RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread Freddie Soerensen
Well, you can set up the spamfilter to quarantine the filtered messages for later review and if there should be a legitimate message it can be retrieved. I don't think there are any spamfilters which blocks 100% spam and 0% legitimate messages. Freddie -Original Message- From: Tigue

RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread John Etie
We're evaluating this companies product, http://www.lightspeedsystems.com/. Seems quite good so far. -Original Message- From: Bailey, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:20 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: how to cut down on spam We use the Surf

Exchange 5.5 Changing Domains

2003-06-26 Thread Bendall, Paul
Hi Guys, I have read the FAQ on www.swinc.com with regard to changing the domain a Exchange 5.5 server resides in. What I am not clear on is whether you can run a site with some servers in one domain and some in the other or whether all servers must reside in one domain or the other within the

Slightly OT: Windows 2000 SP4 ...

2003-06-26 Thread Atkinson, Miles
... has been released to Premier customers. Sorry, I don't have a public URL for it, but the fixes are at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;327194, Exchange is mentioned a couple of times. _ List posting FAQ:

Restoring Exchange 5.5. to the same name

2003-06-26 Thread Smith Thomas Contr 911 SPTG/SC
I understand that when you do a restore there is a procedure that you can do it with the server you are restoring is online and the new server with the same name is online. Has anyone ever restored Exchange to a new server like that? And when you copy the logs to the new server it would still be

RE: IPM.Post VS. IPM.Note

2003-06-26 Thread Roger Seielstad
Actually, that sounds like the network password is out of sync between the client and the domain. Try closing all applications, ensuring you're logged into only one machine, and then change your network password from that machine. --

Re: Exchange 5.5 Changing Domains

2003-06-26 Thread Andy David
You can have two servers that are in separate domains in one site . Its all a matter of making sure the required trusts are there as well as ensuring the service account has the necessary permissions in each domain. I did this last in 1998 and IIRC, it was pretty painless and not much different

Re: Restoring Exchange 5.5. to the same name

2003-06-26 Thread Andy David
What are you trying to accomplish? - Original Message - From: Smith Thomas Contr 911 SPTG/SC [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 6:30 AM Subject: Restoring Exchange 5.5. to the same name I understand that when you do a restore

RE: Exchange 5.5 Changing Domains

2003-06-26 Thread Roger Seielstad
Its absolutely possible. 3 years ago I ran a 10 site org in which all 10 sites were in local resource domains. The one caveat is that its much easier to do with X.400 connectors than with Site Connectors. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE

RE: Public folders problem with 5.5 upgrade

2003-06-26 Thread Marlovits, John [JM1]
It's set to always -Original Message- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:52 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Public folders problem with 5.5 upgrade Then something is keeping replication from happening. How is public folder replication

RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread Orin Rehorst
edoxs blocks 0% legitimate messages because they verify all entries in their filter are spam. Regards, Orin -Original Message- From: Freddie Soerensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:24 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: how to cut down on spam Well,

RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread Freddie Soerensen
Orin Who verifies that ? They never make mistakes ? Freddie -Original Message- From: Orin Rehorst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Donnerstag, 26. Juni 2003 15:47 To: Exchange Discussions edoxs blocks 0% legitimate messages because they verify all entries in their filter are

RE: Slightly OT: Windows 2000 SP4 ...

2003-06-26 Thread Jeff Beckham
Found alink here: http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12129category=main which has a link to SP4 here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/a/e6a04295-d2a8-40d0-a0c5-241 bfecd095e/w2ksp4_en.exe if it wrapped use: http://tinyurl.com/f7te Jeff -Original Message- From:

Re: Slightly OT: Windows 2000 SP4 ...

