RE: Installing Exchange 2010 RU updates

2013-04-03 Thread Randal, Phil
Not sure if this is absolutely necessary, but it might prevent a problem or two. Run the update from an admin (elevated rights) command prompt. Doing it via RDP is fine. If your boxes run Forefront for Exchange, you might find this blog post of mine useful, though it might not be needed for

RE: Description of Update Rollup 5 version 2 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2

2012-12-13 Thread Randal, Phil
No, only any special post-RU hotfixes you may have obtained from Microsoft. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.ukmailto:phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: Al Rose

RE: SP2 RU3

2012-06-22 Thread Randal, Phil
There's also my vCheck for Exchange plugins based on Alan Renouf's vCheck, my own scripts, Steve's script and others. http://www.virtu-al.net/2012/03/22/vcheck-exchange-updated/ I'd advise people to use version 2.1beta4 (not yet uploaded to Alan's site):

RE: Exchange 2010 sp2

2012-05-24 Thread Randal, Phil
It might have been worth waiting. The bugs fixed in SP2 RU1 aren't minor. We're happily running SP2 RU2 here. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: steve ens

RE: Change Control methods?

2012-03-05 Thread Randal, Phil
One of the most important things to remember is that changes in the outside world can have an impact on you, and the authors of those pesky viruses, worms, and assorted exploits don't have to fill in any change request forms. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd |

RE: internal spam

2012-02-27 Thread Randal, Phil
You need to restrict which boxes are allowed to talk SMTP to your SMTP relays. Should only be your exchange servers and a few other boxes, as needed. It’s worth packet-sniffing the SNMP traffic to these boxes (which will identify the spambots if they’re talking SMTP). You need to find at

RE: internal spam

2012-02-27 Thread Randal, Phil
SMTP, not SNMP.. It’s one of those days… Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: Randal, Phil [mailto:phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk] Sent: 27 February 2012 12:20 To: MS-Exchange

RE: internal spam

2012-02-24 Thread Randal, Phil
The devil's in the detail? How are the infected boxes sending the emails? Via SMTP? If so, firewall it and configure Exchange SMTP connectors so that only authorised hosts can connect to your email hubs, SMTP relays, and SMTP servers in the outside world.. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-15 Thread Randal, Phil
+1 -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk From: Dave Wade [mailto:dave.w...@stockport.gov.uk] Sent: 15 February 2012 10:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 database

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-15 Thread Randal, Phil
But as SIS no longer applies in Exchange 2010, then bunching people together to save space isn't going to work anymore. If that was a major strategy in determining mailbox placement, it shouldn't be carried forward to an Exchange 2010 environment. Break up those stone tablets and carve some

RE: Exchange 2010 database

2012-02-14 Thread Randal, Phil
By doing it by department you're ensuring that a whole department's email is out of action should their database fail. Better to scatter people randomly. Or is it? Cheers, Phil From: Tobie Fysh [mailto:tobie.f...@freebridge.org.uk] Sent: 14 February 2012 19:03 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues

RE: 2010 SP1 RU5 - possible issues with 2003 client?

2011-11-12 Thread Randal, Phil
It's been suggested in the Exchange Team blog's comments about RU6 that the OL 2003 issue won't be fixed until SP2 RU1 . Cheers, Phil From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 11 November 2011 22:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2010 SP1 RU5 - possible issues with

RE: Installing RU5 on new Exch 2010 environment

2011-11-01 Thread Randal, Phil
You might wish to save yourself a bit of wasted effort and install RU6 instead :) Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260415 | Email: pran...@herefordshire.gov.uk From: Brian McGloin [mailto:sms...@gmail.com] Sent: 01

RE: Installing RU5 on new Exch 2010 environment

2011-11-01 Thread Randal, Phil
One thing which can catch the unwary. The proper way to apply the Exchange 2010 SP1 rollups is to open a command prompt with elevated Administrator rights and run the rollup update from there. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Infrastructure Engineer Hoople Ltd | Thorn Office Centre | Hereford HR2

RE: Exchange 2010 sp1 rollup 3 status

2011-03-09 Thread Randal, Phil
Yes, works a treat. It wasn't terribly clear whether the registry key setting described in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2009942 applied just to CAS servers or mailbox servers too, so I set it on all. Cheers, Phil From: Stringham, Steven

RE: Windows 2008 R2 SP1 patching in a DAG

2011-03-09 Thread Randal, Phil
That's exactly what I've done without any issues. Cheers, Phil From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 09 March 2011 22:33 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 R2 SP1 patching in a DAG Hi all, Going to be patching the member servers of my DAG tomorrow with

RE: CAS upgrade to SP1

2011-01-27 Thread Randal, Phil
Have a read of http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/09/01/456094.aspx first. Very useful. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford,

RE: anti-spam DNS requests

2011-01-20 Thread Randal, Phil
Or that SpamTitan's Use DNS Cache option has been turned off. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire Herefordshire Council  | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260160

RE: MS Support on VMware?

