Administrative Mailbox Agent

2003-06-30 Thread ros . pridham
I am running Nt4.0 server with Exchange v5.5 SP4. I want to utilise the Administrative mailbox Agent for Account/Mailbox creations/deletions. When trying to input data to the options page for the Agent within Exchange get a Stack Overflow error on every occasion, though all other tabs are working

RTM of Exchange 2003

2003-06-30 Thread Jeff Beckham
As everyone probably knows, the RTM of Exchange 2003 is today (6/30/2003).  For those of you that have not checked out the new OWA and are interested, you can now do so on Microsoft's site.  They will allow you to sign up for a 7 day trial using OWA 2003.  You can get to it here

RE: Clustering... is it worth it?

2003-06-30 Thread Erik Sojka
you two kiss and make up now. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 1:40 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Clustering... is it worth it? You are totally right. Cochran's slides do say that. My notes do

RE: Inserting Logo on Internet emails

2003-06-30 Thread Erik Sojka
Maybe an event sync where instead of inserting a signature or disclaimer, insert some HTML that points to your logo. -Original Message- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 3:47 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Inserting Logo on Internet

RE: Weird resolution problem

2003-06-30 Thread Erik Sojka
Are you the guy who always bounces messages 3 days after they are sent? -Original Message- From: internet.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 1:59 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Weird resolution problem Good morning, we have an issue where normally

RE: Clustering... is it worth it?

2003-06-30 Thread Slinger, Gary
You're confusing me with Andi... Oh, wait - wrong list. Never mind :) -Original Message- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 08:42 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Clustering... is it worth it? you two kiss and make up now. -Original

RE: Inserting Logo on Internet emails

2003-06-30 Thread Slinger, Gary
But better yet, don't ? Don't we get enough garbage in emails as it is, without having HTML logos shoved down our throats on (presumably) every message? -Original Message- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 08:42 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE:

RE: Clustering... is it worth it?

2003-06-30 Thread William Lefkovics
And I don't wear make up. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Slinger, Gary Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:15 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Clustering... is it worth it? You're confusing me with Andi... Oh, wait - wrong list.

RE: Weird resolution problem

2003-06-30 Thread internet.com
What do you mean? Richard Tracy -Original Message- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:42 AM Posted To: internet.com Conversation: Weird resolution problem Subject: RE: Weird resolution problem Are you the guy who always bounces messages 3 days

RE: Server Feedback

2003-06-30 Thread John Etie
We have about 50 Dell's. Support is excellent, the quality of hardware has always been good until recently, when we had a lot of trouble with the 2650 line. Problems all seemed to be related to firmware including BIOS, ESM and the like. It appears they have ironed out the wrinkles.

Re: Server Feedback

2003-06-30 Thread Andy David
Yep. They issued a super-utility upgrade for all the bios and firmware issues. - Original Message - From: John Etie [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:09 AM Subject: RE: Server Feedback We have about 50 Dell's. Support is

RE: Server Feedback

2003-06-30 Thread Brian Ko
Have not used Dell servers, but HP Proliant servers are excellent hardwares... Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cooke, Brian Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 2:40 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OT: Server Feedback All, We're

RE: Server Feedback

2003-06-30 Thread Mellott, Bill
Ive used both Dell's and CPQ's..I like them both very well and service for both as always been good to excellent. Have messed with some IBM too and it also seems to be good.. Me I'll keep using the CPQ till HP mess's with the works...(since it's all CPQ here right now...)..then Ill go to Dell

Message Size Question

2003-06-30 Thread Brian Ko
Hello! We block MPEG files with ScanMail 3.81 from coming into our Exchange server. When the ScanMail sees the attachment, it will remove and it insert a text message explaining that it was removed. So far so good. The problem is that Outlook thinks the message size is still 2 MB or 3MB

RE: Synchronizing Public Folders between organizations

2003-06-30 Thread Filipe Joel de Almeida
Hello, I'm trying out the new Exchange 2003 RC1 and want to test if I can connect to na external News server (My ISP) and pull the articles from some newsgroups.) I already tried to establish a news feed, but with no success. What kind of server must I configure, Peer, Master or subordinate?

RE: PF creation script in e2k

2003-06-30 Thread Presley, Steven
Thanks! -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 12:07 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: PF creation script in e2k Sure. MSDN has samples of how to do that in the language of your choice:

RE: additional display name?

