outsource!?
My CIO has asked me to attend a meeting in which IBM is going to propose outsourcing our e-mail services, taking over for our 350 Exchange 2000 mailboxes. I'm looking for arguments to marshal against outsourcing. So far, what I've got is: * security: We use Clearswift MIMEsweeper to block incoming (and outgoing) messages containing viruses or executable files (.bat, .exe, etc.). This being IBM, I'm sure they can protect against viruses, though. * disaster recovery: Our disaster site is updated in real time. During the blackout in August e-mail was up twenty minutes after I arrived at the DR site. Again, probably not a potent line item against IBM. * regulatory: we have some regulatory requirements for keeping all records (including e-mail) on site for seven years. * integration: Our CRM solution integrates directly into Exchange, adding contacts directly to the users' mailboxes. * performance: I have trouble seeing how performance would be adequate when the mail server is off site. * price: 250 users. 350 mailboxes. 140GB/month (according to the Journal folders). That can't be cheap. * legacy: Seven years of preexisting e-mail, spread out among mailboxes and pst files. About 200GB all told. What else am I missing? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Automatic archive in Exchange2000
KVS recently partnered with MDY FileSurf, a DoD 5015.2-compliant records manager. It doubles or triples the cost of the entire solution but (a) you can use FileSurf for other records management needs and (b) MDY adds tough (DoD-compliant!) auditing and other security measures, along with RM features like automated deletion of messages once they age past the regulatory requirements. -Original Message- From: Martin Tuip [MVP] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 12:51 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Automatic archive in Exchange2000 Problem is that that way of archiving email isn't a legal option here in the US. You need a different solution to be compliant with the rulings that are in effect. The KVS solution (www.kvsinc.com) which Ben referred to is for instance one of them. -- Martin Tuip MVP Exchange Exchange 2000 List owner www.exchange-mail.org www.sharepointserver.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - Original Message - From: Fyodorov, Andrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 8:04 AM Subject: RE: Automatic archive in Exchange2000 I wrote some batch files that use ExMerge and export the contents of the archive mailbox to a new PST file every day. Then all these PST files get zipped up. Then I do whatever I want with those zip files, for example burn them onto CDs. In addition to that I have Mailbox Manager policy that deletes messages from the archive mailbox that are older than 30 days. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov, MVP Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Automatic archive in Exchange2000 Well, you can, yes, but not via rules, per se. In Exchange System Manager, you go to the Mailbox Store properties, and on the bottom is a check box to archive all messages sent or received by this mailbox store to a specific location. It isn't a real good archiving solution, IMHO, and would result in an enormous mailbox fairly quickly, but it is an option, if one doesn't/can't spend any money on a real archiving solution. For a real archiving solution, look at K-Vault www.kvsinc.com Ben Winzenz Network Engineer Gardner White (317) 581-1580 ext 418 -Original Message- From: Olle Gustafson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:53 AM Posted To: Exchange (Swynk) Conversation: Automatic archive in Exchange2000 Subject: Automatic archive in Exchange2000 Hi, Is it possible to set rules (or something like that) on an Exchange2000 server for automatic archiving? I know it can be done in Outlook but is it possible to set it on the server? If so, how? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ActiveX e-mails
Do any of you block incoming e-mails containing ActiveX references? I just received a spam that tried to instantiate an object at http:// %363.2%346.%3130.2%30%31%2F%63g%69%2D%62i%6E%2Fa%2E%63%67%69. I translated that to a real URL (http://63.246.130.201 /cgi-bin/a.cgi) and let the colo NOC know, but that only goes so far. I already have my own Outlook HTML security set to Restricted sites, which protected me in this particular case, but I don't have any means of pushing that to the rest of the firm's Outlook users (yes, I'm thinking about AutoProf; is there anything else?). I suppose I could try to block o b j e c t at my e-mail gateway (mailsweeper), but that could be defeated but adding extra spaces between the and object. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Aelita Recovery Manager (ARM) for Exchange...
We played around with demos of both products, and had a much worse experience with ARMex. We found that ARMex would only work if the server was recovered to the extent that Exchange services could be started. With Powercontrols, we just restored the .edb. Unfortunately, Ontrack refuses to offer intellectual property indemnification (though I hear that this is only true for their Enterprise (251+ mailboxes/server) edition). So if any third party claims that Powercontrols infringes upon their intellectual property, you the customer could be liable for damages. Just about all vendors we ever deal with agree to eat any liability of this kind, but Ontrack's lead counsel just said fuhgeddaboutit. Since Ontrack and Powercontrols seem to be the only players in this market, we're SOL. Unless anyone knows of another option. -Original Message- From: Woodruff, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 2:14 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Aelita Recovery Manager (ARM) for Exchange... Yeah we have seen this as well. Not that many times though. They also told us it would be fixed in the next version. It has definitely paid for itself in the data we have recovered. Once the bug is fixed, it will be a very solid/useful product. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bendall, Paul Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:56 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Aelita Recovery Manager (ARM) for Exchange... Michael, How useful do you find Power Controls? We purchased it and have used it on a few occasions with about a 50:50 success rate. On the times that it fails it said that the edb is unreadable. Ontrack says this can occur when a lot of transaction logs haven't been committed to the database. Apparently version 2, due out in September I think, will reduce this problem. Regards, Paul -Original Message- From: Woodruff, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 August 2003 18:40 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Aelita Recovery Manager (ARM) for Exchange... Exact same thing as Power Controls, which is what we use. Nice products for DR. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blunt, James H (Jim) Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Aelita Recovery Manager (ARM) for Exchange... Not sure how many of you have seen this...most I would imagine: http://www.aelita.com/products/ARMEx.htm For all of you folks that *insist* on doing BLB's, I would think this product would make you a hero, if it works as advertised. Regardless of your policy concerning BLB's, has anyone tested this product? If so, does it function as advertised? Since I don't have a test lab available, I would be interested in hearing some opinions. TIA, Jim _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Mailbox monitoring
We use Melia, but it may have been discontinued. Microdata, the company that produced Melia, appears to have been bought out by intellireach. Take a look at http://www.msexchange.org/software/Reporting/. Promodag is their editor's pick. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 12:19 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Mailbox monitoring Is there a way using Exchange 5.5 on a NT4 platform (current with all service packs) to monitor the activity of a mailbox? If not, is there 3rd party software available to do this? Management is looking for a count of emails daily in and out of users mailboxes. I'm sure that more information than simply a count would be a bonus to them. TIA. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http