2010-11-10 Thread Randal, Phil
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=exchange+2010+on+vmware -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260160 From: Phil Hershey

RE: Rich Text Format setting in Exchange 2010

2010-10-29 Thread Randal, Phil
Unfortunately, TNEF is a proprietary Microsoft format, and is the antithesis of interoperability. Phil -Original Message- From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:jasongu...@npumail.com] Sent: 29 October 2010 14:46 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rich Text Format setting in Exchange 2010

RE: Slightly OT: Vipre for Email

2010-10-20 Thread Randal, Phil
Because uncompressing highly compressed archive files can be a very nice/nasty Denial Of Service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_bomb Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services

RE: Issues after SP1.

2010-10-04 Thread Randal, Phil
Look here: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/02/04/453946.aspx Missing WSMan entry? That was the problem that we had. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Infrastructure Engineer NHS Herefordshire Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services

RE: Exchange 2010 SP1 FAQ and known issues

2010-09-02 Thread Randal, Phil
They should have included the hotfixes in the service pack and installed them automagically where needed. I guess that's too much to ask. Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer NHS Herefordshire Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office

RE: Exchange 2010 SP1 FAQ and known issues

2010-09-02 Thread Randal, Phil
. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Randal, Phil [mailto:pran...@herefordshire.gov.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:22 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 SP1 FAQ and known issues They should have included

RE: Exchange 2003 whitespace

2010-07-23 Thread Randal, Phil
You can also try this one: http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2008/07/show-exchange-whitespace-retained-it ems.html I use something based on this in PowerGUI. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer NHS Herefordshire Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services

RE: OT : Missing network connection

2010-04-21 Thread Randal, Phil
McAfee DAT update 5958 broke things a bit for a lot of folks, it appears. McAfee's KB article is here: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=contentid=KB68780 McAfee Forum: http://community.mcafee.com/thread/24056?start=0tstart=0 Good luck, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks

RE: OT : Missing network connection

2010-04-21 Thread Randal, Phil
is currently accessible. Do you recall the gist of the issue? Steve From: Randal, Phil [mailto:pran...@herefordshire.gov.uk] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:25 AM To: MS-Exchange

RE: stopping spam from inside server?

2010-01-22 Thread Randal, Phil
You need to spam filter in both directions, then... Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer NHS Herefordshire Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260160 email:

RE: Server Updates

2009-07-01 Thread Randal, Phil
Just remember that malware doesn't have to ask your boss for permission and doesn't give a hoot about your internal policies or whether it should have administrative rights or not. Too much bureaucracy aids the malware purveyors. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire

RE: Finally 2010

2009-04-16 Thread Randal, Phil
Would PowerGUI and some of the powerpacks from http://www.powergui.org/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=47 help here? The Exchange 2003 one is fabulous. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office

RE: Finally 2010

2009-04-15 Thread Randal, Phil
It's worth looking here for Microsoft's cureent take on public folders: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/03/31/448537.aspx Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre,

RE: Named Property Limit

2009-03-20 Thread Randal, Phil
Set your limit to somewhat less than the hard limit as per the technet articles and wait for your eventlog to fill up :-) Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas,

RE: Named Property Limit

2009-03-19 Thread Randal, Phil
It's typical of Microsoft, putting in an arbitrary limit in a world where anyone can create any number of X- headers. It's one of those unintended consequences of treating email as a database, I guess. *sigh* Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy

RE: Happy Birthday Wishes to Michael B. Smith

2009-03-16 Thread Randal, Phil
Farcebook sure is good for DLP (Data Leakage Promotion). Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260160 email: pran...@herefordshire.gov.uk Any

RE: SMTP Issue?

2009-03-13 Thread Randal, Phil
Or this one? http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/16/exchang e-2003-sp2-and-greylisting.aspx Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas,

RE: Filtering Spam

2009-03-11 Thread Randal, Phil
And, does it have to run on the same box as the Exchange server, or on another box? Are non-Windows solutions acceptable? I heartily recommend MailScanner (http://www.mailscanner.info), which we have running on a couple of CentOS 5 boxes. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer

RE: {Disarmed} Can some one remove me from this list?