2003-06-30 Thread Hurst, Paul
Well we are able to access the GAL with the folder assistant (we do this for married people etc) -Original Message- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 June 2003 18:12 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: additional display name? But can the PF Folder assistant

Internet Newsgroups

2003-06-30 Thread Filipe Joel de Almeida
Hello, I'm trying out the new Exchange 2003 RC1 and want to test if I can connect to na external News server (My ISP) and pull the articles from some newsgroups.) I already tried to establish a news feed, but with no success. What kind of server must I configure, Peer, Master or subordinate?

RE: Archiving software

2003-06-30 Thread Hurst, Paul
David, We use KVS and I piloted IXOS (over year ago now though), happy to supply any info required. Cheers Paul -Original Message- From: Haber, David J. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 June 2003 14:44 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Archiving software I'm evaluating archiving

Logs logs and still more logs.......

2003-06-30 Thread Craig Cameron
Hi all, Having great fun at the moment with the mdbdata transaction logs. Currently at weekends (we don't perform backups at the weekend) the logs overtake the world and force exchange (2K) to reach critical mass. These logs are cleared down by the backup process (veritas v8.x) every weekday.

Re: Logs logs and still more logs.......

2003-06-30 Thread Andy David
Option 1 and 2. - Original Message - From: Craig Cameron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:09 AM Subject: Logs logs and still more logs... Hi all, Having great fun at the moment with the mdbdata transaction logs.

RE: Logs logs and still more logs.......

2003-06-30 Thread Craig Cameron
I knew that'd be the answer... Just know one Monday morning I'm gonna regret not changing that tape. Time to hire a monkey. Cheers Craig Craig 'water cooler moment' Cameron MCP, MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA IT Systems Manager CARE @ The Park Hospital Tel : 0115 9667720 Fax : 0115 9667710

RE: Logs logs and still more logs.......

2003-06-30 Thread Martin Blackstone
Buy the drive. -Original Message- From: Craig Cameron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:21 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Logs logs and still more logs... I knew that'd be the answer... Just know one Monday morning I'm gonna regret not changing

Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Aaron Brasslett
My exchange database has been reporting 1018 errors. I couldn't restore from backup and repairing the database made matters worse. So, I've built a server and joined the existing site and have been moving mailboxes to the temporary server. Once all the mailboxes have been moved, can I simply

RE: Logs logs and still more logs.......

2003-06-30 Thread Erik Sojka
In addition to my echoing the use of #1 AND #2, do you have a tape rotation, or are you using more than one tape for the backups? Does the backup during the week take more than one tape that it regularly has to be swapped? An alternative if you have the disk space on another server, is to have

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Martin Blackstone
You will want to go through this to move the server http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxa.htm Yes, you can delete the priv when you are done. As for the 1018 errors, these are most often caused by hardware issues such as the RAID card or bad memory. You will need to diagnose and correct

Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus?

2003-06-30 Thread Niki Blowfield
Dear All, This is a problem I had at my previous employer, and I got around it by temporarily removing DNS whilst joining the site, this isnt working here We have 2 Exchange Servers on our private LAN. One has mailboxes, one has IMC. Both Exch 5.5 SP4 Running on NT4 SP6a with only TCP/IP

Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus?

2003-06-30 Thread Niki Blowfield
Dear All, This is a problem I had at my previous employer, and I got around it by temporarily removing DNS whilst joining the site, this isnt working here We have 2 Exchange Servers on our private LAN. One has mailboxes, one has IMC. Both Exch 5.5 SP4 Running on NT4 SP6a with only TCP/IP

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Aaron Brasslett
Thanks. Do I really have to move the IMS and public store? The 1018 errors were cause by a bad drive in the RAID set. The drive has been replaced. Aaron -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:40 AM To: Exchange Discussions

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Martin Blackstone
If you are just going to move the mailboxes, delete the priv.edb and then move everything back, no you have to do that. -Original Message- From: Aaron Brasslett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:44 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Fixing 1018 errors Thanks.

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Aaron Brasslett
How about the logs for the private store... Do I have to delete them? -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Fixing 1018 errors If you are just going to move the mailboxes, delete

Re: Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus?

