I'm blessed I know.... :-) That article I didn't came accross last night actually. Although the info in that artcile I already did find. Performace isn't an issue btw (min. 10 users).
Like I said before: I find this a real missing feature of Exchange... As the author states, it's the most commonly asked question and Exchange doesn't provide a nice GUI in which you can enable it. On 8/3/06, Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.msexchange.org/articles/Disclaimer-Fun.html Glutten for punishment aren't ya? Bart Van den Wyngaert wrote: > That's what I used, but in VBScript (the brother of the article you > send). > > I indeed can bind that event sink to the default SMTP virtual server, > but I don't see the disclaimers on external addresses. Then I saw that > Marette had instructions involving some manipulation on SMTP in case > you're using SBS. > > Which also kinda sounds strange. But when I went digging a little bit, > I found that clients working with OL, will not have the disclaimer > added (MAPI). Finally I'm having the impression that this is kinda > made difficult while it should be easy by design... Or I'm a missing > something on that point? > > It's not about the money, at least I don't pay it so don't care. From > my point of view, it's the technical aspect that I want to know how > it's structured and how to make it work really. That way I gain the > knowledge :-) > > Bart > > On 8/3/06, Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Are you using the SBS's SMTP connector or using the >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=317327 info there? >> >> Marette's instructions to remove the SBS's native smtp connection, build >> a new one that listens on port 26, the time it would have taking me to >> follow her instructions.. I saved the time and money in getting out my >> credit card and buying an event sink already done. >> >> >> >> Bart Van den Wyngaert wrote: >> > Thanks all! >> > >> > Now the reason that I want to use the Event Sink way is because there >> > is no more need then that... And like said, GFI is no longer. Neither >> > the doc on Smallbizz. >> > >> > I know there is a manipulation needed on SMTP level, but I just don't >> > see it. If somebody knows the little trick (was it an additional >> > connector or virtual server)...? >> > >> > Thanks for the other inputs so far. >> > Bart >> > >> > On 8/3/06, Joe Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Sure, I saw the message and remembered that we were still using a >> >> disclaimer >> >> script for this, so I thought I'd offer some help, but a word of >> caution >> >> about the fact that the script can get tricky. >> >> >> >> With only that many users, many of those problems might never show >> >> up. We >> >> have a few more users than that (ok, 4 orders of magnitude!), so we >> >> see a >> >> lot of weird stuff that is hard to even imagine when you are >> testing the >> >> code. :) >> >> >> >> The product is probably a better choice, especially if it is cheap. >> >> >> >> We really did try to buy a product to do this as we wanted more >> >> features and >> >> fewer problems (or someone else to blame them on), but only the >> >> script had >> >> reasonable performance. Everything else brought our gateways to >> >> their knees >> >> and had to be disabled. I was shocked by this actually. :) >> >> >> >> Joe K. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: <ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:24 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT - Adding disclaimer on E2K3 on a SBS >> 2K3 box >> >> >> >> >> >> > This is an SBS box..... we may have performance problems.. but it's >> >> > certainly not caused by a SMTP sink event on that Exchange >> server ;-) >> >> > Remember at the most we're only hosting 75 users/devices on that >> >> server >> >> > with a max of 75 gigs (remember no snickering from the Enterprise >> >> folks) >> >> > of Store. >> >> > >> >> > (and reading his message.. see why I went with Policypatrol? >> >> > >> >> > Joe Kaplan wrote: >> >> >> We actually use a script at work after having tried a few products >> >> and >> >> >> having terrible performance problems. If you are interested, I'll >> >> ping >> >> >> one of the exchange guys and see if he can provide a little >> >> direction. >> >> >> >> >> >> Once you actually get it working from a plumbing standpoint, the >> >> script >> >> >> itself is actually a bit trickier to implement than the trivial >> >> sample MS >> >> >> shows. You have to decide if you are going to put HTML into HTML >> >> body >> >> >> parts, text into text body parts, both into messages that have >> >> both, and >> >> >> what to do about signed messages, as the disclaimer will change >> >> the data >> >> >> and invalidate the digital signature. You also need to be careful >> >> you >> >> >> don't screw up the encoding of messages in non-ASCII or ISO-8859-1 >> >> >> character sets. You can also decide if you want to add the >> >> disclaimer to >> >> >> messages that already contain it (sometimes mail routing may >> cause a >> >> >> message to hit the sink more than once) or not, and if you care >> about >> >> >> that, how do you decide if the disclaimer is in there? :) >> >> >> >> >> >> Ours still has some issues with a few of these points, but some of >> >> the >> >> >> problems were too tough to deal with for the people who were >> >> trying to >> >> >> solve them, so they just slid. >> >> >> >> >> >> Joe K. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bart Van den Wyngaert" >> >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> To: "ActiveDir" <ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org> >> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 3:41 PM >> >> >> Subject: [ActiveDir] OT - Adding disclaimer on E2K3 on a SBS >> 2K3 box >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi guys, >> >> >>> >> >> >>> I'm having trouble with adding a disclaimer on E2K3 on a SBS 2K3 >> >> box. >> >> >>> I'm using the EventSink with a .vbs to add the disclaimer. The >> >> box is >> >> >>> configured with a default SMTP server and a SMTP connector which >> >> >>> forwards all external email to the SMTP of the ISP. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Anybody who has done the trick already? If so, can you please >> >> tell me >> >> >>> the little secret for this? *g* >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Many thanks to all, >> >> >>> Bart >> >> >>> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >> >> >>> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >> >> >>> List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx >> >> >> >> >> >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >> >> >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >> >> >> List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Letting your vendors set your risk analysis these days? >> >> > http://www.threatcode.com >> >> > >> >> > If you are a SBSer and you don't subscribe to the SBS Blog... man >> >> ... I >> >> > will hunt you down... >> >> > http://blogs.technet.com/sbs >> >> > >> >> > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >> >> > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >> >> > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx >> >> >> >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >> >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >> >> List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx >> >> >> > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >> > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >> > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx >> > >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >> List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx >> > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx
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