2009-03-03 Thread Randal, Phil
Yes, you can - look in your email headers for any mail from this list. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal | Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council | Deputy Chief Executive's Office | I.C.T. Services Division Thorn Office Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford, HR2 6JT Tel: 01432 260160 email:

RE: A/V Scanning

2008-11-07 Thread Randal, Phil
Even if you use the same vendor, there's still a chance that the A/V patterns might be updated after arrival at the gateway and before the recipient tries to access the email. My votes is for both, and multiple scan engines on both gateway and information store. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal

RE: AV on Exchange?

2008-08-12 Thread Randal, Phil
Our Exchange 2003 boxes seem to cope with Antigen's multiple scan engines OK. And load is a very bad reason for getting rid of AV on those boxes. It is a good reason for getting beefier boxes, though. Sometimes new trojans get past the first line of defense and into your information store.

RE: Suggestion Requested for a email newsletter

2008-08-08 Thread Randal, Phil
Hmmm, we've gotten loads of spam here over the years supposedly sent via Constant Contact. Whatever software you use, make sure you have proper double-opt-in and easy opt-out procedures. Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original

RE: Exchange 2007, memory usage, and hunt the thimble

2008-08-07 Thread Randal, Phil
This one's useful, perhaps: Understanding Exchange 2007 Memory Usage and its use of the Paging File http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/08/06/449484.aspx Cheers, Phil -- Phil Randal Networks Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith

RE: Exch2007 in ESX

2008-04-29 Thread Randal, Phil
And if they don't, they darned well should, instead of acting like the local bully. Suggestion to Microsoft: Don't even think of throwing money purchasing Yahoo, but instead spend a fraction of that on a bunch of ESX servers and training your support personnel to support ALL users of Microsoft

RE: Spamhaus

2008-02-13 Thread Randal, Phil
Try cbl.abuseat.org too. Phil -- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 February 2008 15:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spamhaus

RE: Exchange 2000 SP3 - Doesn't remove Post-SP2 Security Hotfix

2002-08-01 Thread Randal, Phil
Here's the list of hotfixes which might cause problems with SP3: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q309601 Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Rob Wilcox

RE: W2k Sp3 is out

2002-07-31 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: RE: W2k Sp3 is out It appears to be the real thing. Went onto 3 desktop PCs here without problems. Official release date is on Thursday. Enjoy. Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original

RE: Exchange 5.5 post SP4 patch

2002-07-30 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: Message tongueincheekPeople here don't apply patches unless their servers are broken/tongueincheek Applied here as soon as I knew about it. No adverse effects so far. Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK

RE: Exchange SP4

2002-07-25 Thread Randal, Phil
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 July 2002 16:45 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange SP4 Tut tut Phil. Don't install the Post-SP4 fixes unless you have a need to or are experiencing the issue that is solved by installing the SP. -Original Message- From: Randal

RE: Exchange SP4

2002-07-25 Thread Randal, Phil
: Exchange SP4 Tut tut. I do and when I have a NEED to install a security fix, I test and then install. I don't install security fixes for things that do not apply to my environment. -Original Message- From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11

RE: Anybody have an idea of how to automatic purge the items (wit hout asking end-user) in the inbox for more than 2 hours?

2002-07-09 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: RE: Anybody have an idea of how to automatic purge the items (without asking end-user) in the inbox for more than 2 hours? Weekly? We run mailbox manager daily here (Exch 5.5SP4). Set your expiry periods to what you want (in days). Phil

RE: Klez article

2002-07-09 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: Message Can you insure that you post valid links in future, Kevin? http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=insure Cheers, Phil P.S. Let's start a debate as to whether fair-haired men are blonds or blondes while we're at it ;-) -Phil

RE: Exchange on DC?

2002-07-04 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: Message Special Boat Squadron ;-) http://home3.inet.tele.dk/jdj/spec_ops/count/uk_sbs.htm In the MS world, it probably means Small Business Server Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original

RE: McAfee The final Results.

2002-07-03 Thread Randal, Phil
Which version of Groupshield had you been using? MAPI /AVAPI / ESE scanning? Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Majetic, John RAME [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 July 2002

RE: McAfee The final Results.

2002-07-03 Thread Randal, Phil
It ain't come yet ;-) - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 July 2002 16:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: McAfee The final

RE: exchnage query

2002-07-02 Thread Randal, Phil
No, we'd rather pay a fortune for Exchange ;-) Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: Jeremiah Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 02 July 2002 13:33To: MS-Exchange Admin

RE: Finding out who sent an attachment.

