No Personal Folders Password By Default in MS Exchange
Article ID: 139059
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
APPLIES TO
This article was previously published under Q139059
SYMPTOMS
After you install the Microsoft Mail information service in Microsoft
Exchange, you are prompted to enter a password when you start Microsoft
Exchange. However, this password does not prevent others from accessing
your personal information store.
CAUSE
After you install the Microsoft Mail information service, you are
prompted to enter a password the next time you start Microsoft Exchange.
This password is the password for the post office; it is not a password
for your personal information store.
RESOLUTION
To prevent others from accessing your personal information store, configure
Microsoft Exchange to use a password for your personal folders. To do so,
follow these steps:
- In Microsoft Exchange, click Services on the Tools menu.
- Click Personal Folders, and then click Properties.
- Click Change Password.
- Type the password for your personal folders in the New Password and
Verify Password boxes, and then click OK.
MORE INFORMATION
If you do not configure Microsoft Exchange to use a password for your
personal information store, others can access your personal information
store by logging on to Microsoft Exchange on your computer, or by using
Microsoft Exchange to access your personal information store from another
computer on the network (if your personal information store is located in a
shared folder).
Keywords: KB139059