RE: IIS Front End to OWA 2000?

2001-08-27 Thread coopere
This is another question that I know has been asked and answered to various degrees (some more helpful than others), but I need to make sure I have the configuration straight. One configuration I'm presenting for OWA is Frontend (DMZ) to Backend (Internal). I'm allowing only HTTPS to the

RE: Moving Exchange to new segment

2001-08-27 Thread coopere
If your implementation is Exchange 5.5 with Win9x/ME clients, you may need to consider the WINS impact (static entries?) to the clients. Also re-configure any connectors that may be hard-coded with IP addresses instead of network names. Other than that, you should be all clear. Eric

Re: Plain Text Only

2001-08-28 Thread coopere
Does this user have the same problem opening a web page in Internet Explorer? If not, have him connect to his mailbox using OWA in the meantime, or by mapping a drive directly to his mailbox on ExIFS and opening messages using a browser. Either way, without a lot more info I have a hard time

RE: Plain Text Only

2001-08-28 Thread coopere
If you can't change any of the settings in the display control panel, then I think it's safe to say that either the incorrect video card driver is installed or that the video card driver is not being loaded properly by Windows 98. To check this, in the Control Panel Display applet, is the

RE: Plain Text Only

2001-08-28 Thread coopere
Original Message --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:00 -0700 If you can't change any of the settings in the display control panel, then I think it's safe to say that either the incorrect video card driver is installed or that the

Re: Exchange 2000 Relay

2001-08-28 Thread coopere
Smack me if you want - this doesn't answer your question BUT, it seems to me that since Exchange 2000 supports IMAP4 natively that there's very little reason to implement POP3 over IMAP4 unless your users don't have the clients. Eric (thank you sir may I have another) Original

RE: exchange 5.5 disclaimer

2001-08-28 Thread coopere
Almost completely off-topic, but just because you state that you're not responsible for any of your negligent actions does not make it so. If that was the case, I'd put a big bumper sticker on my car saying it's not my fault if I run you over (which I probably will if you get in my way).

OWA F/E B/E Protocol Question

2001-08-29 Thread coopere
Per KB article (below) these ports must be opened for F/E B/E OWA to work (not included in the list is HTTP but that one's easy). My question is, assuming multiple Domain Controllers and a single GC - which servers need 88, 389, 445, 3268 available? All domain controllers or just the GC?

Re: Multiple Smart Hosts

2001-08-29 Thread coopere
Never mind. I found the answer nested in a KB article. Here it is if you're interested. -- RESOLUTION Instead of creating two SMTP connectors with the same address space and bridgehead (but different smart host), try creating a single connector with multiple smart hosts. You can do

Re: Server locking up...flat line.

2001-08-30 Thread coopere
I would try setting some Performance Monitors on the server so you can see if anything odd happens leading up to the crash (if it recurs). The only time I can recall something similar to that happening was when a fledgeling (engineer) tried to send a 2Gb Ghost Image file across a cc:Mail

RE: Mailbox sizes: Incoming/Outgoing message limits

2001-08-30 Thread coopere
Where I used to work, the most common reason for me getting paged at 3 am was because someone was sending their Napster directories from work to home using E-mail (this was a very large and well-known organization that happened to be run by idiots). While the need for limits should be obvious

RE: Mailbox sizes: Incoming/Outgoing message limits

2001-08-30 Thread coopere
The argument is that E-mail is not the proper method for transferring files. Why? Because E-mail is not point-to-point. If you have a 30Mb file you'd like to send me, it would make much more sense to make it available to a browser or FTP client and then send me a link. If you decide to

RE: Mailbox sizes: Incoming/Outgoing message limits

2001-08-30 Thread coopere
Don't worry, I'm done :) Still, that attitude is exactly the reason that I left my last job. Touchy subject to those of us who have done our time in operations support. Bitter memories. Very bitter. Original Message --- From: Mike Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: How to set up exchange server

2001-08-30 Thread coopere
I doubt you'll get what you need here. This is more of a technical question/answer/sounding board than it is a free consulting service. Original Message --- From: Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:07:06 -0700 (PDT) Dear All: We have an Exchange

RE: Haiku Friday

2001-08-31 Thread coopere
Is this a haiku? This line has seven syllables No wait, it had eight. Original Message --- From: Drewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:54:50 -0500 very good, Mike! the haiku is more than just seven syllables, five fore and after. Drew (MOS)

Re: Urgent: Exhcange 5.5

2001-08-31 Thread coopere
How do you address the E-mail we're talking about? Lots of times I've seen no transport provider errors caused by users putting quotes around e-mail addresses in the Outlook address field. Just a shot in the dark, but I'm not entirely sure I know which messages you're talking about.

RE: Recommendations for .pst file backup?

2001-09-05 Thread coopere
Are you familiar with usenet? If so, might I recommend alt.support.depression.pst On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:27:31 +0100 , Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, so perhaps I should add a little more information here. Believe me, I KNOW .pst files are bad. And, in light of what

RE: Error 1025

2001-09-06 Thread coopere
I would not agree with this assessment without first seeing the entire contents of the event AND finding out if it's actually causing any problems. Is it? Or are you just worried because there are red stop signs in your event log? On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:26:47 -0500 , Exchange Discussions

RE: 2nd SMTP address

2001-09-06 Thread coopere
Nope. Sorry, you'll have to either manually enter them (or import them using CSV file and the field Secondary-Proxy-Addresses if you want to do bulk changes). It sucks but them's the breaks. Eric On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 13:00:14 -0400 , Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it

RE: Private IS corruption...

2001-09-06 Thread coopere
Slow down cowboy! When you first got the -1018 pop up, what was going on in the Application log? It's possible you just needed to patch the database. Check your logs and report back. Eric On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 10:03:11 -0500, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody!

RE: orphaned .ost files

2001-09-06 Thread coopere
It's encrypted with a key pair. The key resides in the profile in the registry. Are you saying the profile AND the mailbox have both been deleted? Eric On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 12:11:43 -0500, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What utilitie or procedure can be used to extract

RE: NDR that I've never seen before

2001-09-06 Thread coopere
If anyone finds a way, let me know because I want my Exchange server to say And then... instead of CR LF (Dude Where's My Car RULES!) Eric On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 15:18:10 -0400, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can configure the text for SMTP responses. Some SMTP servers

RE: Exch 5.5 installation problem

2001-09-06 Thread coopere
Are there any anti=virus programs running on the server? If so stop them and re-try. Eric On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 21:16:47 +0100 , Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the moment, I'm trying to add another server on the same subnet across a 100mb switched LAN The connection

RE: NDR that I've never seen before

2001-09-06 Thread coopere
eric: SMTP 250-NO AND THEN On Thu, 6 Sep 2001 16:22:24 -0500 , Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and then? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 3:08 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: NDR that

RE: messages lost in time

2001-09-10 Thread coopere
Any firewalls between the user's workstation and the Exchange server (specifically blocking UDP)? This can make it appear that mail is taking a long time to arrive, when the culprit is the PIX preventing Exchange from updating the client view. Eric On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:12:46 -0400,

Re: PSTUPG19

2001-09-10 Thread coopere
Not everyone works for free. Eric On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:40:30 -0400, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to see the password you need to have a valide license . - Original Message - From: Scharff, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Send to no more than 25 at a time...

2001-09-10 Thread coopere
Can anyone in your org address the All Students DL? If it's just for administrative staff you could try training them to address this list in the BCC: field so the address info would not be sent along with the message. I agree with another post on this topic - I think you've gone too far to

RE: When Does Microsoft Recommend Defrag of Exchange IS?

2001-09-10 Thread coopere
If E-mail reliability (aka - uptime) is paramount, the case is almost made for you. Do a simple cost/benefit analysis of taking the database off-line to defrag it. Cost = Downtime of Exchange server Benefit = 2Gb of additional free space (unless the server is low on space, benefit is almost

RE: Send to no more than 25 at a time...

2001-09-10 Thread coopere
At the risk of sounding stoopid (well, more stoopid) - this means that BCC'ing would solve his problem, yes? Hotmail wouldn't reject the messages because they'd be individually delivered. That's what I originally thought but my brain is working at around 40% capacity after this weekend and I

RE: O.O.O annoyances

2001-09-10 Thread coopere
It doesn't get sent to swynk.com - only the sender's E-mail address, so I don't think this will do anything. Eric On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:26:21 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time), Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Instead of the public folder thing, I specified not to send ooo to

RE: FW: [FBC] NY American Red Cross wish list

2001-09-13 Thread coopere
I have a little something to add. I managed the ARC enterprise E-mail system until about 3 months ago so I have a pretty good idea of how the ARC works. If you want to give money to ARC to help the cause, do not go through www.redcross.org or the national organization. First, bureaucracy

RE: FW: [FBC] NY American Red Cross wish list

2001-09-13 Thread coopere
Thanks. For Washington, DC Chapter donations (I've worked directly with this chapter in the past - they are VERY good at what they do): http://www.redcrossdc.org/TopMenu/donation_information.php3 Remember that we're a big country and if everyone helps it doesn't take much. Let's show the

RE: URGENT!!! Help Needed

2001-09-13 Thread coopere
I have some month-old turkey in my refrigerator. I'll leave it out tonight and ship it off tomorrow. It'll do in a pinch. If that won't do, it may be time to contact MS PSS - if you don't want to pay I'll give you my credit card. Eric On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:59:14 -0700, Exchange

RE: I have big trouble with site replication - Please Help

2001-09-14 Thread coopere
Have you scheduled the directory replication on BOTH SIDES of the DirRep connectors? Perhaps your bridgehead is only requesting updates at night, but your spokes are requesting 8 times per day (default IIRC). Eric On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:28:46 +0200, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Disable ability to reply

2001-09-14 Thread coopere
Are you wishing to keep them from replying to all, replying to the sender, or both? If you want to keep them from replying to all you can go about it a couple of ways. First, on the Delivery Restrictions tab of the System DL, only allow yourself (and any others necessary) to address mail to

RE: Listing mailbox contents

2001-09-17 Thread coopere
Exchange 2000 or earlier? Sorry if this has already been asked later in the discussion - my WebMail is slooowww today. If it's Ex2k, ExIFS should handle this very easily using directory contents of the M:\ drive. If not, I can't think of a way to do it without coding. Eric On Mon, 17 Sep

RE: I have big trouble with site replication - Please Help

2001-09-17 Thread coopere
I'm pretty sure you can disable sync requests on startup using the registry. I can't remember how off-hand - I lost my Notes From the Field book. There's a great section in it specifically on tweaking bridgeheads. I think some of your problem is the mesh configuration, though. It makes it

RE: Duplicate Inboxes

2001-09-17 Thread coopere
Go to Tools/Services. Are there 2 instances of Microsoft Exchange Server listed? If so, delete one. Eric On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 11:35:26 -0500, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning all, My problem is that when I open my E2k mailbox in Outlook 2000, I get my my inbox

RE: Staff Mail Lists Urgent

2001-09-17 Thread coopere
whinning 'nuff said Eric On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:41:16 -0400, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ARGH!! that's high on my list of pet peeves!! -Michèle Immigration site: http://LadySun1969.tripod.com Our new 2001 Miata: http://members.cardomain.com/bpituley Tiggercam:

RE: Duplicate Inboxes

2001-09-17 Thread coopere
derp. good point. Multiple MAPI profiles doesn't work regardless of the situation. In past instances of Outlook, you could add multiple instances of the same mailbox in the Advanced/Open Additional Mailboxes, correct? Back in the day I could have sworn I tested this with the Postmaster

RE: How do I change default Domain password when creating an account with Exchange?

2001-09-17 Thread coopere
Is there another answer to this? I'm curious because in my old environment there were 2 methods for creating mailboxes and accounts. On the central domain, we used User Manager for Domains to create accounts and Exchange Admin Tool for mailboxes (stupid secondary proxy addresses). For

RE: Exchange server fails after restore

2001-09-17 Thread coopere
Check the Application Log for clues. Eric On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 11:04:43 +0200, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello My exchange server crashed. I built another one with the same and organization and restored the exchange database from backup. Now the MTA will not start.

RE: OWA password error after NT post-SP6a SRP

2001-09-17 Thread coopere
Haiku Monday: Welcome to Exchange where listites provide free help. We are all anal. On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:31:40 -0700, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Flynn, Thanks - that's exactly what I was hoping to hear. BTW, it really is effect, not affect. Affect as a noun

RE: Sync Problem

2001-09-18 Thread coopere
I think what he means is to go and try synching the mailbox on another workstation. If the results are the same, there's a mailbox problem otherwise the client is probably the problem. Eric On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:56:54 -0500, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We don't have

AD/GC Clarification

2001-09-18 Thread coopere
Do Win2k AD controllers need to be GCs for Exchange to use them in a single domain environment? Tony Redmond's book says that all DCs in a single domain environment are effectively GCs - but do they need to be made GCs on the NTDS page for Exchange to use them? Thanks - I'm still getting up

RE: AD/GC Clarification

2001-09-18 Thread coopere
Let's say the GC server is not available for some reason or another, but there are other domain controllers. Can Exchange still do its job? That's basically my question. Thanks. Eric On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:26:02 -0700, Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need at least one

RE: AD/GC Clarification

2001-09-18 Thread coopere
Thanks, I think that was what I was looking for. I wasn't certain whether Exchange could ONLY query GCs or if they could get info from DCs as well. In any case, I'm thinking that there should be 2 GCs even in a small single-domain environment, just for redundancy's sake. Otherwise the GC

RE: today's admin backwards virus

2001-09-19 Thread coopere
The nice thing about MAILsweeper for SMTP (and I'm assuming others - I haven't used them) is that you can quarantine messages, not just block them. We had MAILsweeper quarantine all suspicious incoming content and send a notification to the recipient that they had a message in quarantine.