=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Exchange Administration Tip Nov. 25, 2002
Essential tools, tips and advice for the Exchange administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Quest Software: How healthy is your Exchange system? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,7828,00.htm?exchangehealthcheck - Webcast: Using group policy to secure Your Windows infrastructure http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/112102/win2k/index.asp?loc=03 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. EXCHANGE TIPS - Avoid trouble with changed passwords - Invisible archive folders - Restoring a mailbox -- or any part of it 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Quick Hit: Oops! True IT blooper #79: Duct tape dupes IT pro - Ask Scott Schnoll: Assigning Receive and Send As permissions - Admin Know-IT-All Quiz #12: Twain and suffering - Tip Contest: Win a Xircom wireless Ethernet access point! ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored By: Quest Software IMPROVE YOUR EXCHANGE PERFORMANCE FAST WITH EXPERT ADVICE. Learn how you can make better decisions and solve Exchange problems faster! Quest Software is offering the Exchange Health Check, a free analysis and consultation, to help put you on the road to Exchange fitness! >> Visit our site to learn more about the Exchange Health Check! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,7828,00.htm?exchangehealthcheck ____________________________________________________________________ AVOID TROUBLE WITH CHANGED PASSWORDS | by Adesh Rampat It is always a good idea to rotate critical system passwords on any server to prevent security breaches. The best example of this is rotating the password for the console admin account. However, changing the passwords for system accounts can often create unpredictable problems if you don't know how to update the rest of the system to use the same passwords for that account. Sometimes this is unavoidable, especially if a tool has been used to change the system accounts. >> CLICK here for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci865199,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= INVISIBLE ARCHIVE FOLDERS | by John Mottershead As an Exchange administrator you probably require users to archive their retained messages on a regular basis. You may find that users will occasionally complain that the archive can disappear after files have been transferred to it. This tip provides you with a likely cause of missing personal archive folders. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci805698,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= RESTORING A MAILBOX -- OR ANY PART OF IT | by Ella Gitman While restoring e-mails, or any other part of the mailbox into an original mailbox, you could unintentionally create "doubles" of the same items. To avoid this, you can use the redirection option in your backup program to redirect restore to a different mailbox -- specifically created for this purpose. >> CLICK for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci788487,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by: Quest Software Using group policy to secure your Windows infrastructure Use Active Directory group policies to efficiently configure and maintain security for Windows 2000/XP. Join Quest Software at 12 p.m. EST on Nov. 21 for a discussion of group policy-based security management and related tips. Click here to pre-register: http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/112102/win2k/index.asp?loc=03 ____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= OOPS! TRUE IT BLOOPER #79: DUCT TAPE DUPES IT PRO | Quick Hit An IT pro drives miles and miles to troubleshoot a problem that has more to do with tape and stupidity than technology. >> CLICK for the full article... http://www.searchWindowsManageability.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci864629,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ASSIGNING RECEIVE AND SEND AS PERMISSIONS | Ask Scott Schnoll Dear Scott: If I launch Outlook, open a New Message, click View, select View From field, and click the From field, the Global Address List (GAL) appears. Next, I select any name in the GAL, compose a message and click send. Exchange appears to send the message AS the user. The sent item appears in my sent box, but the delivered copy bears the Sent By name of the user selected from the GAL. I have verified that permission to Send on Behalf Of is NOT enabled. Any ideas? >> CLICK to read expert Scott Schnoll's answer http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid500630_tax285117,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TWAIN AND SUFFERING | Admin Know-IT-All Quiz #12 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. Special thanks to user Adam Heinz-Herman for this week's suggestion. What does the acronym TWAIN, a familiar interface for all kinds of SCSI imaging devices, stand for? a. (T)elecommunications (W)ithout (A)n (I)P (N)ub b. (T)hinnet (W)avelength (A)ddress (I)LINK (N)ode c. (T)winaxial (W)CDMA (A)adapter (I)n (N)etwork d. (T)echnology (W)ithout (A)n (I)mportant (N)ame e. (T)ake (W)indows95 (A)nd (I)ncinerate (N)ow >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci864410,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN A XIRCOM WIRELESS ETHERNET ACCESS POINT | Tip Contest May I have your attention please? We need your tips -- so get cracking! November is already past the half way point and a Xircom wireless Ethernet access point is up for grabs. 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