Re: GoDaddy.com
A lot of ssl clients like firefox don't trust godaddy certs by default. We have quite a few of them. We use thawte.com for our owa certs. About $150 a year and so for every device trusts it by default; even our iphone users. -BenN On Jun 9, 2009 5:03 PM, David Baca dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello All, I wanted to see if any of you were using godaddy.com for your owa - ssl setup for exchange 2007 and whether you had any issues with communicating or setting up outlook 2003/2007 or entourage 2008 - even iphone. I have been using digicert which was smooth but it costs about 250 more. I don't want to switch to godaddy and all of a sudden have all these issues with secure connections etc. Thanks in advance. David ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: favorite phone
our entire IT dept uses Android on the G1. We use a 3rd party program for exchange email called Touchdown that was pretty cheap; but the browser is pretty good on Exchange 2007 Lite. The battery life on the Android is much better since the last update they did. We were a WindowsMobile 6 shop for the last few years too; and that wasn't so bad. -BenN On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.comwrote: We are a BB shop and only do BB. But the iPhone is one freaking sweet piece of hardware that will do ActiveSync. *From:* John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] *Sent:* Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:57 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: favorite phone When your battery craps you're SOL! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud -- *From*: Martin Blackstone *To*: MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Sent*: Thu Mar 05 17:48:25 2009 *Subject*: RE: favorite phone Whs wrong with the iPhone? *From:* Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:45 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* OT: favorite phone We are looking at iphone alternatives. I was just wondering what your favorite phone is, especially for accessing exchange email, contacts, calendar, and browsing the web. Also does the phone have voice dialing? Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st Street West Sonoma,Ca.95476 (707) 935-1577Office (707) 935-9387Fax (707) 766-4185Cell gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com -- CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: RE: Email Archiving Solutions
They have differnt boxes for how much you need. We have one of the big ones that support 2,000 ish users with about 4-6 mil emails a month. On Mar 3, 2009 7:10 PM, Don Andrews don.andr...@safeway.com wrote: How well do they scale? Is one box good for 100 users? 1000? 10,000? 25,000? 50,000? How do multiple boxes (assuming that's an option) work together? - Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld - Original Message - From: Ben Nordlander bennordlan...@gmail.com To: MS-Exchange Admin I... Sent: Tue Mar 03 19:46:28 2009 Subject: Re: RE: Email Archiving Solutions Check out the arcmail def... [ MCSE+I - Win4.0/ MCSE - Win2k/ BJCP # C0389(Recognized)¬ ] Systems Administrator Gardner Publications, Inc. *Phone .. 1-513-527-8867 *Fax 1-... ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt... ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: outlook anywhere question
Make sure u have rpc over http installed under features for win2008. Make sure client access in exch mgmt console is enabled for OA. Try using domain\username to login. If u internal to server like I think. Change outlook client setting in exch proxy settings to use http on both fast/slow to force connection to https. U can control+right outlook tray icon to get connection status window to see how u doing. HTH! -benN On Mar 4, 2009 2:52 PM, Neil Standley n...@net-venture.com wrote: Hello all, Trying to get OA on a Win2008 server w/ Exchange 2007 working. Here’s the problem, when I only have port 443 forwarded to the Exchange box I get prompted for user credentials but the login always fails, we are using basic authentication for now. However, when I open tcp port 135 also I am able to connect. Is Outlook actually using MAPI instead of OA? When I run “netstat –pan tcp” on the exchange server I see my remote IP connected to Tcp 135 and Tcp 443 (there are actually 3 or 4 sessions on 443) Everything I read says you should only have to open tcp 443 for it to work. This is of course in addition to installing the RPC over http role and enabling OA in Exchange. Thanks, Neil ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: RE: Email Archiving Solutions
Check out the arcmail defender appliances. They are locked down linus boxes. Attractive thing I like about our box ia no per user cost. One price for box plus optional yearly software update and hardware support. On Mar 3, 2009 12:52 PM, Alan Monaghan al...@gardnerweb.com wrote: We are running the eVault product here. Been in for about 6 months. Not as seamless as they let on but for the most part, one nice product. We paid for professional services to help us design the server(s) needed to implement it into our environment. We are also using the full journaling features for legal reasons. The one thing is that there is an install for Outlook that is needed to help my end users manage the system along w/ some fine tuning for the OWA portion. This also does not work well for the mac users unless they are running some type of XP emulator for the office applications. Felis demulcta mitis ... Alan G. Monaghan [ MCSE+I - Win4.0/ MCSE - Win2k/ BJCP # C0389(Recognized) Ò¿Ó¬ ] Systems Administrator Gardner Publications, Inc. *Phone .. 1-513-527-8867 *Fax 1-513-527-8801 *Cell ... 1-513-378-0919 *E-mail . al...@gardnerweb.com *URL http://Bullwinkle.GardnerWeb.Com/ -Original Message- From: John Bowles [mailto: john_bow...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 3:48 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Email Archi... ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: Tar Pitting
