Instead of turning them off completely, you can set up a server based rule
to look for the notification subject line and also look in the body of the
email for the deleted users email address and then just delete them. This
way you will still get notifications when someone just misspells a valid
Which version are you using? The beta 3.30 seems to work better than the
older released 3.xx version. There is a release 3.31 supposedly coming
soon. The main difference with 3.3x is the additon of IMAP (it also fixes a
memory leak problem in the older version).
Tom
-Original
Try disabling your antivirus software for a minute and see if that cures the
problem. With Norton Antivirus, if you use the AVAPI mode you must enable
background scanning to that all attachments are pre-scanned (when new
definitions arrive) to prevent this type of problem.
-Original
I had one user who could not syncronize her calendar over the air with her
blackberry. The errors in the event log basically said that the CDO stuff
could not access the calendar. Email was forwarding just fine. After
trying all sorts of things on the blackberry server, I finally created a new
hotfix for Exchange. BB support should
be able to help with that.
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 3:36 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Best way to clean up corrupt calendar folder? (on server)
I had one user who
Alverson, Thomas M.
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If you get the entire OWA screen including the icon bar on the left and the
menus at the top but do NOT get the list of email messages, then the problem
could be a proxy server. The OWA client uses some html functions that are
not supported by some proxy servers.
There is a nice OWA
Blackberry tech support tells me that there is a new version of cdo.dll that
may fix my blackberry server problems (some users can't sync calendars over
the air). The new cdo.dll is supposed to be 5.5.2655.79 and is referenced
in the unreleased KB article Q312273. I don't really want to pay MS
What I've found with AV packages is they have to be removed, not just
stopped.
- Original Message -
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 4:42 PM
Subject: RE: EX55 sp4: Inbound IMC messages stuck problem update
There is a program called CPUBURN (do a google search) that is designed to
make your CPU work hard (and heat up). This can be run in a dos window or
right from dos.
You should also consider running a good ram test. I have had good luck with
memtest-86 from:
I have seen that problem with a ghosted copy of win2k/outlook2k. I used
sysprep so I could enter a new serial number on the copied machine and
everything worked except outlook. I found an MSKB article that said to
uninstal/reinstall tcpip and that fixed outlook. The tcpip seemed to work
OK for
A few days ago I reported a problem with inbound emails getting stuck in the
IMC inbound queue. Here are some more details:
This has happened 3 different times so far. The first time the IMC had
stopped processing all inbound traffic. I tried to stop it with control
panel/services but it
We recently got some dells with bogus off brand network cards in them (we
specified 3com- not sure if dell or our purchasing fouled up). These bogus
cards would not work with the 8 port switching hub they were connected to.
We had to switch to a different 24port hub to get things running. The
Discussions
Subject: Re: EX55 sp4: Inbound IMC messages stuck problem update
what kind of AV are you running?
- Original Message -
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 4:28 PM
Subject: EX55 sp4: Inbound IMC
I noticed this morning that a bunch of messages were piling up in my IMC
(IMS?) inbound (queued inbound). The number was only increasing. I tried
to stop the IMC but it never responded to the control panel/services stop
command. I finally forcibly terminated it with taskman. When I restarted
Subject: RE: Changed NIC - now can't control IMS via Exch. Admin program (
hang s!) (V5.5)
Well, give Perf Optimizer a shot and see what happens.
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:33 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
I have an exchange 5.5 sp4 server that has been working fine for years. On
Saturday I shut it down to replace the network card (3c905) with a new one
(intel gigabyte desktop T). At the same time I also ran windows update
(http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) and applied the critical updates
Someone just tried to add a mailbox and got an error. Yuk.
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 9:53 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Changed NIC - now can't control IMS via Exch. Admin program (hang
s!) (V5.5)
I
problems (didn't get a raise though).
The updates applied were Q304158 and Q305929.
Thanks...
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:57 AM
To: Alverson, Thomas M.
Subject: RE: Changed NIC woes are worsening - I can't add a new
No error - the admin program hangs when you try to add a mailbox (when you
click OK - you can type in the name etc).
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Louis Joyce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:56 AM
To: Alverson, Thomas M.
Subject: RE: Changed NIC woes
P.S.
Patch for HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow Vulnerability In Windows NT 4.0
(Q304158)
This Certificate has an Invalid Digital Signature issue in Windows NT(r)
4.0 computers (Q305929)
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002
control IMS via Exch. Admin program
(hang s!) (V5.5)
Might not be related, but a changed NIC means a changed MAC. Was the server
IP address reserved or static?
- Original Message -
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 18
.
Tom
(starting to sweat...)
-Original Message-
From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:40 PM
To: Alverson, Thomas M.
Subject: RE: Changed NIC - now can't control IMS via Exch. Admin program (
hang s!) (V5.5)
So everything seems to work except opening
: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:44 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Changed NIC - now can't control IMS via Exch. Admin program (
hang s!) (V5.5)
Opening is OK. The only things that hang the admin program that I have
found so far
That's probably what I'll try first when I can reboot the server. Other
than the admin problem, it seems to be running fine.
-Original Message-
From: Mellott, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 1:02 PM
To: Alverson, Thomas M.
Subject: RE: Changed NIC - now
...) It may help to run it here as well.
Was the MSMAIL conn used at one time?
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:44 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Changed NIC - now can't control IMS via Exch. Admin program (
hang
Is that INTERPOL? I think I remember them from Batman cartoons or
something...
-Original Message-
From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:36 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: FREE HOT XXX EMAIL ADMINS!!! ADULTS ONLY!!!
I think you should
Are they going to have a 3.0 version for Exchange 5.5? Maybe they get a
kickback on ex2000 sales from MS for not supporting the old version.
-Original Message-
From: Tom Meunier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:41 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: NAV
Except they won't have the globe icon in the GAL when they have a regular
mailbox. Maybe they like being /special/...
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:13 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Alternative to UNIX
I have a problem with a particular machine starting outlook and opening
messages. During outlook startup and whenever a message is opened, the cpu
pegs at 100% for 15 to 20 seconds and then the message comes up ok. The
problem is not with the mailbox on the exchange server as there is no
Same here. Messages to att.net have been backup up since this morning.
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Tom Meunier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:24 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: att.net down?
Anyone having troubles with att.net? I'm not getting a
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alverson, Thomas M.
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:23 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Outlook 2000 slow and consumes 100% cpu when starting and opening
messages
I have a problem with a particular machine starting outlook and opening
Would (could, should) that version of exmerge be used on an Exchange 5.5 sp4
database??
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 11:49 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: util to export mail to psts
The newest, 4.0, is
Yes we have several users who freaked out when their hard drives were
constantly active for no reason. After forcing a foreground compression
the activity stopped. This was a long time ago - I don't remember the
version of outlook.
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Andy David
Probably a CA brick backup. That's double trouble.
-Original Message-
From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:28 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: unread mail marked read by itself ?
I'm going to buck the trend and say your brick
Somehow this one slipped past our .com filter on our linux firewall. NAV
for exchange caught it by the .COM extension, and norton had just
liveupdated us an hour earlier with the new definitions that would have
caught it if it wasn't a blocked extension. I think the syntax of the
attachment
.
Fortunately we run something different on the desktop--and it had updated
through the night.
Josh Harmon
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:20 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Alert: W32/Myparty-mm on the loose
You could use the team calendar think to set up a team with all your
resources in it. Here is where you download the teamcal thing.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=35195area=searcho
rdinal=2
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Chris Levis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I've never seen both Andy and Lori at the same time. Hmmm...
-Original Message-
From: Hunter, Lori [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:18 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: [idea] Antivirus Suite recommendations
echo
-Original
Don't you need to click your heels together first?
-Original Message-
From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:23 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: System Manager for XP Pro?
Say that three times fast:
Deploy the adminpak.msi from
DANGER! DANGER!
If you bring a lot of mail into your store without doing a backup, you will
generate an equal amount of data in your log files (which are zeroed after
successful backup). If you have your logs and your store on different
drives (as you should) you may run out of free space on
Is there any way to have exchange 5.5 treat those NDR messages to bad
spammer email addresses differently than real emails? I delete them when I
see them in the queue, but It would be nice if you could make exchange give
up real easily (quickly) when trying to send an NDR to a bad address.
Tom
Try logging out and back in and then deleting.
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Pfefferkorn, Pete (PFEFFEPE) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 11:23 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Off topic: EXPLORER.EXE 100% CPU
This is going to be a little off topic, but
Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 7:44 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig
I am running NAV 2.12 in MAPI/VAPI and it seems to work fine IF the
background scanning
Real link my a** - that looks like some kinda buffer overflow code purple
exploit to me...
-Original Message-
From: Veitch, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:46 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: AVAPI virus-scan preventing Brick-level
Are you running Norton AV for exchange? If so, there is a background
scanning option that will prescan all your mail whenever new definitions
arrive. Once they are prescanned, a multi message move will not require all
the messages to be checked for viruses. I turned on the background scan
, 2001 10:22 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Antivirus causing move errors thingamajig
Yes I am, I'll look for that option. Thank you.
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:12 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Cc
MS is now saying that even the AVAPI mode of exchange 5.5 can let viruses
slip through under load. The only solution is to upgrade to Exchange 2000.
From NTBUGTRAQ:
===
Message from NTBUGTRAQ mailing
You don't need IEAK, you just need that 468kb file and some command line
options to get the whole thing:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2fsearch%2fviewDoc.aspx%3fdo
cID%3dKC.Q174680%26dialogID%3d5346466%26iterationID%3d1%26sessionID%3danonym
ous%7c3650407
-Original
There is a new patch of OWA. Anyone load it yet?
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-057.asp
Summary
Who should read this bulletin: System administrators who have deployed
Outlook Web Access using Microsoft(r) Exchange 5.5 Server.
Impact of vulnerability: Run code of
I changed NAV for exchange back to MAPI/AVAPI mode and enabled the
background scanning. It's supposed to take 1hour/gig and I have 20gig of
data. My dual 200mhz server has been scanning since 2pm yesterday, but
Symantec posted new definitions last night (got them at 2:00am) so the
background
patch (MS01-057): Anyone load it yet?
I have tested it and had no problems. If you have a test server, I would
recommend you try it first.
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 9:20 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject
AVAPI code. Earlier
versions were problematic.
Ed Crowley MCSE+I MVP
Tech Consultant
Compaq Computer
There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alverson, Thomas M.
Sent: Wednesday
Compaq Computer
There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral
problems.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Alverson, Thomas
M
What is different?
-Original Message-
From: Martin Tuip [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:51 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: E2K SP2
I've played with OWA SP2 and it rocks. I really love OWA, maybe since I'm
almost never in the office and always
://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q264/7/31.ASP
Phil
-
Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 06 December 2001 14:29
To: Exchange Discussions
I was just wondering specifically about the new OWA features. Neil posted a
link which lists the OWA changes and here they are:
Navigation enhancements
Deployment improvements
Notifications and reminders
Enhanced printing support
Contact-based distribution lists
Logoff page
Rich search
Yes this is in the symantec knowledgebase for NAV for Exchange. It tells
you what to exclude to prevent the file antivirus from interfering with
exchange or the navexchange.
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Bill Kuhl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:15 PM
To:
When we loaded the latest NAV for exchange 5.5 it had the new AVAPI option
so we had it use both MAPI and AVAPI modes. This seemed to work but several
strange things began to happen. First thing we noticed is that users who
tried to move a lot of messages from one folder to another would get
When an attachment is encoded with TNEF, the filename is embedded in the
encoded part. We have a filetype filter on our firewall machine, but it
cannot tell what is in a TNEF encoded attachment. Once the file gets to our
exchange server, NAV can block by extension. Since we are running in MAPI
-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:52 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Do your content blockers stop attachment when they are TNEF encod
ed?
When an attachment is encoded with TNEF, the filename is embedded in the
encoded part. We have
A good free ram test program is available a www.simmtester.com. It creates
a bootable (dos) floppy that will run a ram test for as many times as you
wish. If you have a hard failure you will probably know withing 5 minutes
(somewhere in the first pass). I had one system that would fail after
I know he is real. I just read an article he wrote about banning Outlook.
-Original Message-
From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 8:39 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Mirroring Exchange server
Next you'll tell us that Dumbo wasnt real
Simplifying Authentication
After a user enters his/her name on the logon page and clicks the link, they
have to re-enter their username and enter a password in a web browser
authentication window. This can be confusing for users because in the
authentication window they need to enter both their
E
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:21 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: EX5.5 Server just froze up - would post SP4 patches help?
That is what I suspect (bad ram). I don't want to shut it down
To check and see if this is a file permissions problem, turn on security
logging of all failures, and then see what goes into the event log when you
try it.
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Rich Gomes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:11 PM
To: Exchange
Is the client using an Exchange server? If so, then there is a way to
create custom security settings for that client by making a special public
folder on the server, and adding a registry key to the client.
-Original Message-
From: Alastair Morrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:
Our exchange 5.5 server with sp4 installed just froze up. It was not
responding to outlook clients and the cursor was not responsive. I had to
resort to the reset button to restart it. Is is possible that a malformed
mail message could have caused this? Is there a post SP4 patch that might
: RE: EX5.5 Server just froze up - would post SP4 patches help?
Check the event logs.
Regards
Mr Louis Joyce
Computer Support Analyst
Network Administrator
BT Ignite eSolutions
+44 (0)1392 459155
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 29 October
thing to check on a perfectly running
Exchange server that nobody's been monkeying with.
Check your event/RAID logs (whichever is appropriate).
--Andrew Duey, MCSE
[1] always wanted to use that phrase[2]
[2] and go nutz with footnotes.
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M
memory in the system. We had a couple of
dimms that were bad.
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:51 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: EX5.5 Server just froze up - would post SP4 patches help?
Our exchange 5.5
experienced this situation is following a scsi disk
failure. On first reset the disk showed up as failed, a power cycle luckily
got it started. It has now been replaced.
David
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alverson,
Thomas M.
Sent: 29
I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot poll.
Tom
-Original Message-
From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:51 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Quick Pole: How big is your ex5.5 IS?
He can't click the big red 'X'?
Does anyone
Installing Arcserve
Is not enough punishment
You must make it work.
-Original Message-
From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:19 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Haiku Friday
I screwed up haiku
So must now punish myself
Installing
Oh I get it. Nathan made a funny...
-Original Message-
From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 5:17 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Better Version?
lol
Troll. -2 karma.
Don't need slashdot to see where this is headed. :) putting
, that way it always prints as expected! ;)
I will have to test this myself another day, but it does say that 5.5 Sp2
corrects this issue. Got any 5.5 installs that you can service pack to check
it out on?
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday
Actually this problem occurs in Outlook 2000 and 2002 (I haven't tried
others). When someone creates a word documents with some words and an
inserted bitmap graphic, and then uses the send to email recipient
feature of word, an HTML version of the document is mailed. This is mostly
ok, since
Miami of Ohio was established in 1809, but due to the war (of 1812) did not
begin classes until 1824. Miami of Florida was chartered in 1925. Perhaps
they could have chosen a better name, like UF at Miami or something.
-Original Message-
From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Maybe they set up a Linux box with Squirrelmail (an OWA'ish thing) that
talks to IMAP servers. No calendar tho...
-Original Message-
From: Great Cthulhu Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 12:19 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: No IIS? How can
Blocking EXE's and EML's at your mail server will help some but will not
protect you. We have not had any email copies of this virus, yet two people
got infected just by viewing an infected web page. The exploit attaches the
bad .eml file to the web page, which runs the offending EXE WITHOUT
Yesterday I loaded the latest 9/13/01 NAV definitions over the old 9/12/01
definitions on our exchange server. When our backup ran at 9:00pm last
night NAV reported (about 34 times) that it had detected the PWS.Cain.dr
virus in
C:\bork\EXCHANGE\ADMIN\INTERORG\ORGINSTALL.EXE (appartently
) server
I don't understand? What exactly is this utility suppose to do and how does
it relate to Exchange? Thanks.
-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 12:42 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: New MS tool URLSCAN
-
From: Alverson, Thomas M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 12:42 PM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: New MS tool URLSCAN filters bad URL requests from your IIS (OWA )
server
Importance: High
Microsoft just released a new IIS utility called URLSCAN which can block
All your base are belong to HP.
-Original Message-
From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:18 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: Begging
1-800-OK-COMPAQ
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
Tech Consultant
Compaq Computer Corporation (soon to
Microsoft just released a new IIS utility called URLSCAN which can block
suspicious URL's from your IIS server. You can get it from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=32571
I just installed it on my OWA server (NT4 sp6a, EX5.5 sp4) and it seems to
work fine. It is
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