I recently resolved a performance problem by stopping and restarting the http cluster resource on our E2K cluster. I've been trying to figure out ever since why http would affect the server's performance. Around 9:15a users started complaining that e-mail seemed slow. I confirmed that messages were sitting in the Outbox for up to four minutes, and that other tasks like opening large folders and deleting messages were taking much longer than expected. After checking the usual suspects (nothing of note in the event log; cpu utilization was around 20%; comm between the cluster nodes was fine), I went into ESM and saw that the SMTP local delivery queue was holding between 20 and 40 messages. I traced a test message to myself and saw that it took five minutes to travel through the queue. It's rare for our queue to exceed 1, so that confirmed to me that something was wrong. After about an hour of fruitless snooping around, I sent a firmwide e-mail and tried stopping and restarting the SMTP cluster resource. That took forever (well, about 10 min) but when it was done the queue remained high. Next I tried the MTA cluster resource, but again, no luck. Then I restarted the HTTP cluster resource and the queue emptied out almost instantly. Users also immediately reported better performance. I know E2K works closely with IIS (ExIPC, e.g.) but IIS and HTTP are obviously not the identical, so I'm unsure why restarting HTTP would have such a dramatic effect. I've checked my E2K books, as well as technet and winnetmag.com, but http exchange 2000 is not exactly a narrow query. Any thoughts? E2K SP3 on W2K SP2. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: HP Digital Sender LDAP Connection
I finally gave up after about a month of troubleshooting (this was about eight months ago). Check out HP's forums. I remember finding some very helpful tidbits in there when I was trying to get this to work. http://forums.itrc.hp.com. Do a search for 9100C LDAP and hit the checkmarks for the forums. -Original Message- From: Woodruff, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:09 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: HP Digital Sender LDAP Connection Has anyone used an HP 9100C Digital Sender connected to Active Directory before? I cannot get the darn thing to work. I have all all the parameters correct, but get No matching entries found when I do a search. I have the correct port (389), the correct IP of the GC server, and the search root is set to (DC=domain,DC=com). If anyone has any insight on this, I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Thanks. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: http
Yikes, no. We have an E2K active/passive cluster where the passive node is located in a DR site (the nodes are fooled into thinking they share a hard drive). We have two DCs in the main office (one's also a GC) that serve about 250 users and we have one DC/GC in a secondary (not DR) office that serves about 20 users. Exchange is only configured to use the local DC and DC/GC. The remote DC/GC is used primarily for logins (it's got some other stuff on it but nothing related to Exchange). I should have said that my DCs can handle the traffic sent their way by the Exchange server. Plus I may have oversnipped. My original post questioned why stopping restarting the HTTP cluster resource resolved a performance problem that had been going on for a bit more than an hour. -Original Message- From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:47 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: http Are you saying that you have Exchange running on your DC/GC machines? If so not a good idea unless it is a very small environment. - Original Message - From: Jon Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:40 PM Subject: RE: http Our DCs should be able to handle Exchange (three DCs with dual 1.24GHz and 1GB RAM for 300 users). This was a one-time problem. We hardly ever have performance problems like this. Thanks for the info. -Original Message- From: John W. Luther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:16 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: http Look at your Domain Controllers. We had a similar problem. We moved to Exchange as part of a University System-wide change. Our DCs were given to us preconfigured. After months of slow mail processing, and consulting with mSoft, we looked more closely at out DCs. They were woefully under powered and had far too little RAM. Upgrading the domain controllers, esp. the Global Catalogs, to dual processors with = Gig of Ram eliminated most of the delays. It's worth a look, at least. Good luck. John ... _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: the IBM Shark
I'm way late to this thread but have some experience with HP's XP-512 that might be relevant. As you probably know, the XP series and HDS 99xx series are basically the same machine - HP HDS develop the hardware together and put their own software on board (actually, HP used to work with HDS software but over time developed their own). I can't recall which HDS array maps to the XP-512 but I'm sure your reseller can tell you. Anyway, we have a pair of XP-512s that we're using for DR. One array goes in our Manhattan office; the other in a DR site in Exton, Pennsylvania. The arrays are connected via a 40Mbps IP WAN provisioned by Yipes. On the local array, we have an HP 3000, two HP 9000s (a D and an L-1000) and 22 Intel-based servers (mostly NetServer LP2000r, plus one LPr and one Compaq DL-380). All Intel servers and the L-1000 boot from the SAN. Each Intel box uses a pair of Emulex LP8000 HBAs to communicate with the array. HP's multipathing software, Auto Path, manages path failover. The remote array is almost identical, with the major difference being that most of the Intel servers are powered down. FWIW, we replicate track-level changes to the remote array via HP's Continuous Access Extension software (HDS has something similar): think EMC's SRDF but asynchronous. All comm between servers and array is via FC over Brocade 2800s (6 switches per site operating as two 3-switch SANs), except for the HP 3000, which can't handle FC. That server gets FC-SCSI routers to communicate with the Brocades. All FC traffic is switched FC, except again for the HP 3000 which is switched FCAL (there's a proper term for this, but essentially the Brocade ports are operating in FCAL mode). One of the servers runs E2K on W2K. I won't say that our experience has been 100% perfect, but the problems have had nothing to do with the arrays themselves. We are using an HP product called XP Cluster Extension for MSCS that tricks MS Cluster Services on two nodes (one here, one in Exton) into thinking that they're sharing a hard disk. Some of the E2K problems have arisen due to comm interruptions between the two arrays (some of which were our fault), and some were probably simply the result of ignoring Ed and running E2K over a cluster. However, the XP-512 with Emulex HBAs and Brocade switches has handled our servers extraordinarily well. The day after the switch people started asking me what we'd done to improve performance so dramatically. I didn't do much research into the Shark (it might have been limited to ESCON at the time I did my research), but we had two reasons to pick the XP over EMC's Symmetrix: Continuous Access can handle asynchronous replication over IP, while SRDF is synchronous-only; and the XP is better built. When EMC reps tell you how reliable their arrays are, ask them what happens when you pull a live cache card out. The XP can handle it because its cache cards are arranged in a RAID5-like configuration; the Symm crashes. We chose the XP over the equivalent HDS because we felt that HP had a bigger support presence in the U.S., we preferred their software to HDS's, and we already had a lot of HP hardware in our shop. -Original Message- From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: the IBM Shark They came in under the 9900v series machines, and only slightly under the 15 year old 9900 series and WAY below the emc CX6000. We aren't looking at the Compaq San cause we have one that runs on our legacy mainframe(open vms) and the admins of that system hate it. The price wars have been pretty extensive, but its nice to be able to turn vendors on each other to get the best price for the company. Ive been out to lunch to more sales meetings this last month then I was all last year. :) e- -Original Message- From: Andy Haigh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 2:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: the IBM Shark Be wary of the upfront pricing. Currently IBM is offering the kit at very low prices to win back market share from the likes of EMC, HDS and Compaq. You must nail them down to the costs of adding new storage arrays, the cost of additional drives and any tiering of licence prices as your storage grows, also any services you will require afterwards. Again, if you haven't already done so, I would advise to have a look the HDS 9570V or even the EMC CX600. If you are currently looking at the 9900V these units will give them a run for their money and be cheaper. Andy -Original Message- From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2002 1:35 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: the IBM Shark Other technologies being what?, cause the only other one I have seen in the backstore of a SAN is Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop, SSA is not arbitrated. TO me this is a pro for multipathing
auditing admin access
Is there any way to audit use of System Manager and/or Cluster Administrator? I have checked security settings in ESM itself: when I right-click on the Org and go to Properties, then select Security | Advanced | Auditing, I see an auditing entry that applies to All. All the access items within this entry that are checked (success fail for: delete, change perms, take ownership, create children, delete children, add/remove self, write properties, delete tree, create public folder, create top level public folder, modify public folder admin ACL, modify public folder replica list, open mail send queue, read metabase properties, administer IS, create named properties in the IS, view IS status, receive as, send as) are inherited, though I don't from what since this is the Org level. Anyway, despite all these checkmarks, my security logs don't record any of the above events. Per Exchange 2000 Server 24seven, I audit AD logon events and AD account management, as well as logon events on the server. And I have message tracking enabled and keep 7 days of message tracking logs. None of the above tells me when somebody launched ESM and/or tried to manage the Exchange Server, which is what I'd really like to see. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: DS_E_COMMUNICATIONS_PROBLEM
Try rebuilding the box and doing an online restore of all except the dir. Then use the DS/IS consistency adjuster to rebuild the dir (Advanced tab in server's properties). I'm pretty sure the E55 DR whitepaper discusses this. -Original Message- From: Mellott, Bill [mailto:bmellott;SND.com] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 9:31 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: DS_E_COMMUNICATIONS_PROBLEM I was logging in with the domain administrator account. Background: Ghosted server from one machine to another. From IDE drive machine to scsi raid. Had to Run W2K svr cd cause Boot Inaccess... W2K svr. Added machine back into domain. Got Exchange error Unload exchange admin, regclean, reload exchange admin, run sp4, run Q289606. still get exchange error. No Had not tried RPCping yet. Looked at archives - NO results returned..blank page. I do not remember this topic on the list (IF you can tell me when I look back over my last 1 1/2 worth of list) MS Technet - NG It worked fine on the original server. I know it has something to do with having to reload w2k kind'a to get the scsi drive to loadup right. But why it would not comm..after reloading has got me puzzled. bill -Original Message- From: Andy David [mailto:davida;vss.com] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 7:59 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: DS_E_COMMUNICATIONS_PROBLEM What account have you logged into the workstation with? Does it have SA rights? -Original Message- From: Mellott, Bill [mailto:bmellott;SND.com] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 6:20 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: DS_E_COMMUNICATIONS_PROBLEM has anyone seen this error DS_E_COMMUNICATIONS_PROBLEM from trying to run exchange admin exchange 55sp4 admin loaded on machine (which was ghosted/cloned) reloaded admin + sp4 + Q289606 still get error any clues? No luck for me on MS technet thanks bill _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: NT 4 resolution
here's an easy way if you don't have many hosts: ping four or five hosts arp -a ping the next four or five arp -a repeat -Original Message- From: David Lloyd [mailto:David.Lloyd;which.co.uk] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 4:42 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: NT 4 resolution Hi Guys Was wondering if anyone is aware of a way of finding out all our hosts MAC addresses from NT4 server. I can get a list of host names to IP addresses from WINS/DHCP etc, _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
public folders permission denied NAV
Word of warning to anyone running NAV Corporate Edition 7.x: Messages in public folders for which users have read-only permissions will not be accessible if (a) they contain attachments and (b) the folder is homed on an E2K server. Apparently the NAV e-mail plugin scans the message before opening it and tries to mark the message as scanned. If the user doesn't have change rights, s/he can't mark the message and you get a permission-denied error. For some reason the problem doesn't manifest itself if the PF is homed on an E5.5 server. I spent most of last week troubleshooting until PSS found an internal KB article describing it as a known issue. The workarounds I've tested successfully are: * turn off NAV's e-mail plugin * access the public folders through OWA * copy the message to your Inbox and open it there When I upgraded my NAVCE 7.5 client to Symantec AntiVirus (SAV?) Corporate Edition 8.0, the problem disappeared. http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/3d2a1f71c5a003348525680f006426be/a6b13da3189e3c5888256b88007bb053?OpenDocument _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: scan Ex2000 for phrases or certain words in emails
MAILsweeper will block or copy emails meeting criteria you specify (contains a four-letter word; contains a .exe attachment; contains a virus; from [EMAIL PROTECTED]; whatever). I use the SMTP version which stands between the firewall and Exchange; there's a version that sits on the Exchange server as well--I don't know if it can look at messages that already sit in the mailboxes. Surfcontrol has a similar product. PowerControls from OnTrack will search any unmounted .edb for whatever you want. Cool product! Of course, E2K has its own full-text index. There must be a way to query it. You can also follow the DIY route with a fairly simple CDO script. Basically you just grab the GAL, open up the first mailbox listed in the GAL, recursively open every subfolder in that mailbox, scanning every item therein. Then open up the next mailbox The initial run will take a *very* long time but after that you can just add a filter to your code to screen out messages that haven't been modified in more than a day. You can also make the code run a bit quicker by ignoring all contact and journal folders. -Original Message- From: Kleciak, Clint D N21 [mailto:Clint.Kleciak;CIGNA.COM] Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:29 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: scan Ex2000 for phrases or certain words in emails OKI have an Exchange 2000 server with 4 SG's and 4 databases per SG,I need something that will scan the databases either continuously or on a per night basis with. It needs to scan not only subjects and attachment names but also the emails for any type of common 4 letter words or phrases like I promise a 50% return on this investment. I know all the downsides of running something like this on an Exchange Server but I have to provide a customer with a solution. Thanks for your help so far.. Clint It takes a boy to be a man behind a keyboard.unkown _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Quick SMTP cluster question
We switched last weekend from E55 IMS on a non-clustered box to an SMTP connector on an E2K active/passive cluster. No troubles. Took ten minutes (plus 7 hours tracking down what turned out to be a MAILsweeper config problem on the non-Exchange e-mail gateway server). -Original Message- From: Kelley, Jason [mailto:jwkelley;qualcomm.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:46 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Quick SMTP cluster question Can an exchange 2000 active/passive cluster host an SMTP connector or would the SMTP connector have to reside on a dedicated bridgehead server? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Moving E2k storage group to new Server
Centrinity is supposed to be coming out with a Linux version of its FirstClass e-mail/UM/collab server within a month or so. It's in beta now. http://www.centrinity.com/platforms/linux/ -Original Message- From: Allison M. Wittstock [mailto:aw;inubit.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:40 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Moving E2k storage group to new Server SuSE's OpenExchange server product sounds like a close replacement for a Windows e-mail/collabaration server: http://www.suse.com/us/business/products/suse_business/openexchange/index.html On Wednesday 06 November 2002 16:08, you wrote: Here's my take: A quick peek a CDW shows SBS at $1277 http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=274287. Microsoft is offering a $500 rebate if you can read the SBS sales literature and answer 20 some-odd questions. That puts the price at $777. I'm not familiar with the MCSP program, so I cannot comment on that. You are also forgetting about Exchange CALS at $70 each. You are correct in that growing past SBS is somewhat painful (I might argue with the 10-20 times more expensive. Exmerging 50 mailboxes is not that painful...), but I would maintain that if a company finds themselves outgrowing SBS, then it should not have been put in in the first place. Yes, Linux is a viable option for small companies (big ones, too). It does have some drawbacks, though. 1. Support. Finding a local consultant to support a Linux system is going to be harder than finding someone to support Microsoft products. 2. Third-party applications. Going Linux defiantly puts a company outside the mainstream and limits third party server applications like mail filtering, antivirus, web surfing control, etc. Running a business on Linux servers is, IMHO, very a very viable option. But, it pretty much requires a resident propeller-head to smooth over the rough spots. Most small companies (where SBS is targeted) just can't afford a full-time system admin. They would much rather farm it out to a consultant. Let's not forget that Exchange is more than email as well. There's nothing in the open source arena (that I know of) that can provide the same functionality that Exchange provides. I'll conclude stating that IMHO, SBS is an excellent value when applied in the appropriate environment - that is a small company (5-15 employees) needing at least file-sharing and Exchange and with no resident system admin. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PF replication
Is there a limit to the number of public folders one can replicate at any one time? I have maybe 400 PFs, all but ten of which were until recently homed on my 5.5 server. We'd like to get rid of the 5.5 box so we've been trying for several months now to replicate the folders to our E2K cluster. The first time we tried this I did all the folders at once: I used ESM to add the E2K server name in the Replicas tab of each top-level folder and I propagated changes to the children. Within a couple of days I noticed that some folders appeared emptier, and I soon confirmed that not only was replication not 100% successful, but some of the E2K replicas were actually *losing* data over time. One folder had 1281 items on the 5.5 server but 1235 on the E2K. Two days later the E2K server had 1201 items. Ten days later it had 50. Since only one user had the delete permissions, I knew I couldn't blame the users. I removed the E2K server from the Replicas tab, waited a day and tried again, this time changing replication priority to Urgent. Same result. I ran isintegs on the 5.5 and the E2K public stores and even replaced the E2K public store outright a couple of times. Nothing has helped. Then I tried doing smaller and smaller groups of folders with priority at Urgent and at Normal. Same result. Finally about a week ago I did one batch of 100 folders. After comparing 5.5 Admin's Public Folder Resources against ESM's Public Folder Instances, I determined that about 60 folders had fully replicated, so I removed the 5.5 replica from those folders. I then stopped and restarted replication on the remaining 40, and got about ten more. The next try netted four more, and since then I've been replicating three folders at a time, which has been successful but slow. Any ideas about what the problem might be? The E2K Cluster is running W2K AS SP2 and E2K SP3. The SRS server has W2K Server SP2 and E2K SP3. E2K SP3 has been applied to the AD Connector server as well. The 5.5 box is running NT4SP6a and E5.5 SP4. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange;ls.swynk.com Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36
MSFT came back with a solution. In ISM on each node, I went to the properties of Exchange Virtual Server | Exchweb | bin. In the Application Settings section of the Virtual Directory tab, I clicked on the Create button and hit OK. When both nodes were done, I went to cluster admin and cycled the Exchange HTTP Virtual Server resource. FYI -Original Message- From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36 Oops. logoff.asp (https://owaserver/exchweb/bin/usa/logoff.asp) -Original Message- From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:22 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36 Anyone else ever get this? Whenever a user clicks the logout button in OWA, I get the following event in my syslog: Event Type: Warning Event Source: W3SVC Event Category: None Event ID: 36 Date: 8/28/2002 Time: 10:06:12 AM User: N/A Computer: BEAUTY1 Description: The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/100/root'. The error was 'The specified metadata was not found. W2K AS SP2 Cluster; E2K SP2. Exchange running in Mixed mode. OWA and stores all on one cluster. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36
interesting. When our users hit the logout button, they see a Page cannot be displayed page. Do you see that as well? -Original Message- From: Varghese, Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 8:28 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36 I'm getting this error but it's not from logoff.asp. MS PSS had me uninstall, reinstall IIS, SP2, Exchange 2k, E2k SP3 in that order on our Exchange server. Now I get these errors every few minutes. Also people with mailboxes on that server can not access it with OWA. Wilson -Original Message- From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36 Oops. logoff.asp (https://owaserver/exchweb/bin/usa/logoff.asp) -Original Message- From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:22 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36 Anyone else ever get this? Whenever a user clicks the logout button in OWA, I get the following event in my syslog: Event Type: Warning Event Source: W3SVC Event Category: None Event ID: 36 Date: 8/28/2002 Time: 10:06:12 AM User: N/A Computer: BEAUTY1 Description: The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/100/root'. The error was 'The specified metadata was not found. W2K AS SP2 Cluster; E2K SP2. Exchange running in Mixed mode. OWA and stores all on one cluster. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36
Anyone else ever get this? Whenever a user clicks the logout button in OWA, I get the following event in my syslog: Event Type: Warning Event Source: W3SVC Event Category: None Event ID: 36 Date: 8/28/2002 Time: 10:06:12 AM User: N/A Computer: BEAUTY1 Description: The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/100/root'. The error was 'The specified metadata was not found. W2K AS SP2 Cluster; E2K SP2. Exchange running in Mixed mode. OWA and stores all on one cluster. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36
Oops. logoff.asp (https://owaserver/exchweb/bin/usa/logoff.asp) -Original Message- From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:22 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OWA2K logout.asp generates event 36 Anyone else ever get this? Whenever a user clicks the logout button in OWA, I get the following event in my syslog: Event Type: Warning Event Source: W3SVC Event Category: None Event ID: 36 Date: 8/28/2002 Time: 10:06:12 AM User: N/A Computer: BEAUTY1 Description: The server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC/100/root'. The error was 'The specified metadata was not found. W2K AS SP2 Cluster; E2K SP2. Exchange running in Mixed mode. OWA and stores all on one cluster. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Emailing tasks externally
If the contractor has Outlook and you have him listed in your Contacts folder or PAB, double-click on his e-mail address and check the always send to this recipient in Outlook rich-text format. You should then be able to assign him the task as if he were a local user. You can also use this technique to schedule meetings. Worst case, create a blank e-mail to the contractor, Insert | Item and attach the task. But if he doesn't use Outlook he probably won't be able to read the attachment. -Original Message- From: Orin Rehorst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 9:50 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Emailing tasks externally Tried to forward a task to a contractor (via external email). Didn't work. Can this be done? TIA, Regards, Orin Orin Rehorst Port of Houston Authority (Largest U.S. port in foreign tonnage) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (713)670-2443 Fax: (713)670-2457 TOPAS web site: www.homestead.com/topas/topas.html http://www.homestead.com/topas/topas.html _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
event 1025
Is anyone out there getting periodic event 1025s in their applogs? Esp. anyone with a cluster? I've got E2K SP2 running on W2K AS SP2 in a two-node cluster. There's also a 5.5 and another E2K server in the site. The E2K box is the SRS server. Every three to five hours, I get a pair of event 1025s that look like this: Source: MSExchangeIS Public Type: Warning Computer: name of the virtual Exchange server Desc: An error occurred on database First Storage Group\Public folders. Function name or description of problem: FEqEntryId Error: 0x80040107 MS is on the case but they haven't yet determined what's causing it. They *think* it's safe to ignore but I'm just curious as to whether anyone else sees it. Thanks. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
public folder permissions
I have two userids - one is a domain admin and the other is a regular domain user. The domain user account is linked to my mailbox. The domain admin account does not have a mailbox. About two weeks ago we migrated public folders from E5.5 to E2K and I am now finding that I cannot access most public folders when logged in with the admin userid. When I launch Outlook I attach to the MAPI profile of my mailbox (my admin account has full rights over this mailbox) and am able to send, receive, etc. However, when I try to public folders - even public folders that my mailbox has ownership over - Exchange assigns me the default rights, so frequently I find myself stuck with read-only or even no permissions. I'd rather not create a mailbox for my admin account just so to solve this problem but I will if I have to. Is that my only option? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Public Folder Sanity Check
