RE: Day 2 Lessons Learned: GW6.5 to Exchange 2000

2003-12-16 Thread Shotton Jolyon
GD wrote: I am not sure why you are so certain that the project was severly underscoped Erm, could it be down to the fact that the budget was allocated before the consultant even knew which GroupWise client was most suitable for the task? The information contained in this e-mail is intended for

RE: Sources of outages

2003-12-16 Thread Robert Moir
Would you like a free pen, and some notepaper? -- Robert Moir Microsoft MVP Senior IT Systems Engineer Luton Sixth Form College RM Eunt Domus -Original Message- From: Jim Helfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 December 2003 22:21 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Sources

RE: Day 2 Lessons Learned: GW6.5 to Exchange 2000

2003-12-16 Thread Shotton Jolyon
GD wrote: I am not sure why you are so certain that the project was severly underscoped Erm, could it be down to the fact that the budget was allocated before the consultant even knew which GroupWise client was most suitable for the task? The information contained in this e-mail is intended for

RE: Impact of sending attachment to many recipients?

2003-12-16 Thread Roger Seielstad
True.. True. Now that my data center move is almost done, I can start looking at that again... -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original Message- From: Ed Crowley [MVP]

RE: Day 3: Lessons Learned GW6.5 to Exchange 2000

2003-12-16 Thread Shotton Jolyon
Would that make the rest of us Deckler's Hecklers? -Original Message- From: Ed Crowley [MVP] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 December 2003 23:41 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Day 3: Lessons Learned GW6.5 to Exchange 2000 We should change the name of this list to Deckler's

OWA 5.5

2003-12-16 Thread Bourque Daniel
I read somewhere that it was possible to use one IIS server to front multiple Exchange 5.5 servers, member of different Exchange sites. Is it true? If yes, can you point me in the right direction on how to implement this? Thank you. Daniel

RE: OWA 5.5

2003-12-16 Thread Roger Seielstad
I have one for our two sites here - there's no additional configuration necessary - as long as the OWA box has connectivity to all sites. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original

Command line directory export of GAL container

2003-12-16 Thread Tim Ault
How does one export the contents of the Global Address List container from the command line (Exchange 5.5)? I can select the Global Address List container from within Admin as the source to export to a csv file, but I want to script the process. Tim.

RE: Command line directory export of GAL container

2003-12-16 Thread David, Andy
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;149447 -Original Message- From: Tim Ault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:33 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Command line directory export of GAL container How does one export the contents of

RE: Command line directory export of GAL container

2003-12-16 Thread Alverson, Tom
Google search using: command line exchange 5.5 gal export Yields a lot of stuff including: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;149447 -Original Message- From: Tim Ault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:33 AM To: Exchange Discussions

IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Kim Schotanus
Help, Under the folder mdbdata there is suddenly a .IFS file, can anyone tell me what it is/does, and how it got there? _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface:

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread David, Andy
Those are temp files. They should be deleted by the store at some point during normal processing. -Original Message- From: Kim Schotanus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:29 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: IFS Help, Under the folder mdbdata there is

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Kim Schotanus
Thanks, I was worried, because I received a number of messenger pop-ups on that server, and it is behind a firewall and no-one should be able to do that, then I bumped on to that file... Kim -Original Message- From: David, Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 16 december 2003

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Ben Winzenz
Why is your messenger service running? You can safely disable it. Ben Winzenz Network Engineer Gardner White (317) 581-1580 ext 418 -Original Message- From: Kim Schotanus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:41 AM Posted To: Exchange (Swynk)

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Eric Fretz
Because you have been own3d by 31137 hax0rs. Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:49 AM To:

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Kim Schotanus
How? -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 16 december 2003 15:47 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: IFS Because you have been own3d by 31137 hax0rs. Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Ben Winzenz
Don't pay any attention to him. He's kidding. Eric? You're kidding, right??? Eric??? Seriously though, I'd disable that service. It's part of my standard build procedures for all servers (there is no reason that you need to send popup messages to/from servers) and it does not affect anything

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Randal, Phil
How??? http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/ bulletin/MS03-043.asp Cheers, Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Eric Fretz
I was actually just trying to antagonize Kim, but Phil has given us all something to think about. sounds of quickly checking to make sure messenger services is disabled Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax:

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Eric Fretz
Yes, only teasing... Sort of Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:56 AM To: Exchange

Connectors in 5.5 and 2K

2003-12-16 Thread Davinder Gupta
Hi Guys, Can an Exchange 5.5 connector (x.400) in one exchange site talk to another connector (x.400) connector in Exchange 2K? Thanks Davinder _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface:

RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K

2003-12-16 Thread Bowles, John (OIG/OMP)
Yes, but what reasoning would you have for just using an X.400 connector? Because it has a lot of limitations that's why I ask. _ John Bowles Exchange Engineer OIG/HHS [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K

2003-12-16 Thread Davinder Gupta
Link speed/latency limitations. Davinder -Original Message- From: Bowles, John (OIG/OMP) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:17 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject:RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K Yes, but what reasoning would you have for just

Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread David
Hi all, I've got a SBS 2000 server who's Priv.edb is 9GB. Its causing me some space issues. However, when i look at the mailbox resources they total to no more than 2.7GB. I have also just disabled circular logging, and am worried about the disk the size of this store. Do i need to run eseutil

RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K

2003-12-16 Thread Roger Seielstad
Actually, it has a lot of advantages - in Exchange 5.5, that is. Roger -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original Message- From: Bowles, John (OIG/OMP) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread Ely, Don
Yowza, that's a loaded scenario... Check your Application Log for Event ID 1221 and find out how much white space you have in the store... Regarding Circular Logging; Read the Exchange DR Whitepapers. This should be enabled and your nightly online backups will flush the logs. 9GB is a fairly

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread Ben Winzenz
You mean circular logging should be disabled, right :-) Ben Winzenz Network Engineer Gardner White (317) 581-1580 ext 418 -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:30 AM Posted To: Exchange (Swynk) Conversation: Priv.edb

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Bridges, Samantha
If you disable the messenger service, won't that hinder sending Alerts if you use them? Samantha -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:08 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: IFS Yes, only teasing... Sort of Eric

RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K

2003-12-16 Thread Davinder Gupta
Yes, it is lot more resilient and robust than other connectors. -Original Message- From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:36 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject:RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K Actually, it has a lot of

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Ely, Don
Yes, yes it would. You think this is a bad thing? -Original Message- From: Bridges, Samantha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:46 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: IFS If you disable the messenger service, won't that hinder sending Alerts if you use

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread Ely, Don
Yeah, that's what I meant and now I'm even more confused in reading the original post... Must get more coffee!! -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:41 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Priv.edb You mean circular

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Ben Winzenz
What do you mean? Do you send popup messages as alerts? Even the Monitoring notifications from Exchange send out e-mail alerts (though one could argue the usefulness of that feature) or scripts (which require an executable to be specified). Neither one uses the Messenger service, though I

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Bridges, Samantha
Thanks everyone. This was a great string. Very useful. I will be disabling the messenger service on all server too. Thanks again. Samantha -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE:

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Kim Schotanus
I already did :-) Kim -Original Message- From: Bridges, Samantha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 16 december 2003 17:00 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: IFS Thanks everyone. This was a great string. Very useful. I will be disabling the messenger service on all server

RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K

2003-12-16 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
SRS uses X.400, in its own way, right? -Original Message- From: Davinder Gupta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K Yes, it is lot more resilient and robust than other connectors.

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread David
Its not a large system and as i say its running SBS 2000. So, i will leave of circular logging then. Its just i've always dealt with 5.5 servers and that's how i had it there. The weird thing is when i check the setup of Exchange 2000 i see that on the C:\exchsrvr\mdbdata\ *.log files Pub1.edb =

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread David, Andy
Those html files are your .stm files. Leave them be! -Original Message- From: David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:09 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Priv.edb Its not a large system and as i say its running SBS 2000. So, i will leave of circular

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread Ely, Don
Damn, I deleted mine and emptied the recycle bin; I have no backups. What should I do now? -Original Message- From: David, Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:14 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Priv.edb Those html files are your .stm files.

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread Martin Blackstone
Update your resume -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ely, Don Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:16 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Priv.edb Damn, I deleted mine and emptied the recycle bin; I have no backups. What should I do

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread Robert Moir
*drinks beer* -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 December 2003 16:16 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Priv.edb Damn, I deleted mine and emptied the recycle bin; I have no backups. What should I do now? -Original Message-

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread Eric Fretz
Do'h! Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:26 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE:

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread Ely, Don
H, will that get these files back? -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:26 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Priv.edb Update your resume -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Priv.edb

2003-12-16 Thread Ely, Don
R U sharing? -Original Message- From: Robert Moir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:27 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Priv.edb *drinks beer* -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 December 2003 16:16 To:

Fw: Outlook 2003 and Exchange 5.5 Strange Behavior

2003-12-16 Thread Barry Kuske
My boss currently has over 230 MB worth of Mail in his mailbox. He has asked me to bump it to 250 MB in the Private Info. Store Limits because he will be on vacation. I have done that but he is still getting bounced at 230 MB. This was working prior to the upgrade to Outlook 2003. Has anyone

Exchange 2000 permissions error

2003-12-16 Thread Ryan Fennema
We have several users that are all of a sudden receiving this error when trying to open their mailbox on the server: Unable to display the selected folder or item. You do not have permission to log on while no permissions have changed and their accounts are not locked out. Any ideas? Exchange

RE: OWA 5.5

2003-12-16 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
Very true. The problem with this usually comes because of separate domains with trust issues. 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: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K

2003-12-16 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
Still, in Exchange 2000 you're probably just as well off with SMTP. You might try both and see which works best for you. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Alverson, Tom
If you would like to disable the messenger service (for all computers) in a login script, just use this in a reg file: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger] Start=dword:0004 Save that as something.reg and add this command to your login script: start

RE : OWA 5.5

2003-12-16 Thread Bourque Daniel
Thank you. In our setup, there is a different Exchange 5.5 site per W2K domains, all part of the same AD tree. The setup will be: - Reverse proxy in the outside DMZ with access only to the IIS server - IIS server in an internal DMZ with specific access only to DC (DNS/Authentication) and

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Ben Winzenz
Well, shoot. You can disable the Messenger service via Group Policy as well. Then, you don't have to worry about missing a server. GPO's are nifty that way :-) Ben Winzenz Network Engineer Gardner White (317) 581-1580 ext 418 -Original Message- From: Alverson, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Exchange 2000 permissions error

2003-12-16 Thread David, Andy
Did they recently change their passwords? -Original Message- From: Ryan Fennema [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:29 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange 2000 permissions error We have several users that are all of a sudden receiving this error

RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K

2003-12-16 Thread David, Andy
Sounds kinky. -Original Message- From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 10:57 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Connectors in 5.5 and 2K SRS uses X.400, in its own way, right? -Original Message- From: Davinder Gupta

Diskeeper and Exchange

2003-12-16 Thread Lori Sagert
Hello All: I would like to know if anyone has had bad/good experiences with Diskeeper running on Exchange 5.5? I do not want to implement it on our Exchange servers but Mgmt is pushing the issue. I would like to go to the meeting with some ammunition why it shouldn't be implemented. Apparently my

RE: Diskeeper and Exchange

2003-12-16 Thread Ben Winzenz
You mean aside from the fact that Diskeeper will not be able to defrag the drive the databases are on because the database is an open file that cannot be locked for exclusive use? Other than that, there shouldn't be any problem with running Diskeeper on the other drives. Log files are written

RE: Diskeeper and Exchange

2003-12-16 Thread Anthony Sollars
We run it just fine here on our exchange 5.5 2003 without incident. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lori Sagert Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:57 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Diskeeper and Exchange Hello All: I would like

Re: Diskeeper and Exchange

2003-12-16 Thread Timothy Schilbach
Hi There, Be careful if your Infromation Store is over 4gb as things live AV and disk keep can corrupt your exchange box. Here is what I recommend: 1. Only run disk keeper after shutting off the exchange serverices 2. do an offline defrag of exchange every 3 months (to get rid of chain

RE: Diskeeper and Exchange

2003-12-16 Thread Eric Fretz
If the Exchange IS databases are on their own drives (AND THEY SHOULD BE!) then the drive / array will not become fragmented because Exchange uses online degramentation to keep the databases tidy. Diskeeper will be useless because the only thing that it will do is try to reassmble file fragments

Exchange 2000 Service Account Permissions

2003-12-16 Thread Timothy Schilbach
Hi All, I was wondering if you all have maybe heard of a resolution for the following problem: As of Exchange 2k SP2, MS has removed the ability for teh service account to view users email content. This means I cannot bind to a user mailbox with my service account for maintenance or

RE: Diskeeper and Exchange

2003-12-16 Thread Anthony Sollars
To clarify, we only run diskeeper on the OS drives not the drives that house the logs and/or exchange db's. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Sollars Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:03 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE:

RE: Diskeeper and Exchange

2003-12-16 Thread Ben Winzenz
That works fine, but I seriously doubt that you are gaining much from it. How often does your OS drive change? Exchange tends to use physical memory rather than the pagefile, and you don't often install programs, or create documents and such on your Exchange server, right? To me, that means that

RE: Diskeeper and Exchange

2003-12-16 Thread Ken Cornetet
Well, actually your exchange tracking logs, IIS logs (if you are running OWA), and your BadMail directories actually do thrash quite a bit. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Winzenz Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:59 PM To:

RE: IFS

2003-12-16 Thread Alverson, Tom
Group Policy?? That would required changing to Active Directory This is for us old fashioned NT4 domain people. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 2:09 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: IFS Well, shoot. You can

RE: Exchange 2000 Service Account Permissions

2003-12-16 Thread Wohlgemuth, Mike
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;262054 Mike -Original Message- From: Timothy Schilbach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:34 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange 2000 Service Account Permissions Hi All, I was wondering if

RE: Exchange 2000 Service Account Permissions

2003-12-16 Thread Jason Clishe
A) Exchange 2000 doesn't have a service account. This would explain why you can't get your service account to access a mailbox. :) B) If you want an account to have the ability to open another users' mailbox, grant it Send As and Receive As rights. Jason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: Exchange 2000 Service Account Permissions

2003-12-16 Thread Timothy Schilbach
Thank you the Q article was exactly what I was looking for. -Timothy _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface:

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-16 Thread Greg Deckler
I will state this again for the 11 millionth and 1 time now. Accepting direct gifts from third parties, especially significant gifts such as large dollar items and titles, presents a real or perceived conflict of interest between an IT professional's client (either the customer or company that he

Re: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-16 Thread Bart Southworth
So, did you have a point? (aside from I'm right, you're wrong. If I say it enough times, you *will* understand?) - Original Message - From: Greg Deckler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 21:43 PM Subject: RE: Migrating from

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-16 Thread Ben Schorr
This is the most very basic definition of conflict of interest. One cannot serve two masters. If you have been given something, and ESPECIALLY if it is something significant that can be taken away, then it presents a conflict of interest. This, from an ethical, perspective is wrong. The

RE: Duplicate (or more) meeting requests

2003-12-16 Thread Freeman, M
Do you have a Blackberry server and do the people that get duplicate meetings have blackberries? If so MS has a fix: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;312269 Cheers and HTH -Original Message- From: Adams, Kevin C. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 12, 2003

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-16 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
Kindly define significant gifts such as large dollar items and titles. Where, exactly is your threshold? Let's get down to specifics, Greg. How is it a conflict of interest when it is my job to provide consulting services surrounding Microsoft products? It is not my job, for example, to steer

Re: Your account Apple

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