers (CDONTS) in conjunction with
either the Internet Information Server (IIS) SMTP service or the Exchange Server
Internet Mail Service.

MORE INFORMATION
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If you are using CDONTS with the Option Pack SMTP service, the following minimum
NTFS permissions are required:

- The IUSR account must have Add rights to the Mailroot\Pickup folder.

- If you are running CDONTS out of process, the IWAM account must have Add
  rights to the Mailroot\Pickup folder.

- The System account must have Full Control rights to the entire Mailroot
  folder structure.

- The default location for the Mailroot folder is Inetpub\Mailroot.

If you are using CDONTS with Exchange Server, the following minimum NTFS
permissions are required:

- The IUSR account must have Add rights to the Exchsrvr\Imcdata\Pickup folder.

- If you are running CDONTS out of process, the IWAM account must have Add
  rights to the Exchsrvr\Imcdata\Pickup folder.

- The Exchange Server service account must have Full Control rights to the
  entire Exchsrvr\Imcdata folder structure.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : exc55 
Technology        : kbiisSearch kbAudDeveloper kbCDOsearch kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbiis500 kbiis400 kbZNotKeyword2 kbCDO110NTS kbCDO120NTS kbCDO200NTS
Version           : WINDOWS:1.1,1.2,2.0; winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Issue type        : kbinfo

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