2002-05-10 Thread Randal, Phil
The resolve names utility functionality is built in to Groupshield 5. I haven't the time to wade through the docs to find what info is stored when you quarantine to directories. Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK

RE: It's Friday!!

2002-05-07 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: Message I must be the winner at 49 with a 7 year old daughter. Do I get a prize? Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: Hanief Chowdhary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 07

RE: It's Friday!!

2002-05-07 Thread Randal, Phil
, you are eligible for the MAP program at Microsoft. Most Ancient Professional. Of course, I'm 17 next birthday. -Original Message-From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 07 May 2002 11:42To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: It's

RE: Word as your E-mail editor (OL98)

2002-04-29 Thread Randal, Phil
DON'T DO IT! - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: McCready, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 April 2002 12:53 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Word as your E-mail

RE: McAfee GroupShield 5.0 and Exchange 5.5 SP4

2002-04-24 Thread Randal, Phil
The first point to note is that the original question is about Groupshield 5, not previous versions. The new version, like Antigen and ScanMail, supports ESE scanning. I'll agree that GS 4.5 sucked until SP1, Hotfix 7, and AVAPI registry hacks were done. But it has been reliable here since

RE: Checking white space size of database

2002-04-22 Thread Randal, Phil
It's part of the NHS cutbacks ;-) Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 April 2002 14:09 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE:

RE: Annoying outlook Problem

2002-04-22 Thread Randal, Phil
Check the item entitled Avoid WordMail to Lessen Impact of Outlook's Latest HTML Mail Vulnerability on http://www.slipstick.com Never use MS Word as an email editor. Cheers, Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK

RE: 5.5 Ex2K Differences

2002-04-19 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: 5.5 & Ex2K Differences You could compromise and buy a few good books on the subject... Exchange 2000 admin is totally different from Exchange 5.5 admin. I've administered both, trained in neither. It is possible to do, you know. Cheers, Phil

RE: Patches after SP4 for Exchange 5.5

2002-04-03 Thread Randal, Phil
Seeing how Microsoft's patches often fix issues which Microsoft chooses not to document, this argument is a bit lame. The only way to know whether a hotfix fixes one's problems is to install it and see what happern. Cheers, Phil - Phil Randal

RE: Exchange server reboot simple q

2002-04-02 Thread Randal, Phil
-Original Message- From: Brent Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 April 2002 15:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange server reboot simple q It aint broke yet so I aint fixin nuthing.. It isn't broke? You sure? Take a look at

RE: Exchange 5.5 SP4 Issues

2002-03-26 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: Message Arg! :-) -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 26 March 2002 13:48To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE:

RE: Exchange 5.5 SP4 Issues

2002-03-26 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: Message Ignorance is bliss... -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 26 March 2002 14:35To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject:

RE: O O F Replies

2002-03-20 Thread Randal, Phil
It has now! :-) Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Lynn Karen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 March 2002 14:37 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: O O F Replies

RE: OT (slightly) - how to test your users e-mail habits

2002-03-20 Thread Randal, Phil
Isn't your job in danger if the worst offenders are management? ;-) Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 March 2002 16:35 To:

RE: Exchange store dismounts unexpectedly

2002-03-15 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: RE: Exchange store dismounts unexpectedly We're using Groupshield 4.5 SP1 plust hotfix 7 here without any such problems on our Exchange 5.5 servers. Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original

RE: Groupshield issue

2002-02-08 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: RE: Groupshield issue While you're there, grab hotfix 7 for Groupshield 4.5 and apply it. Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: Rybski Dajo [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Priv.edb not decreasing despite deleting moving mailboxes

2002-01-31 Thread Randal, Phil
It appears to back up the whole lot here :-( Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Douglas Hull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 January 2002 10:45 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues

RE: NAI Groupshield for Exchange

2002-01-09 Thread Randal, Phil
Hotfix 7 - from www.mcafeeb2b.com product upgrades section. Andincrease OpenRetryDelay as detailed here: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q264/7/31.ASP We use 0x800 as our value. Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire

RE: Upgrade of Patches

2001-12-21 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: Upgrade of Patches SP4 for Exchange 5.5 Post SP6A security fixes, etc Check out http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: Martey,

RE: Upgrade of Patches

2001-12-21 Thread Randal, Phil
PROTECTED]]Sent: 21 December 2001 14:09To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Upgrade of Patches Thanks, Is there any precauion apart from backups?. -Original Message-From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 21/12/2001 13:40To: MS-Exchange Admin Iss

RE: Body Scanning Utility for GroupShield

2001-12-17 Thread Randal, Phil
No reboot is requested. It adds a new service for message body scanning, so check in control panel to make sure it is running. Went in without a hitch here. Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original

RE: Wondering

2001-12-04 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: Message And I thought we were drowning our sorrows! :-) Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 04 December 2001 15:44To:

RE: looking for hardware

2001-11-15 Thread Randal, Phil
Nor have we had any major problems. And the latest Dell server setup disk is just as easy to use as Compaq's SmartStart. Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Don Ely

RE: looking for hardware

2001-11-15 Thread Randal, Phil
You forgot to add another 36.4Gb drive for hot-swap. Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Brian Mead [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 16:10 To: MS-Exchange Admin

RE: Eseutil

2001-11-01 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: Message There's one caveat I'd add to this, and that is... Make sure your online defrag is running to completion each day (or at least once a week). If you're going to reclaim whitespace, you might as well make sure that the process is working. I let the online maintenance run all

RE: Trend Micro Medium Risk Virus Alert - PE_NIMDA.E

2001-10-30 Thread Randal, Phil
The attachment is now sample.exe The dropped dll is httpodbc.dll Worm is dropped into system directory as csrss.exe (was mmc.exe). McAfee says it will be detected by existing DAT patterns. Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council

RE: Antivirus API

2001-10-25 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: RE: Antivirus API We use OpenRetryDelay of 0x800 here with no problems (touch wood). The default set by the GroupShield install is plain wrong. Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original

RE: Preferred Disk Config

2001-09-26 Thread Randal, Phil
Title: SMTP mail to exchange help Try 4 x 36GB RAID 5 with hot swap spare Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: Colin Maynard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 26 September 2001

RE: Email Viruses

2001-09-26 Thread Randal, Phil
You could try unplugging the network cable... - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Rudy Lovato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 September 2001 14:01 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues

RE: Email Viruses

2001-09-26 Thread Randal, Phil
PROTECTED]]Sent: 26 September 2001 14:38To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Email Viruses Alright, help me out here... So the admin pack does not block them on the server -Original Message-From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday

RE: Groupshield

2001-09-26 Thread Randal, Phil
no screaming necessary. I asked the tech why they wont post it, and they said it would break more than it would fix. How about that for a product... Should we be looking at something else than NAI? -Original Message-From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday

RE: Groupshield

2001-09-25 Thread Randal, Phil
It's a feature! G... Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 25 September 2001 03:36To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject:

RE: ANTIGEN users

2001-09-25 Thread Randal, Phil
Here's a list of some of the .exe files we've blocked or cleared out of our IS in the last few days: perfectman lurve loveforecaster spinning-around skiing gift coolpicture invaders dizzy the dino elf bowling beertend britney4 monet sheep rudolf lamb where-my-dog fight blender dance cat-a-pult

RE: Groupshield

2001-09-25 Thread Randal, Phil
Charter Member "Who's watching your network?" www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax -Original Message-From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:52 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesS

RE: Groupshield

2001-09-25 Thread Randal, Phil
--Original Message-From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:44 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Groupshield It's supposedly fixed in Hotfix 7 for Groupshield 4.5. Phil ---

RE: Groupshield

2001-09-25 Thread Randal, Phil
I don't have it! Phil -Phil RandalNetwork EngineerHerefordshire CouncilHereford, UK -Original Message-From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 25 September 2001 14:11To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE:

RE: Does NIMDA Corrupt Exchange???

2001-09-24 Thread Randal, Phil
If you're using Groupshield 4.5, block extensions.. Microsoft has a list it considers unsafe at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q262/6/31.ASP. Earlier threads on this issue mentioned vbs;shs;js;com;bat;cmd;pif;scr;chm; And .exe? Phil

RE: Does NIMDA Corrupt Exchange???

2001-09-24 Thread Randal, Phil
Oops, and .eml and .nws Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 September 2001 13:57 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Does

Microsost's take on Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Randal, Phil
Check out: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/ topics/nimda.asp Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK List Charter and FAQ at:

FW: ARCserve 6.61 Share Access Vulnerability

2001-09-17 Thread Randal, Phil
Found on BugTraq - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: ron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 September 2001 05:27 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ARCserve 6.61 Share Access Vulnerability

RE: Exchange Server Memory Limiter

2001-09-11 Thread Randal, Phil
Sounds like you don't have enough RAM in your server to start with, but try running Exchange Optimizer (sic). Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Change Of IPs

2001-09-10 Thread Randal, Phil
Indeed... All detailed in RFC1918 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1918.html Cheers Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 September

RE: MS01_044

2001-08-16 Thread Randal, Phil
Yes, I have. Server hasn't crashed (yet). Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: mark verschaeve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 August 2001 16:01 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues