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Essential tools, tips and advice for the Exchange administrator. More tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSORS: - Step-by-Step Guide to Ensuring and Optimizing Exchange http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22768,00.htm?track=NL-123&netiq - Don't Want Spam Filters Running On Your Servers? http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22767,00.htm?track=NL-123&sunbeltsoftware =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. EXCHANGE TIPS - Archiving filtered messages - Solve the OWA security problem - The MTACHECK command - Ask Scott Schnoll: Mail delivery failure between internal users 2. WHAT'S NEW - Gadgets & Gizmos: Computer gadgets put the 'fun' in functional - Opinion: The Seabiscuit of enterprise software - Featured Topic: This year's top 10 stories - Tip Contest: Santa wants to give you a free CD/MP3 player! ____________________________________________________________________ *******************Sponsored by: NetIQ************************ Step-by-Step Guide to Ensuring and Optimizing Exchange You've got to reduce costs while assuring the reliability of your Exchange Servers 24x7. NetIQ can help you monitor your Exchange environment to ensure Exchange services are up and running while managing all components -- including Active Directory and Domain Name Services. Get our FREE white paper, "Monitoring and Managing Exchange," to discover how to secure ingoing/outgoing content flowing through your messaging system. You'll also learn how to measure response times throughout your organization, as well as coming from other different organizations, and automatically discover what services are running on each Exchange Server. Register now! http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22768,00.htm?track=NL-123&netiq ____________________________________________________________________ ARCHIVING FILTERED MESSAGES | by Adesh Rampat Some users may implement filters on their Exchange Servers as an added precaution against spam mails. I received a request from an administrator who implemented message filtering on her Exchange 5.5 Server but was puzzled as to how to retrieve filtered messages. When message filtering is implemented, Exchange, by default, does not automatically archive any filtered messages but instead deletes them. The following procedure shows how to archive filtered messages on both Exchange 5.5 and 2000 Servers. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci942117,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SOLVE THE OWA SECURITY PROBLEM | by Serdar Yegulalp When you set up Outlook Web Access with Exchange, odds are it's to allow access to OWA over the Internet. Because of this, you need to keep security in mind. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci914266,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MTACHECK COMMAND | by Adesh Rampat The Mtacheck.exe command is included in Exchange 5.5 and 2000. It is a repair utility located in the exchsrvrbin directory that can be executed only from the command prompt. It examines the Message Transfer Agent database for corrupted messages that interfere with message flow and rebuilds the MTA queues to get the MTA working again. >> CLICK here for the full tip: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci902589,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MAIL DELIVERY FAILURE BETWEEN INTERNAL USERS | Ask Scott Schnoll Dear Scott: I manage a small business server with 10 users. Intermittently, mail does not get delivered from one user to another user inside the network. I enabled message tracking and it appears as though the message is delivered properly, but the recipient never gets it. I checked for any rules on the client and there are none. Any clues why the messages go into never-land? >> CLICK here for Scott Schnoll's expert response: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid1_cid564815_tax285117,00.html?track=NL-123 Want more tips like this one? 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Click here for your free eval: http://searchWin2000.com/r/0,,22767,00.htm?track=NL-123&sunbeltsoftware ____________________________________________________________________ WHAT'S NEW =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TOP COMPUTER GADGETS PUT THE 'FUN' IN FUNCTIONAL | Gadgets & Gizmos Things will never be the same once you have clicked over to our Gadgets & Gizmos '03 guide. Leave your regular IT pursuits behind for a moment, as you peruse the neatest gaggle of high-tech gizmos ever assembled. We've scoured the planet for the greatest gadgets in existence, and they're all here for your consideration. You've never had so much fun in your life! http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/pr2003/0,294774,sid40,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE SEABISCUIT OF ENTERPRISE SOFTWARRE | Opinion At the ripe old age of four, Windows 2000 Server has hit middle age. With a hot rookie nipping at its heals (Windows Server 2003), the thoroughbred server operating system's days on the track are numbered. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid1_gci942140,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS YEAR'S TOP 10 STORIES | Featured Topic We crunched some numbers to find out what news stories you favored over the past 12 months. The result: SearchWin2000's top 10 news stories of 2003. What were the hot buttons for Windows admins this year? Patch management -- specifically Microsoft's free Software Update Services tool. http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid1_gci940534,00.html?track=NL-123 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SANTA WANTS TO GIVE YOU A NEW CD/MP3 PLAYER! | Tip Contest Are our members really all out of tips or just too busy with the holidays? 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