i use ORF (http://www.vamsoft.com) to handle all my tarpitting and recipient validation. (plus other features like DNSBL, SURBL, and Greylisting) Thought i'd bring this up as an alternative to exchange doing it for you, i find it's configuration easier and it's way too cheap for what it gives me. -Ben PS. i'm just a long time customer and thought others could benefit. On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you said it affects all recipients that suggested (to me anyway) that both valid and invalid recipients would have a tarpit delay if tarpitting was enabled. Thank you for clarifying that that is not the case. To give the 100% correct summary: Messages that are accepted and all recipients are valid are not delayed by tarpitting. Carl *From:* Simon Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:17 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Tar Pitting It is all recipients - because it slows down any response that generates 5.x.x error code. That isn't just invalid recipients - but that is the most common use for its protection. It can also slow down malformed messages to valid recipients as well. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842851 Simon. -- *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 06 June 2008 00:28 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Tar Pitting I'm afraid that Carl is 100% correct for Exchange 2003, the version used by the OP. Perhaps a change was made in Exchange 2007, I can't verify that. Carl *From:* Simon Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:05 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Tar Pitting Where the problems come with tarpitting is when people set the time delay too long. To be effective it doesn't need to be more than 5 seconds. Carl isn't quite 100% correct in its behaviour. It affects all recipients, valid or not. The idea is that a spammer is slowed down when carrying out a directory harvest attack. I personally feel that you shouldn't enable recipient filtering without tarpit. Tarpit is enabled by default in Exchange 2007. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Amset IT Solutions Ltd. e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.amset.co.uk w: www.amset.info Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ http://certificatesforexchange.com/for certificates from just $23.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/http://domainsforexchange.net/ -- *From:* Don Andrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 05 June 2008 21:25 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Tar Pitting Got it – it's not IP based but single message based – if that makes sense. thanks -- *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:16 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Tar Pitting What is there to remember? Tarpitting is simply this: If you (the sending smtp server) tell me an invalid recipient, I am going to wait for the tarpit delay time before I reject it and allow you to continue the smtp conversation with me. *From:* Don Andrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2008 4:10 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Tar Pitting So, the tar pitting component does not remember from one message to the next – even in the same connection? -- *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:05 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Tar Pitting The only way I can fathom that legitimate mail could be affected would be when a message contains both valid and invalid recipients. This particular message would be delayed for the valid recipients by (number of invalid recipients) * (tarpit delay time). Unless there are dozens of invalid recipients included in this message, the delay would not be significant. Carl *From:* Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:57 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Tar Pitting Thanks, Carl. I had thought that it wouldn't affect performance but there was a statement in a MS article that said tar pitting may delay the delivery of legitimate mail. I appreciate the reply! Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:39 AM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Tar Pitting Tarpitting only changes behavior for mail that can't be delivered. There's no effect on normal mail flow. If you filter recipients who are not in the directory and receive mail directly with no intervening relay host, you should
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
any idea where to get it? it isn't available here: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/pss/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/Aqadmcli/aqadmcli.exe On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Neil Hobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can get your hands on it, aqadmcli.exe should do the trick. *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 31 January 2008 18:17 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups -- Connectors any help, i'd be happy! -Ben ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
NM i found it at: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/pss/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/Aqadmcli/ now to figure out how to use it :P -Ben On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any idea where to get it? it isn't available here: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/pss/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/Aqadmcli/aqadmcli.exe On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Neil Hobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can get your hands on it, aqadmcli.exe should do the trick. *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 31 January 2008 18:17 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups -- Connectors any help, i'd be happy! -Ben ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
yeah, no doubt. i have a test server i try things out first.. but i'm using it on my production server now. I just didnt' realize it was a line by line tool like nslookup or adsutil. This is what i have typed in to help fix my problem: C: cd \ C:\aqadmcli.exe setserver myexchangeserver delmsg flags=rcpt,[EMAIL PROTECTED] and it goes through each queue deleting emails with that recipient. for sender it is delmsg flags=sender,[EMAIL PROTECTED] or blank senders would be delmsg flags=sender,sender= anyways.. nice tool! i just wish there was better documentation on it. -Ben On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Neil Hobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can never remember how to use it. Just go careful 'cos it can whack stuff in a big way. J *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 01 February 2008 17:05 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue NM i found it at: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/pss/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/Aqadmcli/ now to figure out how to use it :P -Ben On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any idea where to get it? it isn't available here: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/pss/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/Aqadmcli/aqadmcli.exe On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Neil Hobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can get your hands on it, aqadmcli.exe should do the trick. *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 31 January 2008 18:17 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups -- Connectors any help, i'd be happy! -Ben ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
apparently this command will delete a queue.. i haven't risked it yet though.. i need to further testing. If you want to delete an entire queue, you need to do it differently: queueaction externaldomain.com, qa=MSGACTION,ma=DEL,flags=ALL maybe this will help someon in the group later on. -Ben On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah, no doubt. i have a test server i try things out first.. but i'm using it on my production server now. I just didnt' realize it was a line by line tool like nslookup or adsutil. This is what i have typed in to help fix my problem: C: cd \ C:\aqadmcli.exe setserver myexchangeserver delmsg flags=rcpt,[EMAIL PROTECTED] and it goes through each queue deleting emails with that recipient. for sender it is delmsg flags=sender,[EMAIL PROTECTED] or blank senders would be delmsg flags=sender,sender= anyways.. nice tool! i just wish there was better documentation on it. -Ben On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Neil Hobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can never remember how to use it. Just go careful 'cos it can whack stuff in a big way. J *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 01 February 2008 17:05 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue NM i found it at: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/pss/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/Aqadmcli/ now to figure out how to use it :P -Ben On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: any idea where to get it? it isn't available here: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/pss/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/Aqadmcli/aqadmcli.exe On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Neil Hobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can get your hands on it, aqadmcli.exe should do the trick. *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 31 January 2008 18:17 *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups -- Connectors any help, i'd be happy! -Ben ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
yes, i found this too.. but it isnt' sticking out to me how best to edit this.. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.exchangecookbook.com/files/07-14-delete-message-from-queue.txt You'll have to remove the specific message selection logic, but this shows you the path to follow… Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:17 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups -- Connectors any help, i'd be happy! -Ben ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
w00t thanks Michael. i will give that a try! thanks a ton, and i'll be back with results. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take this statement: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ' And MessageID =' _ strMessageID ') And turn it into this: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ') Note the two line change that removes the MessageID from the SELECT statement. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:37 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue yes, i found this too.. but it isnt' sticking out to me how best to edit this.. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.exchangecookbook.com/files/07-14-delete-message-from-queue.txt You'll have to remove the specific message selection logic, but this shows you the path to follow… Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:17 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups -- Connectors any help, i'd be happy! -Ben ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
i'm trying this out on my test server.. and it doesn't seem to work. i sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is now queued for retry on my test exchange server. and i put in attbi.com in the script config part and run cscript thatscript.vbs and it finishes with no error or output really beyond the script host version. hmm.. do you think i'd need to put in the entire name as it is displayed in ESM? -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: w00t thanks Michael. i will give that a try! thanks a ton, and i'll be back with results. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take this statement: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ' And MessageID =' _ strMessageID ') And turn it into this: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ') Note the two line change that removes the MessageID from the SELECT statement. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:37 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue yes, i found this too.. but it isnt' sticking out to me how best to edit this.. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.exchangecookbook.com/files/07-14-delete-message-from-queue.txt You'll have to remove the specific message selection logic, but this shows you the path to follow… Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:17 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups -- Connectors any help, i'd be happy! -Ben ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
nevermind it worked.. for some reason just saving the vbs file in notepad and running it wasn't saving my changes.. or something. i closed it and ran it on my test server.. and it worked. i just tried it on my production server for hotmai.com that had one email in it.. and it cleared that right up.. so here i go on my 85,000 queue :) -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm trying this out on my test server.. and it doesn't seem to work. i sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is now queued for retry on my test exchange server. and i put in attbi.com in the script config part and run cscript thatscript.vbs and it finishes with no error or output really beyond the script host version. hmm.. do you think i'd need to put in the entire name as it is displayed in ESM? -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: w00t thanks Michael. i will give that a try! thanks a ton, and i'll be back with results. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take this statement: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ' And MessageID =' _ strMessageID ') And turn it into this: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ') Note the two line change that removes the MessageID from the SELECT statement. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:37 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue yes, i found this too.. but it isnt' sticking out to me how best to edit this.. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.exchangecookbook.com/files/07-14-delete-message-from-queue.txt You'll have to remove the specific message selection logic, but this shows you the path to follow… Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:17 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups -- Connectors any help, i'd be happy! -Ben ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
Well that sucks. I let this script run and after about 3 hours of running, and it fails with this error... C:\exchange-queue-delete.vbs(39, 10) SWbemObjectEx: Not found /sigh -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nevermind it worked.. for some reason just saving the vbs file in notepad and running it wasn't saving my changes.. or something. i closed it and ran it on my test server.. and it worked. i just tried it on my production server for hotmai.com that had one email in it.. and it cleared that right up.. so here i go on my 85,000 queue :) -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm trying this out on my test server.. and it doesn't seem to work. i sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is now queued for retry on my test exchange server. and i put in attbi.com in the script config part and run cscript thatscript.vbs and it finishes with no error or output really beyond the script host version. hmm.. do you think i'd need to put in the entire name as it is displayed in ESM? -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: w00t thanks Michael. i will give that a try! thanks a ton, and i'll be back with results. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take this statement: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ' And MessageID =' _ strMessageID ') And turn it into this: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ') Note the two line change that removes the MessageID from the SELECT statement. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:37 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue yes, i found this too.. but it isnt' sticking out to me how best to edit this.. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.exchangecookbook.com/files/07-14-delete-message-from-queue.txt You'll have to remove the specific message selection logic, but this shows you the path to follow… Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:17 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted the SMTP Connector in 'Routing Groups -- Connectors any help, i'd be happy! -Ben ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
here is my script: ' This script was originally published in the Exchange Cookbook, ' (http://www.exchangebookcook.com). Written by Paul Robichaux, ' Missy Koslosky, and Devin Ganger. Redistributed with permission ' of the publisher, O'Reilly Associates. ' This code deletes a given message within an Exchange SMTP queue. ' -- SCRIPT CONFIGURATION - ' The host name of the Exchange server strHostname = MyExchangeServer ' e.g., red-exch02 ' Name of the SMTP queue to search for messages strQueueName = domain-queue-iwanttodelete.com ' e.g., 3sharp.com ' -- END CONFIGURATION ' Get the Exchange Namespace WMI object Set objWMIExch = GetObject(winmgmts:// strHostname _ /root/MicrosoftExchangeV2) ' Get the list of queues and process our desired queue Set objQueuesList = objWMIExch.InstancesOf(Exchange_SMTPQueue) For Each objQueueInst in objQueuesList ' Make sure this queue is the one we're looking for; if not, skip it If objQueueInst.QueueName = strQueueName Then strMsgInfo = strMsgInfo Queue: objQueueInst.QueueName ( _ objQueueInst.QueueID ) VbCrLF Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ') For each objMsgInst in objMsgsList strMsgInfo = strMsgInfoMessage _ objMsgInst.MessageID VbCrLF _ Sender: objMsgInst.Sender VbCrLF _ MessageID: objMsgInst.MessageId VbCrLF objMsgInst.DeleteNoNDR strMsgInfo = strMsgInfoMessage deleted. VBCrLF Next End If Next Wscript.Echo strMsgInfo On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well that sucks. I let this script run and after about 3 hours of running, and it fails with this error... C:\exchange-queue-delete.vbs(39, 10) SWbemObjectEx: Not found /sigh -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nevermind it worked.. for some reason just saving the vbs file in notepad and running it wasn't saving my changes.. or something. i closed it and ran it on my test server.. and it worked. i just tried it on my production server for hotmai.com that had one email in it.. and it cleared that right up.. so here i go on my 85,000 queue :) -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm trying this out on my test server.. and it doesn't seem to work. i sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is now queued for retry on my test exchange server. and i put in attbi.com in the script config part and run cscript thatscript.vbs and it finishes with no error or output really beyond the script host version. hmm.. do you think i'd need to put in the entire name as it is displayed in ESM? -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: w00t thanks Michael. i will give that a try! thanks a ton, and i'll be back with results. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take this statement: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ' And MessageID =' _ strMessageID ') And turn it into this: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ') Note the two line change that removes the MessageID from the SELECT statement. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com
Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue
sorry, i should have been more specific on the outcome which was nothing. It never deleted any email in the queue. It must have timed-out somewhere after 3 hours. granted there are 80,000 emails in this queue. I have looked all over the file system and can't find if these emails are stored somewhere... i checked all the usual suspects ( or so i think ). like C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\Mailroot\vsi 1\Queue and the one in C:\inetpub\mailroot... 5 minute break... you know.. these emails are starting to shift into the deferred queue and now i'm finding them i think on the default exchange queue folder now.. hmmm. Yes they are shifting from delay to NDRs.. good! maybe i'll just wait for that to fill up and then delete them outta there. Unless anyone else has a better idea. Thanks for being curious in my efforts. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Don Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it not found 'cause it finished? -- *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:18 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue Well that sucks. I let this script run and after about 3 hours of running, and it fails with this error... C:\exchange-queue-delete.vbs(39, 10) SWbemObjectEx: Not found /sigh -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nevermind it worked.. for some reason just saving the vbs file in notepad and running it wasn't saving my changes.. or something. i closed it and ran it on my test server.. and it worked. i just tried it on my production server for hotmai.com that had one email in it.. and it cleared that right up.. so here i go on my 85,000 queue :) -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i'm trying this out on my test server.. and it doesn't seem to work. i sent an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is now queued for retry on my test exchange server. and i put in attbi.com in the script config part and run cscript thatscript.vbs and it finishes with no error or output really beyond the script host version. hmm.. do you think i'd need to put in the entire name as it is displayed in ESM? -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ben Nordlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: w00t thanks Michael. i will give that a try! thanks a ton, and i'll be back with results. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take this statement: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ' And MessageID =' _ strMessageID ') And turn it into this: Set objMsgsList = objWMIExch.ExecQuery (Select * From _ Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Where ProtocolName='SMTP' And LinkId=' _ objQueueInst.LinkID ' And LinkName=' _ objQueueInst.LinkName ' And QueueId=' _ objQueueInst.QueueID ' And QueueName=' _ objQueueInst.QueueName ' And VirtualMachine=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualMachine ' And VirtualServerName=' _ objQueueInst.VirtualServerName ') Note the two line change that removes the MessageID from the SELECT statement. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:37 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: fast way to delete an Exchange Queue yes, i found this too.. but it isnt' sticking out to me how best to edit this.. -Ben On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.exchangecookbook.com/files/07-14-delete-message-from-queue.txt You'll have to remove the specific message selection logic, but this shows you the path to follow… Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:17 PM *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues *Subject:* fast way to delete an Exchange Queue I have a bunch of emails backed up due to a failed archive/journeling system. at this point i just want to delete everything that it was trying to deliver to my email archive system. In my exchange 2003 server the queue name is SMTP - mailarchive.mydomain.net (SMTP Connector). any of you have a script that could clear this queue up? I already deleted