You'll want to hear from someone more authoritative than myself, but my understanding is that the concept of homing disappeared in E2K, so if a public folder has several servers listed in its replication tab, all those servers own the folder equally. My gut is that the server would get repopulated but I wouldn't personally do this unless I'd tested it in a lab first (or if someone else on the list can attest to having done it). So maybe you would be better removing Server A from the replication lists first just to be safe. The good news is it's so easy to do with the Propagate Settings feature. Change the replicas in a root-level folder, then right-click on the folder and select All Tasks | Propagate Settings. Select Replicas and hit OK. All subfolders will now inherit the Replicas settings of the parent. Repeat for any other root level folders and you're done. -Original Message- From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 9:58 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Public Folder Sanity Check Hi all. Exchange 2000. I have all Public Folders replicated from server A to server B. On server A, the PF store is showing signs of corruption (error messages in event log) Will it be OK if I dismount the PF store on server A and delete pub1.edb and pub1.stm. Then I would mount the PF store and fresh pub1.edb and pub1.stm would get created. The question is - will the fresh PF store on server A get re-populated based on the server B's replicas? Or should I first completely rehome all PFs to server B by removing their replicas from server A? (Then after the fresh pub1.edb and pub1.stm files are created on server A, rehome all the replicas back to server A) Thanks in advance! _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do I need to move these mailboxes
I know this is a dumb question but I just wanna be sure. I've just about completed moving mailboxes from 5.5 to 2K but I still have a couple left. I'm not sure whether I should leave the remainder on the 5.5 server or migrate them. I call them mailboxes only because I see them listed in the Mailbox Resources of the old server. The mailboxes remaining are: * Directory service * Internet mail service (SERVER) * Mailbox Cleanup Agent * Microsoft Schedule+ Free/Busy Connector * System Attendant System Attendant is the only one for which I see a clone on the 2K server. I can ignore them all, right? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Importing a GAL
If they're treating you as custom recipients, that's how you'll want to treat them. You'll want to edit the .csv file substantially. Remove all columns except Obj-class, display name, alias name, e-mail address and whatever display fields you like to use (company, dept, phone, address, etc). Then change the Obj-class column to Remote for every row. e.g.: Obj-Class,Display Name,Alias Name,E-mail address,Obj-Container Remote,Joe Schmoe,jschmoe,SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED],/o=Jennison/ou=Jennison/cn=Recipien ts -Original Message- From: Paul Patti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 4:35 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Importing a GAL Hi Everyone, My company was acquired by a larger corp. some time back but is basically run like an individual company. We get our e-mail forwarded from corp.com to our MS Exchange Server 5.5, abc.com. I think they forward us as custom recipients. The problem is they can see us in their GAL but we can't see them in our's. What I want to do is import their GAL so my user's can just pick someones name out of the list, instead of trying to remember how to spell their name. I got them to export their GAL in a CSV file and send it to me but when I imported it, I got errors for every name in the list. Was I suppose to edit their list? Any suggestions? It looked too easy. I should of known it couldn't be that easy! _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
can't delete via owa
Environment: Exch 5.5 SP4 on NT4 SP6a Exch2K SP2 on W2K SP2 I have a user who gets an Unable to Delete Item error whenever she tries to delete mail from her mailbox via OWA 5.5. I have no trouble deleting mail from her mailbox, and nor does the E2K service account. The E5.5 service account, however, is also unable to delete. OWA 2000 works the way it's supposed to, but because we're only halfway through our migration to E2K, we are not making OWA 2K available to the internet yet. It feels like it must be a permissions issue, but nothing strikes me as untoward (but what do I know). The E2K server has two mailbox stores--Mailbox Store (server) for most users and Mailbox Hogs Store (server) for this user and a few others whom management has allowed 150MB of storage. The only two differences between Mailbox Store and Mailbox Hogs store are the storage limits and the fact that the Hogs store isn't indexed. Users homed on the Mailbox Store have no delete issues, but I have not been able to test any users on the Hogs store yet. Q186673 suggests bringing her down below her storage limit (I raised her warning limit; her Send limit was not set) and upgrading beyond 5.5 SP1 (done). Any suggestions? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: ADC issue
270480 is MSFT-only but I tried 256862, which caused two additional mailboxes to be created after I restarted ADC. Argh. Got PSS involved and they had me go through the same process as before, with this exception: I removed all Exchange attributes from all the AD userids after I stopped the service. Did the trick. Thanks for getting me started. -Original Message- From: Midgley, Ian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:53 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: ADC issue Q270480 and Q256862. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ADC issue
One of my VIP users has two 5.5 mailboxes--the primary one that everyone sends mail to and a private one for who knows what. The private mailbox' name is fname minitial lname (Jane E. Smith), while her public mailbox is simply fname lname (Jane Smith). We recently installed AD, E2K and ADC. No errors were reported when ADC did its initial replication, though of course lots of new mailboxes were created. Here's the catch--her NT4 userid's display name (and hence her AD userid's display name) matches the secondary mailbox name, which is apparently why ADC connected that secondary mailbox to her primary AD account and created a new disabled account for her primary mailbox. We didn't notice it until this past weekend, when I wrote a script listing all the mailboxes and their userids. How can I exchange the two mailboxes? What I want to do is reassign the primary mailbox to her primary AD account and the secondary mailbox to the disabled AD account, and then change the two accounts' display names to reflect the mailbox swap. Though we've begun our firmwide migration to E2K, both mailboxes are still on the 5.5 server. E5.5: 5.5 SP4 on NT4 SP6a E2K: E2K SP2 on W2K AS SP2 ADC is installed on a DC running W2K SP2 _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: ADC issue
I came very close to doing just that, but: The Jane E. Smith userid is jsmith. Jane Smith's (disabled) userid is jsmith1. If I rename the two accounts, the private mailbox is still assigned to the jsmith userid, ie the userid she's been using forever and ever. If she wants to continue logging in as jsmith, she's still going to be using the wrong userid to access her primary mailbox. That's not tragic--it's just another record in the event log every time she launches Outlook. But now her private mailbox is Jane Smith and her public one is Jane E. Smith, so all the users who know about the two mailboxes have to be educated on which mailbox is which. Since Jane E. Smith is not currently visible in the GAL, it won't be a huge problem for the rest of the users. If I swap the two userids instead, then logging in as jsmith will now take her to the correct mailbox, but I'll have to redo all her share permissions, ntfs permissions and group memberships because jsmith will have a different SID than the old jsmith did. Plus her local profile on her NT4 PC will change from jsmith to jsmith.000, so I'll be called down to explain why all the files (she wasn't supposed to store) on her Desktop are missing. If I can figure out a way to do it, I'll swap the two mailboxes and then rename the two AD userids. All that will change is the SID behind Jane E. Smith's mailbox and the SID behind Jane Smith's mailbox will be different. In 5.5, I'd just click on the Primary Windows NT Account button and be done with it. If I do that now (after all the two mailboxes are still homed on a 5.5 server) will the change replicate to AD? Right now--even after ADC replication--5.5 shows both mailboxes' primary NT account is jsmith. -Original Message- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 1:06 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: ADC issue Might it not be easier to rename the two accounts? Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant hp Services Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Move Mailbox 5.5 - 2K
The looping NDRs go away after 15-30 minutes, depending on the mailbox. I guess it's just to be expected (it kinda makes sense), though I didn't see anything relevant in the KB. The other errors happened when I tried moving *my* mailbox, and went on for about an hour before I moved the mailbox back to 5.5. -Original Message- From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 1:19 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Move Mailbox 5.5 - 2K 5.5 SP4 on NTSP6a, E2K SP2 on W2K AS SP2. Attempts to move mailboxes from 5.5 to E2K appear to be successful, but 5.5 users get NDRs when they attempt to send mail to the newly-moved mailboxes. The NDRs cite either a communications failure or looping. New mailboxes on the E2K box are fine--everyone can send mail back and forth. The E2K server being moved to is on a cluster, but we have another E2K server set up for SRS. Am I supposed to move mailboxes to the SRS server first, and from there to the cluster? Any other thoughts? These three messages appeared in the 5.5 server's event log when I tried to send mail to one mailbox: (source MSExchangeMTA, category X.400 Service; ID 201): A loop has been detected in the message C=US;A=attmail;P=jennison;L=DUMBO-020703163848Z-9746 being transferred in. A non-delivery report was generated with reason code unable-to-transfer and diagnostic code loop-detected. [MTA XFER-IN 11 104] (14) (source MSExchangeMTA, category X.400 Service; ID 201): A loop has been detected in the message C=US;A=attmail;P=jennison;L=DUMBO-020703163848Z-9746 being transferred in. A non-delivery report was generated with reason code unable-to-transfer and diagnostic code loop-detected. [MTA XFER-IN 11 104] (14) (source MSExchangeMTA, category X.400 Service; ID 290): A non-delivery report (reason code unable-to-transfer and diagnostic code loop-detected) is being generated for message C=US;A=attmail;P=jennison;L=DUMBO-020703163848Z-9746. It was originally destined for DN:/o=JENNISON/ou=JENNISON/cn=RECIPIENTS/cn=CRExec§C=US;A=attmail;P=jennison ;S=Executive;G=ConfRoom; (recipient number 1), and was to be redirected to . [MTA DISP:ROUTER 11 136] (12) These three events appeared on the 5.5 server when I tried to send mail to another mailbox: (source MSExchangeISPrivate, category Transport Delivering; ID 2025): The delivery of a message failed due to error 80040111. A non-delivery report is being sent to the message's originator. (80040111 is Cdo_E_LOGON_FAILED) (source MSExchangeMTA, category X.400 Service; ID 270): A permanent error has occurred with Entity /O=JENNISON/OU=JENNISON/CN=CONFIGURATION/CN=SERVERS/CN=DUMBO/CN=MICROSOFT PRIVATE MDB. Entity is a Message Object is a Normal Priority Message. Object: 06C3. Message ID: C=us;A=attmail;P=jennison;L=DUMBO02070316063CL5YDN0 Content length: 3928, External Trace information (first 100 bytes) = 30806380618013025553628013076174746D61696C13086A656E6E69736F6E31 80800D3032303730333136303630375A82010083020600, PDU dump reference 33 [MTA SUBMIT 14 74] (14) (source MSExchangeMTA, category X.400 Service; ID 290): A non-delivery report (reason code transfer-failure and diagnostic code Omit any diagnostic code) is being generated for message C=us;A=attmail;P=jennison;L=DUMBO02070316063CL5YDN0. It was originally destined for DN:/o=JENNISON/ou=JENNISON/cn=RECIPIENTS/cn=JHill§ (recipient number 1), and was to be redirected to . [MTA DISP:RESULT 18 136] (12) _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Many stopped Virtual Servers
The dead servers were deleted via AD Users and Computers. They're gone. I
can't see them in ADSIEdit or LDP (unless there are references to their
GUIDs that I missed). But every time we rebuilt the nodes we used the same
virtual server name. Same node names, as well.
I should mention that our production mailboxes are still running 5.5, and I
have several CAs running, including a two-way between the DC and the primary
5.5 server for mailboxes, custom recipients, etc; another two-way between
the same servers for public folders; and a two-way from the DC to the SRS
server.
In AD Users and Computers, I see multiple entries within domain root |
CN=Exchange System Objects. For example, I have
CN=Default-1,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=Default-2,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=Default-3,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=exchangeV1,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=exchangeV1-1,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=exchangeV1-2,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=exchangeV1-3,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=exchweb,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=exchweb-1,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=exchweb-2,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
CN=exchweb-3,CN=Microsoft Exchange System Objects,...
Others include GlobalEvents, GlobalEvents-1, -2, -3, -4;
internal, internal-1, -2, -3, -4;
microsoft, microsoft-1, -2, -3;
new accts changes, new accts changes1, new accts changes-1, new accts
changes11, new accts changes-2;
CN=OWAScratchPad{5E5367FF-AC00-4208-8FC7-D9136998F47C},
OWAScratchPad{CE3578CB-4681-44D4-8503-3B3E903D2C1F},
OWAScratchPad{CE3578CB-4681-44D4-8503-3B3E903D2C1F}-1, -2, -3;
Schema-root, -1, -2, -3;
StoreEvents{5E5367FF-AC00-4208-8FC7-D9136998F47C},
StoreEvents{CE3578CB-4681-44D4-8503-3B3E903D2C1F}, -1, -2, -3
We only have two E2K servers in the organization. I believe the first GUID
referenced in OWAScratchPad and StoreEvents refers to an E2K server being
used for SRS; the multiple instances of the second GUID lead me to believe
it refers to the several instances of the cluster that have appeared and
been killed over time. The GUIDs referenced don't match the actual GUIDs of
the servers (as shown in LDP), but that's the only thing I can think of.
Is it time to bring in MSFT?
-Original Message-
From: Jojo Solis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:48 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Many stopped Virtual Servers
used ADSI to remove the dead server.
-Original Message-
From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 2 July 2002 6:13 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Many stopped Virtual Servers
Exch2K SP2, Win2K AS SP2, 2-node MSCS Cluster.
I am in the process of setting up a new Exchange server and I notice that
each of the Protocols folders (HTTP, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP) has 5 stopped
virtual servers and one functional virtual server. I don't see any way to
remove the old servers and I have no idea where they came from. I also
notice four instances of every public folder name in First Storage Group |
xxx Public Folders | Public Folders.
The only thing that occurs to me is that we have dropped and rebuilt the two
cluster nodes several times, including at least three complete cluster
rebuilds during which we wiped the data directories, deleted the two servers
from AD, and reinstalled Win2K etc from scratch. In every case that I know
about, we just killed the servers without uninstalling Exchange.
I guess I have three questions:
1. Were we complete imbeciles for killing the servers the way we did? I
realize *now* I should have removed Exch beforehand. Nuts.
2. Was the abrupt removal of the previous clusters the cause of our grief?
3. Is there anything I can do to remove the dead virtual servers?
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RE: VB - Retrieving contacts from Exchange Server
Your code used the Outlook Object Model, so the following code should work: Set olNS = ol.GetNamespace(MAPI) Set olGAL = olNS.AddressLists(Global Address List) For Each olThisBox In olGAL.AddressEntries If olThisBox.DisplayType = olUser Then Set mailbox = olNS.CreateRecipient(outThisBox.Name) ...insert code here... End If Next It would probably run faster if you used the CDO model. The following might get you started: Sub FindMessageCDO() 'find all messages whose subject contains a particular line of text Dim strProfileInfo As String Dim cdoSession As New MAPI.Session Dim cdoGAL As MAPI.AddressList Dim cdoMailboxes As MAPI.AddressEntries Dim cdoThisBox As MAPI.AddressEntry Dim cdoInbox As MAPI.Folder Dim cdoInboxMsgs As MAPI.Messages Dim cdoInboxFilter As MAPI.MessageFilter Dim cdoThisMsg As MAPI.Message Dim cdoOtherSession As MAPI.Session Dim iBadMsgCount As Integer Dim dtmStart As Date Const strSUBJ = Homepage strExchServer=MyMailServer strMailbox = MyMailbox strProfileInfo = strExchServer + vbLf + strMailbox Set cdoGAL = cdoSession.AddressLists(Global Address List) For Each cdoThisBox In cdoGAL.AddressEntries With cdoThisBox If .DisplayType = olUser Then iBadMsgCount = 0 Set cdoOtherSession = Application.CreateObject(Mapi.Session) strProfileInfo = strExchServer + vbLf + .Address cdoOtherSession.Logon , , False, True, 0, True, strProfileInfo On Error Resume Next Set cdoInbox = cdoOtherSession.Inbox If Err = 0 Then On Error GoTo 0 Set cdoInboxMsgs = cdoOtherSession.Inbox.Messages ...insert code here... Set cdoInboxMsgs = Nothing End If End If End With Next End Sub _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Errors administering one server in a site.
WAG - have you checked the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\Exchange Provider\Rpc_Binding_Order key on your workstation and on the server? Does Outlook on your XP box reach the fifth server? -Original Message- From: Nick Field [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 6:19 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Errors administering one server in a site. Hi all, I am having a strange problem which I am hoping people here might have some ideas about. I have recently ( about a month ago ) added a fifth server to our Exchange 5.5 (Sp4 NT4sp6a domain ) site. Everything seems to be working fine except one niggling little problem, I have the Admin program installed on my Windows XP workstation. I can connect to the first four servers with no problem, but when I try to connect to the new server ( either by File-Connect to Server or Expand server and try to access any information ) I get DS_E_COMMUNICATION_PROBLEM or something similar. I can administer this server fine from an NT4 workstation at the same location as my XP workstation. I have tried re-installing the admin program to no avail. The only reference to problems like this I can find in the KB reference separate domains, but this is not the case. Thanks for any thoughts. Nick _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: OWA 2k in mixed mode with ex.5.5 owa
Have all your mailboxes been moved to E2K? If not, just bear in mind that E2K OWA can't access E5.5 mailboxes, whereas E5.5 OWA can read E2K mailboxes. But there's no reason you can't have both versions of OWA running simultaneously (on different servers, naturally). -Original Message- From: Pennell, Ronald B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 2:19 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OWA 2k in mixed mode with ex.5.5 owa Getting to the point in my E2k rollout where I only have the first server in the site to removed (ex.5.5). I'm running OWA (ex5.5), but, want to know if I can install my first front-end server (E2K) and have both up running at the same time? Probably be atleast another month before I pull the plug on the remaining 5.5 server. Ron _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Many stopped Virtual Servers
Since I know everyone is waiting with bated breath for the solution, here it is. Turns out it's a known issue and it happens whenever an Exchange cluster is built using the name of a previously-existing Exchange cluster. The solution was really simple--all I had to do was delete the SA resource from Cluster Admin, wait until the deletion had replicated across all servers, and add it back. The AD tree that I needed to look at was: Configuration Container | Configuration | Services | Microsoft Exchange | orgname | Administrative Groups | sitename | Servers | servername. When I deleted the SA cluster resource, the servername branch in the tree was purged. When I added SA back again, Exchange recreated the servername branch from scratch. When I deleted the cluster nodes from AD the first four or five times, the servername branch was *not* deleted. Anyway, I'm back and I'm happy. -Original Message- From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 6:13 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Many stopped Virtual Servers Exch2K SP2, Win2K AS SP2, 2-node MSCS Cluster. I am in the process of setting up a new Exchange server and I notice that each of the Protocols folders (HTTP, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP) has 5 stopped virtual servers and one functional virtual server. I don't see any way to remove the old servers and I have no idea where they came from. I also notice four instances of every public folder name in First Storage Group | xxx Public Folders | Public Folders. The only thing that occurs to me is that we have dropped and rebuilt the two cluster nodes several times, including at least three complete cluster rebuilds during which we wiped the data directories, deleted the two servers from AD, and reinstalled Win2K etc from scratch. In every case that I know about, we just killed the servers without uninstalling Exchange. I guess I have three questions: 1. Were we complete imbeciles for killing the servers the way we did? I realize *now* I should have removed Exch beforehand. Nuts. 2. Was the abrupt removal of the previous clusters the cause of our grief? 3. Is there anything I can do to remove the dead virtual servers? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Many stopped Virtual Servers
Exch2K SP2, Win2K AS SP2, 2-node MSCS Cluster. I am in the process of setting up a new Exchange server and I notice that each of the Protocols folders (HTTP, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP) has 5 stopped virtual servers and one functional virtual server. I don't see any way to remove the old servers and I have no idea where they came from. I also notice four instances of every public folder name in First Storage Group | xxx Public Folders | Public Folders. The only thing that occurs to me is that we have dropped and rebuilt the two cluster nodes several times, including at least three complete cluster rebuilds during which we wiped the data directories, deleted the two servers from AD, and reinstalled Win2K etc from scratch. In every case that I know about, we just killed the servers without uninstalling Exchange. I guess I have three questions: 1. Were we complete imbeciles for killing the servers the way we did? I realize *now* I should have removed Exch beforehand. Nuts. 2. Was the abrupt removal of the previous clusters the cause of our grief? 3. Is there anything I can do to remove the dead virtual servers? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Off Topic - Seeking Auotmation Method: SMS, Scripts, etc.
If you wanted to do it all at once rather than wait for users to log in, you could write an adsi script that would loop through every machine name found in the AD (or SAM), and then use fso to loop through every folder name found under documents and settings. Something like: sub main set wsh=createobject(wscript.shell) set fso = CreateObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject) Set adsDomain = GetObject(WinNT://MyDomain) For Each adsComp In adsDomain if adsComp.class=Computer then Set fsoFolder=fso.GetFolder(\\ adsComp.Name \Documents and Settings for each fsoUserFolder in fsoFolder.SubFolders fso.deletefile(fsoUserFolder.Path \local settings\file1 next end if next end sub The above is real bare-bones and probably won't work without tweaking. I would strongly recommend error trapping, or else you'll error out at the first machine that's disconnected. You should also create a log file that lists describes each action completed and whether or not an error was recorded--makes it easier to determine which machines weren't touched. -Original Message- From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 4:26 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Off Topic - Seeking Auotmation Method: SMS, Scripts, etc. In their login scripts add lines like: del %USERPROFILE%\local settings\file1 del %USERPROFILE%\local settings\file2 -Original Message- From: Derrick Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:18 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Off Topic - Seeking Auotmation Method: SMS, Scripts, etc. To resolve a problem with user's inability to download server-side Outlook Forms, I have to delete two files from the profile folders of every profile on every Windows 2000 Pro client currently deployed. This path is static with the exception of the user's name: c:\documents and settings\user name\local settings\ Does anyone have any ideas of how to automate this task so Help Desk want have to deploy SneakerNet to correct the problem? We have SMS deployed. Thanks in advance. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Meeting Requests
Many of my users are getting the following message when they open meeting requests that have been sent to them: This meeting is not in the Calendar; it may have been moved or deleted. Once the user Accepts or Accepts Tentative, the meeting appears in the Calendar where it belongs. Our Environment: * O2000 SR-1 * Exchange 5.5 SP4 * We connected an Exch2000 sp2 server to our site a couple weeks ago but have only moved two mailboxes so far. The Exch 5.5 server has ADC (from the Exch2K sp2 CD) installed. In Outlook, Tools | Options | E-mail Options | Tracking Options | Process Requests and Responses on arrival is checked. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
authentication dialog after Exch 2K migration
We are planning to upgrade to AD and Exch2K in a week. Our testing so far has been favorable with one pretty significant exception: In our test domain, we have a couple NT4 workstations with Office 2000 SR1 installed via the Custom Installation Wizard (ie, a customized server-based install to the local hard drive), an Exch 5.5 SP4 and an Exch 2K SP2 server in a single site, and an AD DC that used to be an NT4 BDC and was upgraded dcpromo'd. Both Win2K servers run Win2K SP2 without SRP1. NT4 servers and workstations all run SP6a. Outlook on the NT4 boxes successfully connects to mailboxes on the Exch 5.5 server. When those mailboxes are moved to the Exch2K box (right-click on the userid in AD Users Computers on the Exch2K box | Exchange Tasks | Move Mailbox), subsequent attempts on the NT4 workstation to connect to the mailbox generate an authentication dialog asking for a userid, domain and password that does not accept the credentials we type in. This dialog repeats about ten times before Outlook gives up and asks if you want to open using default folders. For example, the Joe User mailbox exists on an Exch 5.5 box. I log into the workstation as JUser and launch Outlook, connecting to Joe User's mailbox. I then shut down the workstation, go to the Exch2K server, move Joe User's mailbox to Exchange 2K, and boot the NT4 box. I again log in as JUser and launch Outlook. I get prompted for a userid, domain and password, into which I retype JUser's credentials. No dice. If I completely reinstall Office from CD, I am able to connect to the mailbox without any trouble. Any thoughts? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: authentication dialog after Exch 2K migration
The NT domain was upgraded to AD. And when Outlook is installed from CD on the same NT4 workstation, no problems. -Original Message- From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 1:07 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: authentication dialog after Exch 2K migration It's a rights issue. Give the user additional mailbox rights. e.i add user from the Nt domain to the AD account. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: authentication dialog after Exch 2K migration
Yeah, we've tried recreating the profile. I can't even get the Check Name button to work if I specify the new server. If I specify the old server and hit Check Name, it changes the old server to the new server name (as it should). Odd that it doesn't work when the new server is specified directly, though. On a CD-installed PC, I can specify either server and everything's fine. I'll try resyncing the AD connector again, but I'm pretty sure I've done that too. -Original Message- From: Gerhart, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 1:18 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: authentication dialog after Exch 2K migration Have you tried to recreate just the outlook profile? I don't think it's a rights issue, because the domain is still the same (Just upgraded an your NT4 DC to win2k, Right?). Also, try to sync the AD Connector after the mailbox is moved _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
suppressing R e a d r e c e i p t s
The Lord High Mucky-Muck at my firm is *finally* acceding to our demands that she clean up her mailbox. One of her assistants has been tasked with going through the 5000 items in her Inbox and filing/deleting them as appropriate. For any message that contains an attachment, she is to save the attachment to a specified share, delete the attachment from the message, and add text indicating where the attachment was saved. Unfortunately, whenever the assistant opens an e-mail that has Read Receipts enabled, the receipt that goes out says that the assistant has opened the message. This understandably bothers a lot of the senders, because much of this mail is confidential. We've added the manager's Mailbox to the assistant's Exchange profile. What I'd really like to do is suppress all Read Receipts for the assistant (so they could still fire when the manager opens a message), but even a global Read Receipt suppression would be better than what we have right now. We're currently running Exch 5.5 but will upgrade to 2K in 3-4 weeks. The client is Outlook 2K. Any help would be tremendously appreciated. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: suppressing R e a d r e c e i p t s
Thanks, David. Grinningshark will almost certainly solve our problem. What a great product. Serdar, I didn't know that. Thanks. Unfortunately, O2K2 is not on the horizon for us. As for your Exch question, yes it's worthwhile. We can move all the attachments to low-cost storage (our SAN has a bunch of cheap 4x73GB disk arrays for file shares versus faster 4x18GB arrays for Exchange). Also, by getting the attachments out of the way we're improving Exchange's performance. The nightly database cleanup already takes about eight hours. Plus, we expect that the assistant will be able to delete at least 40% of the attachments she finds, since a lot of them are simply revisions of earlier attachments that the manager won't care about. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: suppressing R e a d r e c e i p t s
Her mailbox is taking up half a gig so far. If we just got rid of the attachments it would be down around 30-40MB. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 4:54 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: suppressing R e a d r e c e i p t s At our office, that was tried (once). Right about here though, snip since a lot of them are simply revisions of earlier attachments that the manager won't care about. /snip something bad happened That one user really has that much impact on the whole system? Paul -Original Message- From: Jon Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 4:44 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: suppressing R e a d r e c e i p t s Thanks, David. Grinningshark will almost certainly solve our problem. What a great product. Serdar, I didn't know that. Thanks. Unfortunately, O2K2 is not on the horizon for us. As for your Exch question, yes it's worthwhile. We can move all the attachments to low-cost storage (our SAN has a bunch of cheap 4x73GB disk arrays for file shares versus faster 4x18GB arrays for Exchange). Also, by getting the attachments out of the way we're improving Exchange's performance. The nightly database cleanup already takes about eight hours. Plus, we expect that the assistant will be able to delete at least 40% of the attachments she finds, since a lot of them are simply revisions of earlier attachments that the manager won't care about. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Email Virus Protection
We have MIMESweeper between our firewall and our Exchange server. It's great at protecting us from worms e-mailed to the firm. It works with third-party AV software (we use Sophos but if I had to choose today I'd probably go with Trend), plus we've set up rules to quarantine all files with specific extensions (see the Extensions to Block thread from last week). What it can't do is protect us from users with hotmail accounts, etc. Two users last week launched Goner from their hotmail and MSN accounts, thereby infecting the firm. Because of MIMESweeper nobody else was infected, but still. We're considering putting WebSweeper on the same box as MIMESweeper. I expect we'll make a decision within the next two or three weeks. We also use NAV Corporate Edition on the desktop. Fantastic management capabilities but Symantec tends to be late to the party with their definitions. They had defs for Goner by noon but didn't tell anyone. I found out through this list (thank you, Barry). -Original Message- From: BY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 6:31 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Email Virus Protection Hello Group, If you have a choice as an Exchange Administrator, would you prefer to protect your Exchange environment by installing an e-mail filtering product (gateway) at the DMZ area instead of installing an anti-virus mail product on the machine running Exchange Server? I prefer an gateway solution because I have no confident to complicate my Exchange environment if possible. It seems to me that sometimes Exchange cannot get along well with these products. By doing that, do you think I would be able to filter both incoming and outgoing mails from virus infection? According to my last year's investigation, Trendmicro was the highly recommended one to be running on Exchange server. Is this still the case? I am reviewing the solution again since the management is ready now. I would also appreciate your recommendation which e-mail filtering product you like. Also, if budget is an issue, should I introduce an antivirus product for Exchange Server or an e-mail filtering gateway product ? Thank you for your contribution. BY _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: extensions to block
We add .cmd .bat but subtract .txt. We also allow the picture extensions. If you want to tick off your users you can also block .doc, .xls, .ppt. We just make sure to scan them for known viruses before we pass them along (we do quarantine password-protected documents because Sophos can't check them out). -Original Message- From: Orin Rehorst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:09 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: extensions to block What list of extensions do you recommend to block infected attachments? This one? .js, .vbs, .exe, .txt, .zip, .scr, .pif, .lnk, .avi, .mpeg, .jpeg, .gif, .mov _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Veritas Storage Migrator
Anyone familiar with this product? http://www.veritas.com/products/category/ProductDetail.jhtml?productId=stora gemigratorexchange As an investment advisor, Jennison gets loads of attachments from the sell side. Many of our equity analysts get upwards of 30MB/day, and it's a real chore getting them to manage their mailbox size. While this Veritas Storage Migrator, by moving old attachments out of priv.edb to a secondary server, wouldn't solve our problem, it could certainly help us a lot. I was wondering what you on the list thought of it. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