2003-06-30 Thread Andy David
Any of these servers multi-homed? Also, I know you say DNS is working, but try putting all the respective entries in all the server's hosts files. - Original Message - From: Niki Blowfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:57 AM

RE: Cannot Join Existing Site - Exch5.5 - RPCPing gurus?

2003-06-30 Thread Ed Crowley
Verify that you can resolve the hostname properly through both WINS and DNS. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Niki Blowfield

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Tony Hlabse
No From: Aaron Brasslett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Fixing 1018 errors Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:51:49 -0400 How about the logs for the private store... Do I have to delete them? -Original

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Ed Crowley
Yes. Delete everything. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Brasslett Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:52 AM To: Exchange

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Tony Hlabse
Yes as Ed said. I thought maybe you were going to restore. From: Ed Crowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Fixing 1018 errors Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 09:01:47 -0700 Yes. Delete everything. Ed Crowley

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Ed Crowley
You can move everything to a new folder if you're scared. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Hlabse Sent: Monday, June 30,

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Aaron Brasslett
Yup, I'm scared. -Original Message- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:08 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Fixing 1018 errors You can move everything to a new folder if you're scared. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Bowles, John (OIG/OMP)
Just do itwe are all waiting to hear the server explode. :) _ John Bowles Exchange Engineer OIG/HHS [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Aaron Brasslett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:10 PM To: Exchange

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Aaron Brasslett
You'll have to wait until tomorrow night. -Original Message- From: Bowles, John (OIG/OMP) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:14 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Fixing 1018 errors Just do itwe are all waiting to hear the server explode. :)

RE: Fixing 1018 errors

2003-06-30 Thread Bowles, John (OIG/OMP)
:-/ _ John Bowles Exchange Engineer OIG/HHS [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Aaron Brasslett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:18 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Fixing 1018 errors You'll have to wait

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Mitchell Mike
Ed, Thanks. I thought that was the case, so I deleted the AutoAccept folder on the resource. I then ran the AutoAccept utility script on that new resource. I checked the event Service and it was running. Nothing happened. I then stopped and started the service again. To no avail. Nothing

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Sargent, Rob
Hi Mike. Have you set up the client permissions for the mailbox in the EventConfig folder? I've forgotten to do that on occasion.And I think I learned the hard way that if this step was missed, you need to uninstall the Autoaccept script again, set up the EventConfig settings, then

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Mitchell Mike
Rob I am fairly new at AutoAccept utilities... Where do I look for the EventConfig folder? Sorry. Mike -Original Message- From: Sargent, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:26 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working Hi

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Mitchell Mike
Rob, I found it and set the permissions. I suppose it takes time to synch it up.. Mike -Original Message- From: Mitchell Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:29 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working Rob I am fairly new

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Sargent, Rob
(FYI the mailbox needs Owner rights.) So if the EventConfig permissions are set, reinstall the AutoAccept script on the mailbox and you should be able to test it immediately. If that doesn't work, try stopping and starting the Event service again and retest. -Original Message- From:

Wrong appointment date and time

2003-06-30 Thread philippe . deroover
Hello, Windows NT 4.0 SP 6.0a / Exchange Server 5.5 / Outlook 2000 SP1. When one of our users creates an appointment by double clicking on a future day in the calendar, the new appointment opens with the current date and time instead of the date and time of the future day. I already made a new

DR question

2003-06-30 Thread Wade Robinson
I would like to perform an Exchange disaster Recovery to a stand by server without restoring the original server system state information. I want to move this Exchange environment to a system with a clean OS. If I rename the current Exchange server than take it off line, bring up the new box using

RE: Inserting Logo on Internet emails

2003-06-30 Thread East, Bill
Are you kidding? Then the admin can randomly change the referenced image to Yosemite Sam, a landshark, Milla Jovanovich or the animated GIF of the nitwit son of the CEO starring on COPS. C'mon Gary, it'll be fun! -- be - MOS Do not underestimate the power of the Force. -Original

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Ed Crowley
Right. I was going to recommend being sure to uninstall the old event script first as well. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: DR question

2003-06-30 Thread Ed Crowley
I'm assuming you're running Exchange 5.5 since you didn't say. Trust me that http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxa.htm is the best way to do what you want. You can restore an Exchange database to a server with the same name and it should work fine. The bible for such things is

RE: RE: DR question

2003-06-30 Thread Wade Robinson
Sorry I am running Exchange 2000. The Disaster Recovery white paper outlines several scenarios including recovering to a standby by server but it list as a first step to restore the Exchange servers windows system state info. I am not sure if an issue I am having is hw or possibly sw related so

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Mitchell Mike
What did you mean by the mailbox needs owner rights? I did as you suggested, but it still didn't work. I created a new resource and scheduled them both at the same time. The new resource worked, but the old one didn't. Wow.. This is confusing!! Sorry. -Original Message- From: Ed

RE: RE: DR question

2003-06-30 Thread knighTslayer
What is that issue? The problem with a system state restore is that the registry and boot files are restored (and cannot be deselected) and this is specfic to the hardware you are running. For example, if the system where you took the system state from has a SCSI controller X and the new server

RE: RE: DR question

2003-06-30 Thread Ed Crowley
To restore a server in Exchange 2000 for a lab or disaster testing scenario, you should clone your Active Directory onto a separated subnet and practice the restore there. If you're trying to move everything to a new server, do it this way: http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq_appxa.htm Ed

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Ed Crowley
I wasn't the one who said that. I believe http://www.exchangecode.com has information describing the required rights. How about trying http://www.swinc.com/products/erm.htm? Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Sargent, Rob
(If we have the same setup).. In the 5.5 Admin console, expand Folders, System Folders, and Events Root. There should be a folder in there called EventConfig_servername for the server that the mailbox resides on. Open the Properties of that folder and on the General Tab click the Client

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Mitchell Mike
Rob and Ed, Success at last... I did finally get this resource to work properly. It was just a lot of pulling and tugging and getting it all correct. I will move the others and see how it goes. Thanks again for all of your help. Mike -Original Message- From: Sargent, Rob

RE: Wrong appointment date and time

2003-06-30 Thread Johnson, Greg
I happened to see a very similiar problem a few weeks ago. Try the following: - Highlight the Calendar folder in Outlook - Select View/Current View/Customize Current View - Click the Fields button in the View Summary window In the case I saw, the Start and End fields were both set to Created.

RE: Not Open Relay, but...

2003-06-30 Thread Blunt, James H (Jim)
That's not entirely correct. Go to the properties of your IMS / Connections tab and in the Message Filtering section, add @enterainmentmail.net...then stop/start you IMS service. It will then drop all e-mail from that domain. -Original Message- From: Dave Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working

2003-06-30 Thread Dryden, Karen
What did you do to get it working? -Original Message- From: Mitchell Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 3:52 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Auto Accept Utility stopped working Rob and Ed, Success at last... I did finally get this resource to work

Winmail.dat

2003-06-30 Thread Carmila Fresco
Some of my users are getting the winmail.dat attachments. The messages are coming from users in our Australian office. We're running Exchange 2000 SP3 on both servers, same Org, still on mixed mode. The users in both offices are all running Outlook XP. The weird thing is it's intermittent

RE: Winmail.dat

2003-06-30 Thread Steve Molkentin
Carmila, It's the international dateline - every time you send an e-mail to a group across it, it attaches the winmail.dat file so that when it is opened, it is read in the local time zone (and reflects that).[1] themolk. [1] Complete BS - but I couldn't help but throw it out there.

RE: Winmail.dat

2003-06-30 Thread Carmila Fresco
I would've fallen for it if I didn't know better. Maybe I can try telling my users that and see if they buy it. :) -Original Message- From: Steve Molkentin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 5:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Carmila, It's the international dateline

RE: Winmail.dat

2003-06-30 Thread Steve Molkentin
July 1 is like April 1... Is like any day I can try pulling a joke on any user! ;) You'd be amazed how many admins fell for that when I suggested it on another list (albeit not an exchange one). V. funny. Interested to see what the resolution is - I've never heard of the problem. themolk.

RE: Winmail.dat

2003-06-30 Thread Tony Hlabse
Actually I am willing to Venture they are using Netscape or some other POP3 client to read the offending emails. It is the way the mail is constructed ie html/Richtext. I ran into this years ago but remember the exact resolution look along those lines. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: Winmail.dat

2003-06-30 Thread Ed Crowley
The winmail.dat file goes out to a recipient who is configured in the GAL, Outlook Contact, Personal Address Book entry, or one-off address to get rich text messages. Recofigure the appropriate recipient object with rich text unchecked. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher