RE: doubletake

2004-01-08 Thread Dickenson, Steven
David, Andy mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool. A dog thread. Bah. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland _ List posting FAQ:

RE: getting heaps of spams

2004-01-06 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Yeah, and the bad thing about Trend's license model is that it is per user, so if you have 600 users, but only 250 computers (like in a school setting), you pay a lot more. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original

RE: Race between client rules and BES server

2003-12-08 Thread Dickenson, Steven
PST = bad. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Alverson, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 12:48 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Race between client rules and

RE: Export and Import of fields

2003-12-08 Thread Dickenson, Steven
headers.exe. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Hatley, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:52 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Export and Import of fields

RE: Export and Import of fields

2003-12-08 Thread Dickenson, Steven
think you have to do it with the /o and options file, I just don't know the proper syntax. -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 2:54 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Export and Import of fields headers.exe. Steven

RE: Upgrading Exchange Server Hard Disk

2003-12-04 Thread Dickenson, Steven
That was my wondering, also. Jees, why didn't you just add a couple more 18GB drives to your existing RAID5 (assuming) array? Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Brian Dugas [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-04 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Not really, just restore the previous full and replay the logs. You should have the store on one redundant array, and your logs on another. This should protect you from both drive and array failures. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis

RE: Ideal setup for exch 2003?

2003-12-04 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Where are your logs going to go? I'd put both stores on one array, logs on another. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003

RE: What ports to open

2003-12-04 Thread Dickenson, Steven
MS ISA specifically has this problem. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;304340 Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

RE: Creating folders and rules for every user

2003-12-03 Thread Dickenson, Steven
This sounds like something best handled by Outlook VBA code. Check out slipstick.com, and Sue Mosher's Outlook Programming book. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Guy Fortin [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Agreed. Particularly seeing as how I did weekly full, daily incremental, and am now switching Backup Exec to daily full as I write this! Tony, might I suggest a nap. ;) Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original

RE: AOL is Blocking Mail from My Exchange Server 5.5

2003-11-07 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Use Earthlink's SMTP server as your outbound relay. If it originates from their network, their SMTP server should relay for you. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Jim Underwood [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Quick Question

2003-10-30 Thread Dickenson, Steven
You're correct. SBS can not be added to an existing domain. It must be the one and only domain controller. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: SPAM filtering on a budget

2003-10-28 Thread Dickenson, Steven
While I use a custom SpamAssassin/Linux setup here, we looked at GFI MailEssentials. For our setup (~400 mailboxes), it was only $950. My advice would be to find someone who does know Linux (a student, maybe?) and have them assist you in setting up a Linux/SpamAssassin box. There are many, many

RE: Calendar

2003-10-24 Thread Dickenson, Steven
http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/skedresource.htm Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Tony Nguyen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 11:53 AM To: Exchange Discussions

RE: Sending email via a batch file

2003-10-23 Thread Dickenson, Steven
BLAT. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Gonzalez, Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Sending email via a batch file We

RE: Sending email via a batch file

2003-10-23 Thread Dickenson, Steven
with CDO. -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 6:57 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Sending email via a batch file BLAT. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis

RE: MS03-046 Patch

2003-10-22 Thread Dickenson, Steven
We have a Linux gateway in front of our Exchange box, however I still applied the patch just to be safe. No problems here. Exchange 5.5, Win2k SP4, single site, single server. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original

RE: CDO and Outlook Security

2003-10-13 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Is this a VBA app? Have you self-signed it so Outlook trusts it? If it's standalone, I can't help. Never done that. Try Slipstick. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Ali Wilkes (IT)

RE: Exchange 5.5 and Windows 2003

2003-09-25 Thread Dickenson, Steven
It won't. You can't even run the install for OWA 5.5 on a Win2k3 server, much less the full Exchange 5.5 install. So in this case, not supported = won't work. I'd take Martin's advice. Wait until you upgrade your NT4 domain to AD, then buy a new server, install Win2003 as a member, install

RE: E2K migration issue

2003-08-14 Thread Dickenson, Steven
servers are in a new Exchange ORG. -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 4:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: E2K migration issue Leave up the old Ex5.5 server for a little while. Outlook will see that it's mailbox has

RE: Urgent Help - Email forwarding stop working

2003-08-14 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Out of curiosity, why are you doing this with Outlook Rules? I would use the Alternate Recipient option. We do this here for a few teachers who aren't on campus most of the day. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland

Creating test lab - advice on process?

2003-08-14 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Hi all, I'm currently creating a test lab for my Exchange 5.5 to E2K/E2K3 migration. We are a single AD domain shop, with a single Exchange server (thus single site). Currently, I've: - Setup a AD DC on production - Setup DNS secondary on said box - Let it sync nice a good - Taken it

RE: pipe dream or possible BECOMES problems

2003-08-14 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Could be anything. Are your servers on SP3 or SP4? Have you patched for MS03-026? Running with the most recent AV defs? Have you read about the MSBLAST worm? On the hardware front, have you tried replacing the switch that your servers are on? Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: E2K migration issue

2003-08-14 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Leave up the old Ex5.5 server for a little while. Outlook will see that it's mailbox has moved to a new server, and update the profile itself. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Bennett, Joshua

E2K Forest/Domain-prep on Win2003 Domain?

2003-08-14 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Hi guys, I'm getting ready to add a Windows 2003 DC to my Win2k AD network, which will eventually be an all Win2k3 AD domain. However, I'm also planning an Exchange 2000 upgrade in a matter of weeks. My question is, will I be able to run Forestprep and Domainprep against the Win2k3 AD?

RE: E2K Forest/Domain-prep on Win2003 Domain?

2003-08-14 Thread Dickenson, Steven
compelling upgrade story than E2K. From: Dickenson, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:29:31 -0400 To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: E2K Forest/Domain-prep on Win2003 Domain? Hi guys, I'm getting ready to add

RE: pipe dream or possible

2003-08-14 Thread Dickenson, Steven
I believe that would more be a function of the MUA, not Exchange. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Brett Wesoloski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 7:47 AM To:

RE: Strange Exchange

2003-08-14 Thread Dickenson, Steven
I think someone needs a nap. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:34 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Strange

Server hardware specs for E2K3 (WAS: E2K Forest/Domain-prep on Wi n2003 Domain?)

2003-08-10 Thread Dickenson, Steven
hardware requirements I believe. Whether or not it is worth $1000 for you is not really a question I can answer. It is for customers who hire me to do the work, since I performed my last E2K migration the weekend after TechEd and haven't looked back since. From: Dickenson, Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Running Exchange 2000 on Windows 2003

2003-08-06 Thread Dickenson, Steven
This month's TechNet included an eval version of Exchange 2003 Standard. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Pennell, Ronald B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:51 PM

RE: KCC

2003-08-06 Thread Dickenson, Steven
I think he meant Yes, it CAN be run during the day. Yes, it SHOULD be run off hours. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Bridges, Samantha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06,

RE: MIMAIL virus

2003-08-05 Thread Dickenson, Steven
As has McAfee Groupshield. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Wilson, Fenton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:39 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: MIMAIL virus

RE: Anyone else having trouble with AOLs new SPAM rules?

2003-07-31 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Use your ISP's SMTP server as a smarthost for all outgoing mail. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Bubba G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:12 AM To: Exchange

RE: 2k IIS SMTP used as an Exchange 5.5 Relay - not working

2003-07-31 Thread Dickenson, Steven
ANY more information you could give us would help. What do you mean you can't get it to work? Have you checked the FAQ? Appendix H covers this topic. http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxh.htm Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis

RE: DNS DHCP Question

2003-07-28 Thread Dickenson, Steven
While this question is better answered on an AD list, or even WinNT-L, I'll bite. It depends on the size of your network. It's generally recommended, on large networks, to separate DNS/DHCP from AD servers, because of logons. Let's say your company of 1 all log on at 8am EST. We'll, during

RE: DNS DHCP Question

2003-07-28 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Can you provide more information, or point me in the direction of said information, regarding this DHCP security vulnerability. Thanks, Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Ed Crowley

RE: Strange OWA 5.5 issue

2003-07-25 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Are you sure she's not just deleting her Inbox folder? Q215604. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:51 AM To: Exchange

RE: misconfigured sender

2003-07-18 Thread Dickenson, Steven
itself? Example: Sending to [EMAIL PROTECTED] sits in my queue and wont deliver But If I send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it get's delivered fine Mail.kpafilms.com is the MX record -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3

RE: misconfigured sender

2003-07-18 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Exchange version and SP level? Windows version and SP level? Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Friese, Casey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 8:49 AM To: Exchange

RE: misconfigured sender

2003-07-18 Thread Dickenson, Steven
To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: misconfigured sender Windows 2000 SP3 Exchange 2000 SP2 - can remember I put on SP3 or not and I forget where to find out the level! -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 8:54 AM To: Exchange

RE: misconfigured sender

2003-07-18 Thread Dickenson, Steven
. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:11 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: misconfigured sender I'm not running Ex2k just yet, so my help is limited. However... While

RE: Windows accounts are getting locked out by themselves

2003-07-18 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Andrey, I ran into this same issue shortly after we upgraded our domain to Win2k AD last summer. Funny thing was, all the lockouts were coming from Windows 98 workstations. I could never put my finger on it, and in desperation finally disabled account lockouts. However, invalid password

RE: Sending Secure Mail over the Internet

2003-07-17 Thread Dickenson, Steven
If the sending and receiving mail servers, as well as any in-between support it, TLS is an option. Personally, I'd encrypt the e-mails using GnuPG. www.gnupg.org Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message-

RE: misconfigured sender

2003-07-17 Thread Dickenson, Steven
-Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: misconfigured sender Can we get the full headers for that NDR? Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School

RE: misconfigured sender

2003-07-17 Thread Dickenson, Steven
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it get's delivered fine Mail.kpafilms.com is the MX record -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: misconfigured sender Can we get the full headers for that NDR

RE: Sending Secure Mail over the Internet

2003-07-17 Thread Dickenson, Steven
/administrators) get a little over excited using technology we don't really have to use. Well, just my 5 cents. -Patrick -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17. heinäkuuta 2003 19:04 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Sending Secure Mail over

RE: Exchange and SQL

2003-07-15 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Sell the SQL box eBay. Use the proceeds to buy two new servers that are more appropriately sized to your environment. Have a beer. :) I doubt you'll have any performance issues, but you will at some point encounter downtime issues. In addition, you will be complicating your environment buy

RE: What alternatives exist for mass e-mailings?

2003-07-15 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Cringe Opera, Konquerer/Safari, Mozilla (Firebird, K-Meleon, Gecko, etc, etc), Links, Lynx... Get out of your Windows world. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Lalor, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: misconfigured sender

2003-07-15 Thread Dickenson, Steven
For some reason, it would appear that your mail server is delaying the message, instead of trying the next highest MX record. Having two MX records, with the first being unavailable, is common practice (at least in the *nix world), where the higher-level MX is an SMTP gateway. Unfortunately, I

RE: misconfigured sender

2003-07-15 Thread Dickenson, Steven
: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:52 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: misconfigured sender For some reason, it would appear that your mail server is delaying the message, instead of trying the next highest MX record. Having two MX records

RE: attachement overload

2003-07-11 Thread Dickenson, Steven
I'd look into some kind of web-based file storage solution. I'm planning on implementing something similar this summer. I'll allow faculty to logon, upload a file, and designate who can access it. While Public Folders isn't the best way, it's better than individual copies of the attachments in

RE: attachement overload

2003-07-11 Thread Dickenson, Steven
SIS in Ex5.5? For some reason I thought that was only on E2K and above. Cool. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Ward, Stuart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:24 AM

RE: hard drive space

2003-07-09 Thread Dickenson, Steven
I was wondering what that smell was last time I ran a defrag... Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 10:38 AM To:

RE: Good Anti Spam Software

2003-07-03 Thread Dickenson, Steven
This one uses OpenBSD. http://lawmonkey.org/anti-spam.html Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:59 AM To: Exchange

RE: Recovery Help. Request made from a new Exchange Admin.

2003-06-04 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Data this old, I wouldn't put it anywhere NEAR my production environment. You can use a spare desktop machine for this type of work. Build a new server, and restore your data to that. If I were you, I'd keep it off the same LAN as your production servers, also. Through it on a test-lab VLAN, if

RE: Backing up the M Drive

2003-06-03 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Ouch. Don't. Everything I've read says that this will be the seventh sign that brings about Armageddon. Use NTBackup on your Exchange 2000 Server to backup to a file, then backup that file to tape using Arcserve. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key

RE: Backing up the M Drive

2003-06-03 Thread Dickenson, Steven
is available and I can choose the server I want, but like I said previously this does not seem to allow for selective restore/backup on a per mailbox scale. -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 June 2003 17:48 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE

RE: The real story with Secondary MX

2003-05-30 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Well, I've only used this setup in the *nix world. However, this is how it tends to work. The sending SMTP server does an MX lookup on the e-mail destination domain, and grabs the address of the lowest numbered MX. It attempts to make an SMTP connection to that server. If it fails, it will

RE: The real story with Secondary MX

2003-05-30 Thread Dickenson, Steven
You have to set it up to accept mail (aka be a relay for) the primary e-mail domain. It doesn't know it's a secondary MX, per sea, it just knows that it's supposed to accept mail for a certain domain. Then, during it's delivery attempt, it determines where to send it (via DNS or manual routes).

RE: The real story with Secondary MX

2003-05-30 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Wow, I must be tired. Way too many pronouns this morning. Sorry. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:39 AM

RE: Open Relay Help

2003-05-30 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Host and clients with these IP addresses is checked and populated with 3 internal addresses for Canon Image Runner copiers that can send email. I'd bet money that's your problem. I had my Exchange server setup like this at one point, for a Mac client with an old version of Eudora that didn't

RE: Open Relay Help

2003-05-30 Thread Dickenson, Steven
School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Open Relay Help Host and clients with these IP addresses is checked and populated with 3 internal addresses

RE: Open Relay Help

2003-05-30 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Nope, all good now. Steven --- Steven Dickenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Original Message- From: Taylor, Skip [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 10:44 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Open Relay Help I

RE: Open Relay Help

2003-05-30 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Agreed. It drives me nuts, as I do sender address verification using null senders. It's okay to reject null senders for multiple recipients, but not for just one! I'm also amazed at the number of sites that just ignore e-mails I send informing them of their RFC violation. Steven --- Steven