2003-06-26 Thread Martin Tuip [MVP]
As always .. please test it in your lab first AND read the release notes. ** Please prefix your subject header with BETA for posts dealing with Exchange 2003 ** -- Martin Tuip MVP Exchange Exchange 2000 List owner www.exchange-mail.org www.sharepointserver.com [EMAIL

OOOF Outlook98 and Exchange 2000

2003-06-26 Thread Exchange Discussion
I have an issue with one user in that they set Out Of Office, but it doesn't work. Although it informs them that it is on, if a mail is sent to them no OOO is received in reply. Server: 1 Exchange 2000 Sp3 Mailbox limit set to 280Mb Client NT4 SP6 Outlook 98

Exchange 5.5 Licensing

2003-06-26 Thread Stew Leonard
Can anyone explain how Exchange 5.5 licensing works. If we need to have 250 users mailboxes do we need 250 licenses? Is is based on concurrent users--for example if a company has 1000 mailboxes but at any point only 50 people are connected to the exchange server do you only need 50 licenses?   Its

RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread Christopher Hummert
Nothing in life is ever 100%. I would be worried about any company that claimed their product worked 100% of the time -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orin Rehorst Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 6:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE:

RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread Mellott, Bill
Death and Taxes = 100% -Original Message- From: Christopher Hummert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:21 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: how to cut down on spam Nothing in life is ever 100%. I would be worried about any company that claimed their

RE: OOOF Outlook98 and Exchange 2000

2003-06-26 Thread Ben Winzenz
Does it not work period, or does it just not work when receiving mail from the Internet? Exchange 2000 (and 5.5) have a feature that allows you to turn off Out of Office responses to the Internet. Exchange 2000 has this turned off by default. If OOF is working inside the office, but not

RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread Bob Sadler
CMH winners don't pay taxes :) Bob Sadler City of Leawood, KS, USA WAN/Internet Specialist 913-339-6700 x194 -Original Message- From: Mellott, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:34 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: how to cut down on spam Death

RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread Christopher Hummert
The country could go into civil war, so it's possible that you wouldn't pay taxes then since no one would be around to collect them. Unlikely but possible. Therefore I still stand my original statement -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: Exchange 5.5 Licensing

2003-06-26 Thread Matt Hoffman
You need to have as many CALs (client access licenses) as you do users who will connect. As far as I know each user must have their own CAL. Terminal Services works the way you're suggesting, but not this. You might not be able to buy a 5.5 CAL anymore... You may have to buy Exchange 2000

RE: Slightly OT: Windows 2000 SP4 ...

2003-06-26 Thread Atkinson, Miles
Going no-where near the production system until some other mug(s) have done all the testing first. ;-) As always .. please test it in your lab first AND read the release notes. _ List posting FAQ:

RE: Exchange 5.5 Licensing

2003-06-26 Thread hawkinsgp
Yes, that's correct - the 5.5 CALs are no longer available, but the Exchange 2K CALs entitle you to use downlevel versions of the product. If you have 250 users and one Exchange server, purchase one server license and 250 CALs. _

Re: Exchange 5.5 Changing Domains

2003-06-26 Thread hawkinsgp
The domain is all but irrelevant. All the Exchange servers care about really is the sites and site connectors. It's users, particularly those using OWA, who need to worry about the domain. _ List posting FAQ:

RE: Exchange 5.5 IMS vs. Windows 2000 SMTP

2003-06-26 Thread Nizar El-Assaad
Thanks for the info. I should have prepared my homework better! Best Regards Nizar El-Assaad -Original Message- From: Andrew Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:03 PM Posted To: Lyris MS Exchange Discussions Conversation: Exchange 5.5 IMS vs. Windows

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread hawkinsgp
I highly recommend going to one of the sites like mailabuse.org and following their directions to verify that you're not an open relay BEFORE you get blacklisted. It can be a real pain to get off all the blacklists, and your users will scream bloody murder.

OT: Anti Virus Feedback

2003-06-26 Thread Chris H
Does anyone have any experience with Panda Anti Virus on the server (exchange or file) or desktop they would be willing to share? We are considering them as a product to use and I am looking for good/bad experiences. tia chris _

Re: Closing Outlook doesn't kill process

2003-06-26 Thread hawkinsgp
I'd do a complete uninstall of Outlook 2002, then reinstall it, preferably from different source media. It's possible the initial installation got a bit hosed. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web

Open Relay Suggestions

2003-06-26 Thread Chris H
I am using Interscan Virus wall as my incoming smtp server on port 25; which then forwards my mail to the Exchange IMC on port 6000. I have been testing against open relay testers and I always fail the one or two tests where they spam my domain name. I am assuming this is because Interscan cannot

RE: Exchange 5.5 Licensing

2003-06-26 Thread Chinnery, Paul
Some time ago (I believe it was last year), I listened to a webcast put on by Microsoft. During the Q A, one person asked the Microsoft rep what the licensing requirement would be for the following scenario: 5 Mailboxes all being accessed from 1 computer His answer: 1 license because

Re: Exchange 5.5 Licensing

2003-06-26 Thread Chris H
that is what I was told as well by my rep. It is now a CAL per device that connects. So if a person at one computer opens 5 mailboxes in Outlook it is only 1 CAL. - Original Message - From: Chinnery, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Woods, Tony
I've tested via telnet and from home using Outlook Express and it always replies with 550 so I think I'm good there. Just the amount of mail is insane. I came in this morning at there's over 10,000 in the IMS Queue. I guess eventually it will slow down... Thanks to all. Cheers, Tony

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Christopher Hummert
I tested it using abuse.net's relay test. It looks like your good for not being an open relay. So my opinion is that you just have a spammer who's trying to mine for address in your company. From what I understand, there's a new program going around the spammer world, that bruteforce guesses

Changing Passwords using OWA

2003-06-26 Thread Bridges, Samantha
Exchange 5.5 sp4 Windows 2000 Server I setup SSL on my OWA server. SSL is working fine. However, when I click on the box to change my password via OWA, I get the following webpage. The page cannot be displayed HTTP 500 Internal server error Internet Explorer Any ideas? Thanks Samantha

RE: Changing Passwords using OWA

2003-06-26 Thread Dryden, Karen
Search Technet for what you wrote in the subject of this note or for article 327134. -Original Message- From: Bridges, Samantha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:29 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Changing Passwords using OWA Exchange 5.5 sp4 Windows 2000

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Blunt, James H (Jim)
Tony, Open up the properties page of your IMS Connection, go to the Internet Mail tab and click on the Notifications... button. My guess would be that you have the Always send notifications when non-delivery reports are generated radio button clicked. If that is the case, select the second

RE: Open Relay Suggestions

2003-06-26 Thread Chris Scharff
Those aren't holes. One can legitimately accept mail for those addresses and as long as it isn't relayed to the final destination the server is relay secure. The designers of those tests have implemented their testing criteria improperly. -Original Message- From: Chris H [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Exchange 5.5 Licensing

2003-06-26 Thread Matt Hoffman
This certainly could have changed, since Microsoft is famouse for altering their licensing arrangements. At the time I bought CALs, we had to purchase them one per user. If MS really has made this change, then this is definitely a good thing. Matt -Original Message- From: Chris H

RE: Open Relay Suggestions

2003-06-26 Thread Matt Hoffman
We used to use Netscape's mail server back when it was free for educational use. At the time, we did have a closed relay system, but since our server wouldn't respond with a 550, we got blacklisted. It took us quite a lot of effort to get the various Anti-relay sites to accept that we were a

Odd SMTP problem

2003-06-26 Thread Paul Adams
We have an Exchange 5.5 SP4 server running on an NT4 SP6a (with rollups) box that has been very happy for a couple years now. As far as our users are concerned all is well but for the last few weeks none of our reporting software will deliver mail through the server. By this I mean I have an old

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Ben Winzenz
boggle You tested someone else's domain at abuse.net without permission? You do realize that if it would have failed other tests, they get put on RBL's? Not a move I would have made. Yikes. - Ben Winzenz Network Engineer Gardner White (317) 581-1580 ext 418 Original Message- From:

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Christopher Hummert
It's the testing one. Not the one that puts people on the list -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Winzenz Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Not Open Relay, but... boggle You tested someone

Re: Odd SMTP problem

2003-06-26 Thread Andy David
Check DNS and the hosts file on the Whazzup box. - Original Message - From: Paul Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:58 PM Subject: Odd SMTP problem We have an Exchange 5.5 SP4 server running on an NT4 SP6a (with rollups)

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Ben Winzenz
It's still not something I would have done. If you are going to test someone else's domain that you don't own, then you really ought to manually test it. If you are using a 3rd party tool, then you don't have any control over whether they send domain names that fail the relay tests to RBL's. -

Re: Exchange 5.5 Licensing

2003-06-26 Thread Dave Mills
I believe that starting with Exchange 2003 you can buy CALs on a per-mailbox or per-device basis; but as always, ask your MS rep to be sure. In the case of the company I work for it's actually cheaper to license on a per-user since lots of users access their mailboxes from multiple machines. -

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Woods, Tony
Thanks, Jim. Just so I'm clear, it's not uncommon to have over 10,000 messages sitting in the IMS queue after 8hrs? I have another site where the IMS has hardly any messages sitting in there so this is why I am concerned. What if I changed the MX record's IP address, would that help slow it down a

RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread Orin Rehorst
Did our homework. 300 users on Brightmail for 5 months. No false positives. With the first one...Brightmail is outta' here! orin rehorst -Original Message- From: Christopher Hummert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:21 AM To: Exchange Discussions

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Christopher Hummert
Your best solution is to find out the source of those messages, and then block the domain, -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Woods, Tony Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:37 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Not Open Relay, but...

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Blunt, James H (Jim)
H...well it would be for me, but then again, I'm not sure I have the qualifications to answer that question. We are a small company (and getting smaller by the day!) of roughly 600 people. If you're a big company, you may be getting significantly larger numbers of messages sitting in you IMS

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Blunt, James H (Jim)
They're just using dfg.com. Don't bother your MX record. -Original Message- From: Woods, Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:37 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Not Open Relay, but... Thanks, Jim. Just so I'm clear, it's not uncommon to have over

RE: how to cut down on spam

2003-06-26 Thread Steve Molkentin
You forgot one... Tupperware = 100% themolk. -Original Message- From: Mellott, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 27 June 2003 1:34 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: how to cut down on spam Death and Taxes = 100% -Original Message- From:

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Woods, Tony
Thanks. I've also cut down the Notifications to just 'Host not Found'. One of the NDR's looks like this A mail message could not be sent because the following host is unknown: smdv231.entertainmentmail.net The message that caused this notification was: To:

Re: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Dave Mills
Your mail system is accepting a mail for an invalid address (i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]), and since it couldn't deliver it it's trying to send a message back to the sender telling them it couldn't deliver the message. But in this case, the spammer forged the sender address, so your mail server is

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-26 Thread Woods, Tony
Thanks, Dave. That's crystal clear. Cheers, Tony -Original Message- From: Dave Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Not Open Relay, but... Your mail system is accepting a mail for an invalid address (i.e. [EMAIL

Black List Recommendation

2003-06-26 Thread Greg Marr
Hi Am currently evaluating GFIs MailEssentials anti-spam product and would like to try the Black List functionality.  Does anyone have a recommendation for a good black list???   Thanks in advance Greg   _ List posting FAQ:

Re: Black List Recommendation

2003-06-26 Thread Ludwig
We use Spamcop as primary and NJABL as secondary. The most agile and accurate is Spamcop and you can expect to get rid of 90+% of Spam using that list. /Luis On 27 Jun 2003 at 12:03, Greg Marr wrote: Hi Am currently evaluating GFIs MailEssentials anti-spam product and would like to try the

Exchange 2003 with Exchange 2000

2003-06-26 Thread Mike Carlson
Is there a howto or white paper on setting up an Exchange 2003 as a second server to an Exchange 2000 server? I was hoping to set it up and move a couple mailboxes over to it to start playing with it. Any gotchas or look out fors that I should know about? Thanks, Mike

RE: Exchange 2003 with Exchange 2000

2003-06-26 Thread Slinger, Gary
I was hoping to set it up and move a couple mailboxes over to it to start playing with it. Uh huh... Yeah. We ordinarily call that a lab. -Original Message- From: Mike Carlson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:59 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange