RE: Open Relay/Spamcop

2003-12-19 Thread Randal, Phil
strong passwords = post-it(tm) notes on monitors = weak passwords ;-) Merry Christmas everyone, Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: W2K3/E2K3 JUST UPGRADED TRANSACTION LOGS GROWING FAST

2003-12-19 Thread Jim Collins
Thank you for all of the suggestions. I think I am getting close to the issue. I think it may be related to Symantec Mail Security 4.0.1 for Exchange. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Fretz Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 5:47

RE: W2K3/E2K3 JUST UPGRADED TRANSACTION LOGS GROWING FAST

2003-12-19 Thread Roger Seielstad
Transaction loggin only occur when something *changes* - they are logs of the changes, not of all access. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz

RE: W2K3/E2K3 JUST UPGRADED TRANSACTION LOGS GROWING FAST

2003-12-19 Thread Roger Seielstad
One potential reason could be changing the last accessed flag, which exists in the file system, but I don't know if it exists in the IFS. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original

RE: Migrating from GroupWise 6.5

2003-12-19 Thread Eric Fretz
If we only had a set of bike racks this would be 7th grade all over again Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Christopher Hummert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: Open Relay/Spamcop

2003-12-19 Thread B. van Ouwerkerk
The Exchange 2000 server is behind a NAT and I have looked into the possibility of this. I have been out on the spamcop site and for the life of me cannot find a way to make them check the server again to see if it is closed relay like ORDB does. Any ideas or comments http://www.sbsfaq.com/

TONS of NDR's

2003-12-19 Thread ehansen
Exch5.5 sp4 on win2k sp4 I have no idea where they are all comming from. Every morning I come in and the que is stacked with 24,000+ NDR messages, they look like spam but abuse.net spamcop, openrbl, and ordb all say I am relay free, IT policy forces strong passwords and guest is disabled. I'm

RE: TONS of NDR's

2003-12-19 Thread Erik Sojka
You may be relay free (i.e. a spammer is *not* using your servers as a relay) but said scumbag is using one of your addresses as a forged From: address. 1) spammer sends out messages appearing to come from [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2) many many many recipients do not exist 3) receiving mail systems send

RE: TONS of NDR's

2003-12-19 Thread Randal, Phil
Or one of the many email address spoofing viruses may be doing it for you. Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erik Sojka

RE: TONS of NDR's

2003-12-19 Thread Eric Fretz
You obviously read Slashdot.org Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 8:52 AM To: Exchange Discussions

Header Info

2003-12-19 Thread Scott Force
Exchange 5.5/4 Win2000/4 Potentially silly question. (Technical, non-ethical, sorry) If I send an e-mail to external domain and it sits in my outbound IMS queue and can't get delivered because of a restriction on the receiving domain's e-mail server, my NDR should have header info in right?

E2K3 Exchange Services group missing

2003-12-19 Thread Klosa, Bill
I ran forest prep and it created domain servers, enterprise servers and services in the forest root. I then ran domain prep in a second level domain but only domain servers and enterprise servers got created. No Exchange services group. I reran domain prep and it reports completing successfully

RE: TONS of NDR's

2003-12-19 Thread Blunt, James H (Jim)
It also works in reverse: 1) spammer sends messages to users in your org from [EMAIL PROTECTED], which doesn't exist. 2) many many many recipients in your domain do not exist. 3) Your mail system spends the next three days trying to send the NDR bounce to the perceived sender [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4)

RE: TONS of NDR's

2003-12-19 Thread Greg Deckler
I just have to say...the Underpants Gnomes reference is strong. Nice. It also works in reverse: 1) spammer sends messages to users in your org from [EMAIL PROTECTED], which doesn't exist. 2) many many many recipients in your domain do not exist. 3) Your mail system spends the next three

FW: Exchange 2003 / Outlook 2003 Prodcut Activiation

2003-12-19 Thread Jim Helfer
I've just bought Exchange 2003 and CALs for the office. We are still running Exchage 5.5 SP4 [1], and we have eagerly started installing OL2003 to use all the cool new features. My question is about product activation for Outlook 2003. We aren't asked to activate this product when

RE: E2K3 Exchange Services group missing

2003-12-19 Thread David, Andy
Domainprep needs to be run in the root domain as well. That being said, I was under the impression that the Exchange services group wasn't created unless the ADC was already installed. -Original Message- From: Klosa, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 10:58

RE: Exchange 2003 / Outlook 2003 Prodcut Activiation

2003-12-19 Thread Erik Sojka
You should be OK, as long as your purchase records and paper license count match up against your usage in the event of an audit. I'll assume that you purchase your MS products from a reseller who participates in one of the Volume programs - Select, OLP, Enterprise, etc. - and that you got one

RE: Header Info

2003-12-19 Thread David, Andy
If it never leaves the IMS, I don't think it will. If there is a restriction on the remote server, it shouldnt be sitting in the IMS anyway, it should simply bounce back to the sender almost immediately after the remote server denies the connection. -Original Message- From: Scott

Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ?

2003-12-19 Thread Jim Helfer
OK, this is a bit of a weird one, but this is from a first hand account from my boss, who is not given to hallucinations or flights of fancy. g. The story goes that a piece of Spam was received in the Inbox, and a New Mail Desktop Alert (the little transparent email preview that apears above

RE: Exchange 2003 / Outlook 2003 Prodcut Activiation

2003-12-19 Thread Eric Fretz
You either got the software under a microsoft select agreement or the Volume Licensing Edition. Neither version requires a product activation. Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original

RE: Header Info

2003-12-19 Thread East, Bill
If I understand the question correctly, your message won't have *his* header information. The SMTP conversation should go something like: Your Server: Yo, here's this email. His server: Yo, back the truck up, talk to the hand coz port 25 ain't listenin' Your server (to you): He wouldn't let me

RE: Header Info

2003-12-19 Thread Scott Force
That is what I'm trying to tell this admin at Verizon.net. They recently implemeneted this new anti-spam software that has started blocking our e-mail domain. We're not on any RBL's and our PTR record is correct. It's not kicking the e-mail right back to the end-user, it's retrying in the IMS

RE: Exchange 2003 / Outlook 2003 Prodcut Activiation

2003-12-19 Thread Jim Helfer
Ah, of course! It's a Volume license purchase. I've done this before, I'm not sure why I didn't make the connection. Thank you all, and Merry Christmas Jim Helfer -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:57 AM

RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ?

2003-12-19 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
Was it the Outlook alert or Hotmail alert? -Original Message- From: Jim Helfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:54 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ? OK, this is a bit of a weird one, but this is from a

RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ?

2003-12-19 Thread Jim Helfer
He doesn't have a hotmail or I.M. account that I am aware of. Jim -Original Message- From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:40 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ? Was it

RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ?

2003-12-19 Thread Eric Fretz
You mean MSN Messenger alert? That sounds like a MSN popup. Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19,

RE: Header Info

2003-12-19 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
I think that depends on the response code that your server receives from the target SMTP server. It could be misleading your server into thinking that it can try again. I think I have seen something like this happen in the past. Also, have you checked the remote domain's MX records and tried to

RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ?

2003-12-19 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
Oultook 2003 now has a similar pop-up, and it is semi-transparent and fades away if you ignore it. -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:41 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop

RE: Header Info

2003-12-19 Thread Scott Force
Verizon is a major telco, ISP provider in my area. I've tried telnet'ing from my box and I get connected for about 5 seconds then it drops my connectiom, I get a message that the connection to host was lost. How I was able to figure out they were blocking my domain was by having a friend from

Migrating LN6 to Exchange 2003

2003-12-19 Thread Greg Deckler
I almost cringe as I write this post... Does anyone have any experience or knowledge in migrating a LN6 environment to Exchange 2003 using the Exchange Migration Wizard? If so, are there any tips or information that you could provide either to say, This is how I got it to work or I tried it and

RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ?

2003-12-19 Thread Dan Bartley
It is perception sometimes, particularly if this was related to your boss by someone else. Anyway, it is possible for the new mail alert to stay up longer than normal depending on where mouse focus last was. Additionally, since it is a link to the email, it is normal behavior for the cursor to

RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ?

2003-12-19 Thread Jason Clishe
I think he *is* referring to the Outlook 2003 pop-up. That's how I read it, anyway. Jason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fyodorov, Andrey Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:48 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Rumour - Spammers

RE: Migrating LN6 to Exchange 2003

2003-12-19 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
I think there are better tools out there for LN to Exchange migration. I have not been in that scene for a while, can't remember right off the top of my head. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov, Exchange MVP Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Original Message- From: Greg

RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ?

2003-12-19 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
The Outlook 2003 pop-up contains a portion of the message. If you hover the mouse pointer over it, it all gets underlined (becomes a clickable link), plus a yellow balloon pops up that says Open item. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov, Exchange MVP Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion

Exchange 2003 name change

2003-12-19 Thread Marty Mushrush
We are working on an exchange 2003 server that was named improperly. Do we need to uninstall and reinstall or can we just rename and keep all the public folders, etc? Thanks, Marty :) _ List posting FAQ:

RE: Exchange 2003 name change

2003-12-19 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
Are you only interested in keeping the public folders? Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov, Exchange MVP Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Original Message- From: Marty Mushrush [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:39 PM To: Exchange Discussions

RE: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ?

2003-12-19 Thread Alex Eckelberry
Highly, highly unlikely. Alex Eckelberry Sunbelt Software -Original Message- From: Jim Helfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:54 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Rumour - Spammers control New mail desktop alert ? OK, this is a bit of a weird one,

RE: Exchange 2003 name change

2003-12-19 Thread Marty Mushrush
We would like to keep as much as possible. Thanks, Marty :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fyodorov, Andrey Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:25 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 name change Are you only interested

Lotus Notes Digital ID opening in Outlook

2003-12-19 Thread Woodruff, Michael
We have a client running Notes (not sure what version) who is sending us email with attached Digital IDs. When we try to open the message we get this error. Can't open this item. Your Digital ID name can not be found by the underlying security system. I am not familiar with digital

RE: Lotus Notes Digital ID opening in Outlook

2003-12-19 Thread Eric Fretz
Why are they sending you Digital IDs? In Lotus Notes speak, the .id file is an encrypted file that contains all of the configuration information and user information about you. Therefore you can take this .id file to another machine and use it to do 80% of the setup on the new Notes client. As

RE: Lotus Notes Digital ID opening in Outlook

2003-12-19 Thread Woodruff, Michael
I had a client send me his contact info in a .vcf. In this is a digital certificate. It says I can use it to read his mail. I installed the cert., but still no go. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Fretz Sent: Friday, December 19,

RE: Lotus Notes Digital ID opening in Outlook

2003-12-19 Thread Woodruff, Michael
Forgot to say, we have an Outlook user here who can read this same email. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Fretz Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 2:41 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Lotus Notes Digital ID opening in Outlook

RE: Lotus Notes Digital ID opening in Outlook

2003-12-19 Thread Eric Fretz
Gotcha. So he was not sending you a .id file, right? Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Woodruff, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003

RE: Lotus Notes Digital ID opening in Outlook

2003-12-19 Thread Woodruff, Michael
No, I just get an email from him and the little icon on the left has an envelope with a little red ribbon on it. It will not let me see anything in the email. I can however open it up in webmail. I'm lost. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: Lotus Notes Digital ID opening in Outlook

2003-12-19 Thread Woodruff, Michael
Let me get this right. Digital IDs only let the recipient know that the email came from a trusted source. You shouldn't need anything to open correct? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Woodruff, Michael Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003

RE: Exchange 2003 name change

2003-12-19 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
Back up the information stores with Exchange-aware backup. Un-install Exchange, take the server out of the domain, rename the server, join the domain with new server name, make sure that DNS gets updated (if WINS is also used, make sure WINS gets updated too), install Exchange. Make sure that the

RE: Lotus Notes Digital ID opening in Outlook

2003-12-19 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
You can use the digital signature to capture the sender's public key. Then if you want to send encrypted mail to that person, you have his/her public key to do so. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov, Exchange MVP Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Original Message- From:

RE: Greg's Utterly Fascinating Views on Ethics

2003-12-19 Thread Greg Deckler
Ed, this is so utterly wrong that it defies all rational thought. Yes, you first stated something along the lines of Why are you asking us vendor wh0res. And I ignored this post and simply asked you to play nice. The thread continued, still largely the topic of migrating from GroupWise 6.5 to

RE: Exchange 2003 / Outlook 2003 Prodcut Activiation

2003-12-19 Thread Roger Seielstad
I assume you have a Select Agreement with Microsoft and are installing it from that media? In those cases, WPA is disabled and isn't required. -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original

RE: Migrating LN6 to Exchange 2003

2003-12-19 Thread Tony Hlabse
there are 3rd party tools on MS's Exchange site. I have used a couple on LN5 and seem to be okay. it depends on exactly what you want to migrate. Reoccurring calendar items are always a pain. From: Fyodorov, Andrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange