Are you using internal DNS? Do you have a PTR record set up?
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:36:33 -0500, Reasoner, Bob (PHES) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All of the reported messages are definitely reporting the short name of our > Exchange server. There are two local GCs on the same subnet with the > Exchange server that appear to be functioning well. > > The really weird thing is that I'm on the same subnet with the server and > rarely see the dialogs. I have 4 subnets in this building (all vlans on a > Cisco 4006 catalyst) all are part of the same AD site. The servers are on > one subnet (with the IS Network Admins on the same vlan) and the users are > on the other three. I can login to my Citrix server (also on the same > subnet) and see the dialogs, but my local client never reports them (I have > verified that they aren't turned off on this client). > > I can only assume that I have been lucky and didn't create an RPC request in > the affected time frame, but have no way to verify that. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David, > Andy > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:51 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Outlook "Waiting for Exchange..." dialogs > > Another item of note: > If the server name in the dialog box is in FQDN format, then Outlook is > waiting on the directory service. If the short name of the server is listed, > its waiting on a mailbox or public folder server. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael > B. Smith > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:49 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Outlook "Waiting for Exchange..." dialogs > > An excellent article about the RPC Canceller dialog: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonjoh/archive/2004/08/09/211279.aspx > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > Matteson > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:38 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Outlook "Waiting for Exchange..." dialogs > > That flag has been the cause of more headaches that carter has little pills. > > The flag will set if the response to a client query takes more than about > half a second. The timing is changeable via a registry entry, and can be > disabled as well. Check the Microsoft KB for the article that describes the > change in detail. > > Please let your users know that the flag is telling them that Exchange is > processing their request and will take a second or three to return the > results. They should be happy that the flag is there, as that tells them > they really are talking to the server. > > You will also get the flag if you do a search against your mailbox or > against a public folder, even if you have Full Text Indices built on the > message databases. > > John Matteson > Geac Global IT group > (404) 239 - 2981 > Atlanta, Georgia, USA. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reasoner, > Bob (PHES) > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:09 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Outlook "Waiting for Exchange..." dialogs > > For the last 3 weeks or so all of my clients (ranging through Outlook 2000, > XP, and 2003) have started noticing frequent dialog boxes indicating that > their client is waiting for the exchange server, synchronizing with the > exchange server, or just in general unable to communicate with the exchange > server. > > I can't find any problems with the network itself. > > The Exchange server is a Dell 2650 Dual processor 2.0 GHz Xeon, Ample space > available on boot, log, and store drives, 1Gb RAM. The server is in a Mixed > Mode 5.5 admin group and we use Trend AV for Exchange. This server services > approximately 500 mailboxes and has 1 Mail store (approx > 17 GB, Exchange 2K > SP4 Enterprise) 1 public store les than 5 GB. The OS is Win2K SP4 with all > hotfixes applied to OS and Exchange. There is a single 5.5 server in the > Admin group as well but it doesn't host any mailboxes. > > This site has connectors to our parent organization, but all the mailboxes > are servicing accounts within our local AD subdomain of the Parent forest. > We don't have any errors showing up in event viewer, and the only warnings > are related to incoming replication of public folder data from our parent's > Exchange 5.5 server. > > Anyone have any tried and true techniques for troubleshooting this type of > problem? I have tried changing the ExchangeProvider/RPC_Binding_Order > registry Key on some of the clients to "ncalrpc,ncacn_ip_tcp" or reversing > those entries to no avail. > > ________________________________ > > Bob Reasoner > Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; > lang=english > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; > lang=english > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > %%email.unsub%% > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. 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