t> wrote:
> I think you may want to start with your IIS logs on the CAS server.
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:47 PM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* determine who is accessing
I'm trying to track down an unknown user connecting to my Exchange 2010
server over https. Since it is my exchange server and nothing else, I'm
assuming that this connection is using OWA. I have an external IP, how can
I attach that to an internal mailbox?
I've tried exmon, but it shows almost e
Hi all. I'm sort of feeling like I'm caught between a rock and a dumb place
here. On the one hand, I've got my security guys telling me that Java 6 upd
18 that was installed by BESx has multiple vulnerabilities, and that I need
to upgrade it or remove it, and on the other hand, I've got the folk
ated.
>
>
>
>
>
> DAMIEN SOLODOW
>
> Systems Engineer
>
> 317.447.6033 (office)
>
> 317.217.6851 (fax)
>
> HARRISON COLLEGE
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:43 AM
> *To:* MS-Excha
I was just about to post the same thing. I was up all night trying to shut
the server down gracefully after uninstalling the patch. dw20.exe and
dw20.exe*32 or some such kept eating all my processor power and kept
respawning when I killed them. Finally set all the stuck exchange services
to disa
mith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:20 PM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* New-Mailbo
y complained about the limited search capabilities of
>> New-MailboxRestoreRequest, but that isn’t the kind of thing that gets
>> updated in a UR, and I have no information about whether it will be enhanced
>> in the future.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
&g
I did a restore of a user folder to a new folder in their mailbox using the
-TargetRootFolder parameter in Exchange 2010SP1.
The original folder was restored to the new location but in the root of the
new folder was the Recoverable Items folder and all of its subfolders. It
appears to be current,
ith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:46 PM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* resto
Hi all. I am stuck on trying to restore a single item to a mailbox. I
restored the database to a recovery database and mounted it fine. I deleted
an old message certain to have been in the backup, and tried to restore it
with:
Restore-Mailbox -Identity jdoe -RecoveryDatabase Recoverydb -Subject
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:28 PM
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: activesync on iphone still syncing after password cha
;
>
> IIS still has a valid ticket with the old password. Bounce IIS or recycle
> the app pool and it’ll stop working.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexc
testable, if you have access to
> another iPhone or can convince the user to change their password again while
> you're present and observe the results on their iPhone.
>
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Bill Songstad wrote:
>
>> I have a user that forgot their password
I have a user that forgot their password after a few weeks of using the
password. Couldn't log into OWA manually, but their iphone was able to send
and receive fine with the cached password. We reset the password on the
domain. User logs in to OWA using the new password. Does not change the
pas
I've recently used the exmerge route in a small organization. The exmerge
and mailbox import worked on the sub 2GB mailboxes, although about 25%
needed to be tried twice as they failed to match file sizes on both ends.
No errors, just didn't get everything.
In another organization, one of my coll
, it really is)
> on the Verizon network.
> On Feb 10, 2011 5:35 PM, "Micheal Espinola Jr"
> wrote:
> > If you arent, I highly recommend implimenting greylisting prior to RBL
> > filtering.
> >
> > --
> > ME2
> >
> >
> >
> >
I started using SpamCop and spamhaus a while ago to keep my spam filter from
bursting into flames, and the results were fantastic, until recently when
about 80 of Gmails servers wound up on SpamCops Block list. Sure the expire
hourly if they stop spamming the spamtraps, but I'm missing 5-10 out of
machine” goes away
> with Exchange 2010 sp1. It’s no longer required.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad
unce-9214480-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [
> bounce-9214480-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] on behalf of Bill
> Songstad [bsongs...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 22 December 2010 22:57
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* to CDO or not CDO? or BESx with EX2010
>
>situ
situation:
mail=server1: exchange server 2010
besx=server2: member server in domain
Requirements:
import and export mailbox data
use BESx to update calendars
Assumptions:
MS requires Outlook 2010 on the mail store machine to import and export pst
files
RIM requires CDO 1.2.1 on exchange server f
es and activesync
>
>
>
> You can’t “disable all the websites”. There is only one website. I think
> you mean remove all the virtual directories.
>
>
>
> I think that would be a very bad plan.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consul
I'm side-working in a small shop where I've set up a SBS 2008 server for a
client. They love the Exchange with Activesync for their smartphones, but
they are nervous about all the websites running on the server. If I do as
they ask and disable all the websites, including OWA, won't activesync go
Set DumpsterAlwaysOn and check the dumpster for the sent items folder. That
should help you out in the event of a standard SHIFT+Del. However, in
exchange 2003, one can always go into ones own dumpster and permanently
delete the emails in there. If they were not in there long enough to be
backed
If you use the SBS applications for managing the server, backing up exchange
is a snap. Just use the built-in app. I can't remember the tab but it is
in that little application unique to SBS for managing all the SBS stuff in
one place. Using the standard WS2K8 stuff is much more difficult.
-Bil
up?
>
>
>
>
>
> Webster
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com]
> *Subject:* third party brick level backup
>
>
>
> Are today's versions of Backup Exec and the like still a threat to the
> database when doing brick level backups and restores?
Are today's versions of Backup Exec and the like still a threat to the
database when doing brick level backups and restores? I've only used
NTbackup since Exchange 5.0, but we are going through a merger and my new
counterpart wants to use the third party software so we can restore
individual mailb
I have to agree with the suggestion to keep VMs on a separate disk from the
hypervisor. It is a little nerve-wracking to try and upgrade your
hypervisor on the same disk that has five production servers.
If you can't afford the upgrades that allow for vmotion, you may find that
making whole VM co
te the original.
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 09, 2010 3:40 PM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: OT: Outlook message won't go to PST file
>
>
>
> Dang! I thought we were on to it. No lov
t; Maybe save the email as a .msg file, attach it to a new message and put the
> new message in the PST (?)...
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Bill Songstad wrote:
>
>> I have a strange situation where I have a single message which I have been
>> able to copy from
I have a strange situation where I have a single message which I have been
able to copy from one exchange 2003 mailbox to another but it will not be
copied into a PST file. I can copy other files but not this one. I have
forwarded it to another user and tried to copy the forwarded message and
rec
mething off the beaten path I think.
-Bill
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Ben Scott wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Bill Songstad
> wrote:
> > I have several resource calendars on my Exchange 2003 SP3 server.
>
>
> Us too.
>
> > Recently one of th
I have several resource calendars on my Exchange 2003 SP3 server. They
auto-accept meeting requests as designed and have been for years. Recently
one of the calendars started bouncing meeting requests with a 5.7.1 for
anyone without full control of the mailbox. The funny thing is, after
checking
from?
>
> John
>
> ------
> *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 11 August 2010 16:22
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Remote wipe of ActiveSync devices
>
> Until you have a policy applied to the device, auto-lock I think, o
Until you have a policy applied to the device, auto-lock I think, only block
and delete will be available. This tripped me up a while back.
I never found a way to get away from the locking requirement.
-Bill
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Ellis, John P. wrote:
> Sean
> Thanks for the reply.
Dale wrote:
> Yeah, I thought about doing that, but it would only forward NDR's to a
> folder within the mailbox, not to a different mailbox. Typically the NDR's
> bypass forwarding rules.
>
>
>
> Jay
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gma
Have you set "DumpsterAlwaysOn"? If not, perhaps it was deleted from a
folder other than the deleted items folder.
Another possibility is that they were deleted while the shift key was
depressed. Perhaps as part of a large selection of items.
-Bill
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Jim Dandy wr
I'm not sure what you are asking, but it looks like you want user1 to get
the NDRs they generate while forwarding everything else to user2. I would
use exceptions in an outlook rule to accomplish this. Create a rule to
forward everything to user2 except if it is a NDR.
-Bill
On Tue, Jun 22, 2
I'm curious, wouldn't mailbox limits with suitably low prohibit send
thresholds have prevented this problem?
Bill
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Eric wrote:
> I've never heard of PolyMon so thanks for the heads up, I'll check it out
> myself since free is good :)
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at
Double check your rule. That is the behavior I would expect if you were
using an Out of Office rule.
I have successfully created reply-to-every-email rules on Outlook 2007. I
never used them in production, but I did test them and they worked well
enough that I thought, hey, I probably shouldn't
copy on tape for offsite storage, it takes until
> Wednesday to finish.
>
> Kurt
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:20, Bill Songstad wrote:
> > Not a lot of data being backed up.
> > Exchange= 11 GB 30 minutes
> > File server= 60 GB 4hrs
> > DB server= 25 G
hat does your backup rotation look like?
>
> How long are your backup times?
>
> Do you rotate your media to secure offsite storage?
>
> Kurt
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:31, Bill Songstad wrote:
> > I pitched tapes a few years ago, and never looked back. I back up
&g
I pitched tapes a few years ago, and never looked back. I back up exchange
over the network with NTbackup run from a scheduled task script on W2k3
server. The backup destination has $20 drive trays attached to a hot
swappable SATA controller. I put in my own Sata Drives and rotate them by
hand w
If the deleted items retention option doesn't pan out for you, simply
restore the database into the recovery storage group. Exmerge the mailbox
out to a PST and then either Exmerge the calendar items back into the
mailbox, or use Outlook to connect to the PST file and copy the items over
in Outloo
Bill, I had a similar challenge last year and handled it by creating an
exchange account for the outsiders. I removed logon permissions from the
rest of the machines in my domain and had the outsiders use OWA to see the
calendars they needed. Now they can see the calendars they need, and
schedule
If anyone cares, that did it. Delete the account on the phone and all the
policies are gone.
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Jim Holmgren wrote:
> ISTR that is correct Bill. Once you remove the email account, you are
> removing the policy.
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songs
I think I have it, but have to wait until tomorrow to test. Apparently, the
key is to remove the email account from the phone, which I hadn't done yet.
I'll post back in the morning with the results.
-Bill
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Bill Songstad wrote:
> I have an
I have an exchange 2003 server with some iphones connecting via activesync.
I had the enforce password policy set on all the devices, but one employee
is leaving and taking their phone with them. I tried deleting their
relationship with the server, but the password policy is still in place on
the
Very weird one here.
I have a user from another domain using Outlook 2007 that gets a "connect
to" prompt when she *replies* to one particular sender from my domain. The
prompt pops up as soon as she clicks send. Selecting "cancel" allows the
mail to go out. The odd thing is that the "connect t
I have a bit of a planning issue, and though it is not exactly technical, as
Exchange admins, I'm sure many of you have had to deal with this. Since
FRCP rules require businesses to have a data retention policy and to follow
it, how do you handle email archiving durations when some users want to
reply to lists.
-Original Message-----
From: Bill Songstad [mailto:administra...@waleague.org]
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 1:34 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: send as alias
I have realized that the email address I use for convenience is a PITA on IT
lists. I was sea
I have realized that the email address I use for convenience is a PITA on IT
lists. I was searching the term "administrator" in one of the archives and
realized that my postst and their replies were coming up way too frequently.
Apparently administra...@waleague.org is a poor choice for an ema
, 2009 11:45 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NDRs backscatter and such
Haven't used it, but I'd call it a major flaw if it causes non-existent
recipient filtering to be bypassed without providing a similar
replacement feature within its own realm.
Carl
Does anybody have any strong opinions about how long to set your tarpit?
I've seen numbers as low as 5 seconds and as high as 30. What are the
drawbacks to using a longer tarpit?
Thanks for any feedback,
Bill
with this. J
Carl
From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:00 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NDRs backscatter and such
Thanks for all the insight.
I am filtering recipients who are not in the directory, but the
cause spambots
don't bother to generate them.
The other response about tarpitting, you want to do that too.
Tarpitting doesn't do anything for you unless you've enabled the
recipient filtering for non-existent addresess.
Carl
From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@wa
hing is spam by
the content of the message. A large percentage of connection attempts
are rejected before they start, because they come from known bad
addresses.
Bill Mayo
____
From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org]
Sent: Wednesday, Augus
Okay, backscatter is an annoyance at the very least. So I want to do
something about it. My messaging queue is 90% NDRs to domains and
subdomains with no MX records.
Of course the easy solution is to just uncheck "allow Non-Delivery
reports" in Internet Messaging formats within ESM. But my
Looks like some advice was designed for a larger enterprise.
See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283283
You may need to create a new temporary server. Do a swing migration, delete
the corrupt store and swing back.
Bill
From: Doug Rooney [mailto:d...@sonomatilemakers.com]
Sen
If you are a single server exchange operation, you can create an Outlook
rule that checks the header for @alanet.org and delete it or move it to
a spam folder. Real internal email won't have anything in the headers.
Of course that will also affect any legitimately spoofed email. (travel
confirma
As a meeting driven organization with a soho budget, we curse a lot.
But here are some resources that you can evaluate.
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/calendar.asp
Bill
From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 3:53 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Su
ge Admin Issues
Subject: Re: remotely testing smtp
[reply to multiple messages from the same sender]
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Bill Songstad (WCUL)
wrote:
> Does anybody know of a website/service that I can use to start an SMTP
> session remotely?
The problem is that most mass-
hange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: remotely testing smtp
Can you get netmon, wireshark, or some other packet sniffer on your mail
server?
From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:28 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin I
e you using for a proxy? Can it be set to log the entire SMTP
conversation?
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 15:13, Bill Songstad (WCUL)
wrote:
>
> Close, but it won���t let me put in invalid dat�� The error m trying to
> track down is:
>
>Helo command rejected: need fully-qualifi
Subject: RE: remotely testing smtp
Can you log on to your mail server and telnet to localhost?
From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:14 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: remotely testing
28, 2009 3:00 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: remotely testing smtp
Ive used this.
http://www.zoneedit.com/smtp.html
From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:56 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: remotely testing smtp
Does anybody know of a website/service that I can use to start an SMTP
session remotely? My ISP is claiming certain responses from my mail
server and I would like to verify it. I tried telneting in from home
but my home ISP blocks traffic on port 25. I can't test from inside my
firewall because
The delete key is your friend for errors or useless addresses in your
NK2 file. When a bad or obsolete address shows up in the autofill, just
use the arrow key to highlight the bad one and hit the delete key. Gone
until the next time you type the whole thing in.
Bill
From: Steve Szabo
I know this isn't exactly an Outlook list, but I thought maybe the group
might have some collective knowledge. I had a user pile up 970 emails
in her outbox while doing an email merge with Word 2007 and Outlook
2007. She had "send and receive automatically" turned off due to a
problem with Word c
I've taken a different tack when notifying my users. I set exchange to
notify them every 15 minutes twice a day. I give them a break in the
morning, and at the end of the day, but from 9:30-11:30 and 1:30 to 3:30
they get hammered. Very few people ignore the warnings for long. And
those that do
I have to do something like this in my organization and I handle it like
this:
I created a Contact in AD, and assigned it the remote user's home email
address. Then on the users actual Domain Account, I set the Exchange
General > Delivery Options > Forwarding Address to forward to the AD
Con
trusted sites group of internet explorer security settings.
Could that be what you are experiencing?
Bill Songstad
From: Liby Philip Mathew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 8:35 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OWA opening without credentials on
Not to try and hijack here, but are there security issues with Cached
Mode? Is the OST file encrypted? If the remote workers lose their
laptops, are all their emails available to the new owner?
Bill
-Original Message-
From: Don Andrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August
ve outlook send all 2000 emails to individual recipients one at a
time. On my server that takes about 90 minutes. Be prepared for a slew
of NDRs...
Bill Songstad
-Original Message-
From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:23 AM
To: MS-Exchange Ad
n the spot. I much prefer taking my time to get the
steps right. Picking up somebody else's botched upgrade is a pain.
____
From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri 4/11/2008 9:23 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: routing prob
ve a SMTP connector configured.
Thanks for your help,
Bill Songstad
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri 4/11/2008 8:45 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: routing problem
Have you made changes on the Delivery -> advanced ta
wrong
here.
Thanks for your help,
Bill Songstad
-Original Message-
From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:17 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: routing problem
Hey Bill:
Understand about the brain h
...
From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu 4/10/2008 2:38 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: routing problem
I'm having a bit of a puzzler. I think it has to with DNS but I can't seem to
pin it down.
I added a second exc
igured on either box.
Does anybody have any thoughts on why the servers are sending the mail
outbound rather than routing them directly to the other server?
I swear my head's about to pop.
Bill Songstad
~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image
d the queue. All the normal queue locations were empty. Oh well, at
least the queue is empty...
Oh, turning on subject logging allowed me to see the subjects.
Bill Songstad
-Original Message-
From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 5:
seen that queue
before.
Thanks for any help.
Bill Songstad
~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~
~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
easurable increase in delivery
rates.
Bill Songstad
-Original Message-
From: Steve Hart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 10:30 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Mass emailing?
We're a printing company and we're facing a large increase in the
Thanks for your feedback Michael and Tom. I really appreciate it.
Bill Songstad
~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~
~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
stores and copy
the recovered files to the live location or
But I don't have enough experience to know the pros and cons of each.
Bill Songstad
Director of Technology & Operations | Washington Credit Union League
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | 206.340.4837 | 800.552.0680
wiser. Then I restore the current database and
go on my merry way.
Bill Songstad
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:57 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: to RSG or to not RSG
You have to answer first -
f the final data, and
total time spent by yours truly.
I'm running Exchange 2003 SP2 and NtBackup.
I'm leaning toward number 1, but that's probably because I'm more
familiar with exchange 2000 than X2K3 and that was the only way then.
Thanks for any insights,
Bill So
you have lots of phones, but if you have lots of phones,
buying a cert from a trusted source shouldn't be a problem. For that
matter, now that prices are under $100 a year, it is hard for me to
justify the PITA that is self signed certs either.
Bill Songstad
-Original Me
in RTF on the PC. I'll play with that later this morning to
see if it has an effect.
Bill Songstad
Director of Technology & Operations | Washington Credit Union League
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | 206.340.4837 | 800.552.0680 ext. 117 |
www.waleague.org
Washington's Credit
Does anybody understand why this translation is going wonky, or what I
can do to stop it?
Bill Songstad
~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~
~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
. But as others have pointed out, the BES isn't
that complicated. It might actually be easier for you to adapt than it
would be for them to learn new thumbnastics.
Just my two cents...
Bill Songstad
-Original Message-
From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wedn
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