=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCHWIN2000.COM | Exchange Administration Tip June 23, 2003
Essential tools, tips and advice for the Exchange administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Free Download: Active Folders Content Manager, now for PSTs http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,15499,00.htm?c2c - FREE White Paper - Fighting Spam http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,15481,00.htm?netiq =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. EXCHANGE TIPS - Handle a former employee's mail - Troubleshoot database damage errors - Delete stationary to save mailbox storage space - Ask Scott Schnoll: Why can't I send outside e-mail? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Featured Topic: Most excellent top 10 tips - True IT Blooper #105: Too clean for comfort - Tip Contest: Time is running out! Submit your tip today! - Know-IT-All Quiz #39: Achtung, baby - True IT Blooper Contest: Vote for your favorites! ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored By: C2C's Active Folders v.4 for Exchange Free Download: Are you in PST Hell? DISCOVER, ASSESS, take ACTION LEARN 3 steps towards PST Heaven! 1. DISCOVER all local or central PSTs, even on a laptop. 2. ASSESS with flexible policy-driven searches. 3. Take ACTION: Alert, report, delete or move email or attachments. >> CLICK HERE for Download free 30 DAY TRIAL: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,15499,00.htm?c2c ____________________________________________________________________ HANDLE A FORMER EMPLOYEE'S MAIL | by Adesh Rampat When an employee leaves an organization, and the administrator deletes the employee's mailbox, the Postmaster mailbox may be bombarded with Non-Delivery reports for mail messages that were sent to the former employees' e-mail address. Here's a simple idea that can help resolve this problem. >> CLICK here for the full tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci911029,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TROUBLESHOOT DATABASE DAMAGE ERRORS | by Serdar Yegulalp Microsoft Exchange and Windows 2000 Server contain many mechanisms to prevent data corruption, including the NTFS file system and the various safeguards against errors within the Exchange database itself. Unfortunately, there can be data errors in even the best of circumstances, so a little foreknowledge of the kinds of hard data errors that can appear is useful. >> CLICK here for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci857993,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DELETE STATIONARY TO SAVE MAILBOX STORAGE SPACE | by Grant Stephens Do your company's e-mails prove just as functional without all of the decoration and pizzazz? If mailbox storage is consuming too much space, you may want to consider deleting stationary. >> CLICK here for the full tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci764199,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHY CAN'T I SEND OUTSIDE E-MAIL? | Ask Scott Schnoll Dear Scott: I have my domain name as registered.xxxx.com. I have installed Exchange 2000. It's working fine internally, but when I want to send mail outside the organization, it does not work. I have already given MX record entry in DNS. What else should I do so that my mail can go outside the organization? If I send mail to any user with user.xxxx.com, it is sent and received properly. But if I send mail to a user at another domain, it won't go. >> CLICK here for Scott Schnoll's expert response... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid535170_tax285117,00.html Want more tips like this one? Then sign up to receive SearchWin2000.com's "Tips from our Experts" biweekly newsletter. Just one click will automatically activate your free subscription: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/OptIn/1,290894,sid1,00.html?cid=457574&em=&tid=3107&FE=1 ____________________________________________________________________ Sponsored By: NetIA FREE White Paper - Fighting Spam Is spam killing you by lowering productivity and consuming your IT resources? LEARN how to manage the email beast. DISCOVER why good e-mail usage policies and leading filtering technology are the key elements in an overall anti-spam strategy. 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In this true IT blooper, an office in Quebec accidentally threw their backup out with the bathwater. What a mess. http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci906829,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ACHTUNG, BABY | Know-IT-All Quiz #39 Test your knowledge with this week's quiz, then visit the list of related information you'll find on the answer page. Windows 2000 does not send out alert messages over the network in real-time. Instead, it: a. Stores all pending alerts in a viewable log file b. Checks for available alerts after a certain length of time c. Sends alerts when a threshold of pending alerts is reached d. All of the above e. Both b and c f. Trips through your wires >> CLICK for the correct answer... http://www.searchWin2000.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid1_gci906777,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TIME IS RUNNING OUT! SUBMIT YOUR TIP TODAY! | Tip Contest We're over halfway through the month of June and your submission window is closing fast! Submit any Windows-related tip for your chance to win this month's awesome prize -- an iAUDIO 128 MB MP3 player with FM and voice recorder! The iAUDIO MP3 player is the size of a credit card and only weighs 1.4 ounces! It also has a 5-star rating at Amazon.com with over 34 customer reviews! >> Read more about the prize and submit your tip here: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid1_prz891383_cts891374,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VOTE FOR OUR FAVORITES! | True IT Blooper Contest You've submitted them, you've gotten angry as all heck when they've rubbed you the wrong way and you've been enjoying them for over a year now. But there's one area of our True IT Blooper Contest that you haven't quite mastered -- rating them! 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