RE: Excluding recipients from Dynamic Distribution Group?

2012-10-01 Thread Paul Hutchings
done. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 11:15 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Excluding recipients from Dynamic Distribution Group? With a traditional distribution group you could expand it and remove individuals on a per-email basis.

RE: Users able to send mail as any user using "From" button

2012-09-20 Thread Paul Hutchings
I seem to remember an issue or "feature" where Account Operators (or some similar priviledged group) can do this by default. From: Liby Philip Mathew [mailto:lmat...@path-solutions.com] Sent: 20 September 2012 10:54 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Users able to send mail as any user using "

RE: Migrating big mailboxes from 2003 to 2010

2012-06-06 Thread Paul Hutchings
IIRC when we migrated if you have a maximum message size it also refuses to move those, we had to disable those during the move window - I think the issue was that it uses SMTP as the transport. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 06 June 2012 15:52 To: MS-Exchange Admin

RE: Issues snapshotting virtual Exchange servers in DAG?

2012-03-22 Thread Paul Hutchings
ut I think even after increasing the cluster heartbeat timeout people were still having occasional issues. I work for a Veeam partner so can probably find out more if you need me to, though it sounds like you probably won’t gain much from doing it anyway. Steve From: Paul Hutchings [mai

RE: Issues snapshotting virtual Exchange servers in DAG?

2012-03-22 Thread Paul Hutchings
asily as I can. :) Personally, I don’t like taking snapshots of entire VMs. For one thing, it’s not a supported way to restore an Exchange server. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Issues snapshotti

RE: AppAssure Feedback?

2012-03-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
There are a lot of users on Spiceworks. Seems to get decent feedback compared to many of the others. I guess the biggest pro or con is the Dell takeover as nobody quite knows what may change (if anything) yet. Paul From: Phil Hershey [mailto:phers...@agia.com] Sent: 29 February 2012 21:04 To:

RE: Renaming leavers mailbox to deal with meetings?

2012-02-20 Thread Paul Hutchings
ect: RE: Renaming leavers mailbox to deal with meetings? Ayup. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 11:08 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Renaming leavers mailbox to deal with meetings

RE: Renaming leavers mailbox to deal with meetings?

2012-02-20 Thread Paul Hutchings
ood idea. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 10:11 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Renaming leavers mailbox to deal with meetings? We have a person, let's call them Joe, who works

RE: Exchange 2010 Hardware & Backups

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Hutchings
a tool like this for Exchange so thought I'd get a bit of feedback :) We are looking at an affordable option for DR in addition to general backups. Thanks! Eric On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Paul Hutchings mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk>> wrote: FOr 100 to 200 users gut

RE: Exchange 2010 Hardware & Backups

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Hutchings
FOr 100 to 200 users gut reaction is that's absolutely fine. The Mailbox Sizing Spreadsheet will help but you're not likely be taxing any half-decent RAID. I'd probably increase the RAM because it's a cheap win. Backup? I'm not sure if you're asking just for Exchange or in general. You can

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-12 Thread Paul Hutchings
load balancer, or a single Windows VM acting as the CAS? ____ From: Paul Hutchings [paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 02 February 2012 12:31 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? So what is the pro of that approach over

RE: Unable to recover Deleted Items using ExFolder?

2012-02-06 Thread Paul Hutchings
/exchange/archive/2012/02/06/recovering-public-folders-after-accidental-deletion-part-1-recovery-process.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Friday, Feb

RE: Unable to recover Deleted Items using ExFolder?

2012-02-06 Thread Paul Hutchings
change.com -Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:53 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Unable to recover Deleted Items using ExFolder? I'm trying to recover some deleted items from a Public Folder using ExFold

Unable to recover Deleted Items using ExFolder?

2012-02-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
I'm trying to recover some deleted items from a Public Folder using ExFolders. I can see the items in ExFolder but when I right-click and do "Recover Items" it throws an exception as per below. Any ideas please? When I browse to that folder using Outlook I don't have the Recover Deleted Items

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
mber of TCP/IP ports for RPC. In essence to set static ports it's just a couple of registry entries on each server that's part of the array hosting the CAS role. Steve From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: 02 F

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
load balance a large number of TCP/IP ports for RPC. In essence to set static ports it's just a couple of registry entries on each server that's part of the array hosting the CAS role. Steve From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@m

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
C. In essence to set static ports it's just a couple of registry entries on each server that's part of the array hosting the CAS role. Steve From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: 02 February 2012 11:10 To: MS-Excha

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
nce-9482517-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]<mailto:[mailto:bounce-9482517-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]> On Behalf Of Paul Hutchings Sent: 02 February 2012 09:46 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? This is clearly where I have a lot of

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
.@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]<mailto:[mailto:bounce-9482517-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]> On Behalf Of Paul Hutchings Sent: 02 February 2012 09:46 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers? This is clearly where I have a lot of reading to d

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
panies, Kemp and Coyote Point will work just fine.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 2:47 PM To:

RE: Load Balancer vs. 2 more Exchange Servers?

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
Coyote Point work just fine and you don't have to do anything with RPC ports. I have both widely deployed with clients. (I've also got expensive ones deployed - but for "most" companies, Kemp and Coyote Point will work just fine.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and

RE: ActiveSync Inventory

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Hutchings
If it helps any, I usually use this, probably not very elegant but seems to do what I need: $Mailboxes = Get-Mailbox $Mailboxes | ForEach {Get-ActiveSyncDeviceStatistics -Mailbox:$_.Identity} | Select Identity,DeviceType,DeviceUserAgent,DeviceID,LastSyncAttemptTime,LastSuccessSync | Export-CSV

RE: ActiveSync - block rule not working?

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Hutchings
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: ActiveSync - block rule not working? It probably is one specific app pool, but I don't know which one. I just recycle all of those that have "Exchange" in their name. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssential

RE: ActiveSync - block rule not working?

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Hutchings
k rule not working? IIS has a cache of stuff like this. Just recycle the app pools after making changes for immediate effect. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailt

RE: ActiveSync - block rule not working?

2012-01-17 Thread Paul Hutchings
en with smart phones when you disable them after the fact. Usually it takes a recycle of IIS to make it stick. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 8:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: A

RE: Cheap UC SSL CA?

2011-12-19 Thread Paul Hutchings
We're using one. We have a good old mix of clients so I did my homework and these have been flawless. From: Ben Serebin [b...@reefsolutions.com] Sent: 18 December 2011 9:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Cheap UC SSL CA? Hello All, Any

RE: Adding a second server and going to a DAG?

2011-12-14 Thread Paul Hutchings
l B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 8:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Adding a second server and going to a DAG? We

Adding a second server and going to a DAG?

2011-12-14 Thread Paul Hutchings
We currently have a single multi-role Exchange 2010 SP1 box running as a VM. Early next year I'd like to add a second server to give us a two server DAG, and a hardware load balancer. Given I already have a working production server, just how much impact on my users is this likely to cause? We

RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: Outlook issues after changing domain password?

2011-12-09 Thread Paul Hutchings
we'll see, most odd if it is that though as it doesn't explain the intermittent nature of it all. ____ From: Paul Hutchings [paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 07 December 2011 8:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: Outlook is

RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: Outlook issues after changing domain password?

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Hutchings
sday, December 07, 2011 1:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: [Bulk] RE: [Bulk] RE: Outlook issues after changing domain password? And the password cache in the Users applet in the Control Panel has been cleared? From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[m

RE: [Bulk] RE: Outlook issues after changing domain password?

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Hutchings
only one mail account? From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: [Bulk] RE: Outlook issues after changing domain password? Not sure about the full reboot as that is something I wanted to try and avoid

RE: Outlook issues after changing domain password?

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Hutchings
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook issues after changing domain password? Not sure about the fu

RE: Outlook issues after changing domain password?

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Hutchings
e the situation? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Outlook issues after changing domain password? Has anyone

RE: Outlook issues after changing domain password?

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Hutchings
t let him. Turning cached mode off "fixed" this anomaly. Richard From: bounce-9464685-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:bounce-9464685-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> [mailto:bounce-9464685-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]<mailto:[mailto:bounce-9464685-8066..

RE: Exchange 2010 sp1 RU6 - has anyone experienced any issues

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Hutchings
You know they just release SP2? From: Sean Rector [sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: 05 December 2011 11:45 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 sp1 RU6 - has anyone experienced any issues Basically wondering if anyone has experienced any problems af

RE: Ex2003 to 2010 Transition

2011-11-09 Thread Paul Hutchings
I didn't find one single article, but as some start points for when I did ours: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exdeploy2010/default.aspx#DeploymentCheckList/ee721975/2003 http://msexchangegeek.com/2010/01/30/rapid-transition-guide-from-exchange-2003-to-exchange-2010/ http://blogs.technet.com/b

RE: Using Forefront TMG to protect Exchange 2010?

2011-10-10 Thread Paul Hutchings
requirements? Thanks, Jamie Morales Reliance Cloud Services www.relianceCloud.com<http://www.relianceCloud.com> From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 1:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject

RE: Disabling IMAP by default for new users?

2011-10-06 Thread Paul Hutchings
e MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 3:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Disabling IMAP by default for new users? We have an app that only works with IMAP access. I know I can run a cmdlet that wi

RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?!

2011-10-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
ary. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Fo

RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?!

2011-10-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
riginal Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! So, back to this a little later, but does anyone have any ideas just wtf might

RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?!

2011-10-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
ing like: Mail-Disable all public folders. See what's left MESO folder and delete them (appreciate any tips on what to look out for and NOT delete in this folder) Mail-Enable the public folders that should be mail-enabled. Thanks, Paul ____ From: Paul Hu

RE: Load Balancers?

2011-10-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
Anyone used these? http://uk.loadbalancer.org/ From: Paul Hutchings [paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 03 October 2011 3:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancers? Sorry yes, “pair” being physical or virtual it’s still (ideally) two Windows

RE: Load Balancers?

2011-10-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
ons.com]> Sent: 03 October 2011 13:52 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Load Balancers? Kemp is a good choice, as is Coyote Point. If you have lots of money, you can also consider Citrix, Cisco, and F5. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange

RE: Load Balancers?

2011-10-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
ultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 8:48 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Load Balancers? I'm starting to think and plan for adding a

RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?!

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
this issue with trying to add the email address. From: Richard Sobey [r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: 27 September 2011 4:39 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! On 27/09/2011 16:30, Paul

RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?!

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
;t mail-enabled... Paul From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 27 September 2011 16:25 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! This is just a country name ourdomain.co.uk. It's already in use as adfind s

RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?!

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
ubject: RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?! A couple of things come to mind. You can try mail enabling it and see if that lets you remove the address, and then mail-disable it. Or take it straight to the source with ADSIEdit. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:p

RE: SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?!

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
osoft@adname.local> comes to mind. Might you have a special name? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011

SMTP Address is un use by a non mail-enabled Public Folder?!

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
Just came to setup a DL and the SMTP address we want to use is already in use. I ran adfind and found it. folderPathname is listed, as is proxyAddresses. However, when I use the EMC Public Folders console to browse to that location, the public folder is not mail enabled, so I have no idea how I

RE: OWA Cert

2011-09-23 Thread Paul Hutchings
I don't think you shouldn't need a UCC cert for Exchange 2003 as usually all the services usually go via a single URL. On our Exchange 2003 box we used a RapidSSL cert which worked just fine. On our 2010 box we use a Starfield (Godaddy without the Godaddy branding) one from Certificatesforexcha

RE: "ObjectNotFoundException: The Active Directory user wasn't found."

2011-09-12 Thread Paul Hutchings
ts). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 10:27 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: "ObjectNotFound

RE: Best Practices for Attachment Size Limits

2011-09-08 Thread Paul Hutchings
We use 20mb with an Accellion for anything over that. Whatever you set it to at some point it won't be enough so there is no right answer. From: John Hornbuckle [john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: 08 September 2011 5:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issue

RE: Certificatesforexchange - are all SAN certs equal?

2011-08-25 Thread Paul Hutchings
atesforexchange - are all SAN certs equal? Are you starting the certificates mmc from within an elevated command prompt? (BTW: Lync 2010 Unleashed - go buy it. It's worth it.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [

RE: Transition from 2003 to 2010

2011-08-22 Thread Paul Hutchings
I'm not sure there is one single guide, but in my environment, single BE & FE 2003 to single 2010, I found these useful, in no particular order: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exdeploy2010/default.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/jribeiro/archive/2009/11/26/transitioning-an-exchange-2003-envir

RE: Blacklisted on new IP?

2011-08-21 Thread Paul Hutchings
Honestly, set one up as soon as you can. They don't stop spam, but they do help demonstrate that mail purporting to be from yourdomain.com really is. The things to be aware of before you rush in is that SPF can break email forwarding if you use it, and if you have people who submit mail with a

RE: Outlook Anywhere and Checkpoint FW

2011-08-16 Thread Paul Hutchings
They aren't going over the wire in clear text because you're only allowing Outlook Anywhere over SSL, aren't you...? From: Harry Singh [hbo...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 August 2011 5:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Outlook Anywhere and Checkpoint FW All - E

RE: Moving the Public Folder Hierarchy?

2011-08-10 Thread Paul Hutchings
o: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Moving the Public Folder Hierarchy? I'm forced to say that I've never seen either of those issues. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.

RE: Moving the Public Folder Hierarchy?

2011-08-10 Thread Paul Hutchings
ched about missing group metrics and sure enough my \\server\groupmetrics share, which was there, had mysteriously disappeared. Restarting the Exchange Host Service recreated that though. Are these little niggles normal/expected?! The old boxes are still switched off. From: Paul

RE: Moving the Public Folder Hierarchy?

2011-08-09 Thread Paul Hutchings
s the appropriate AD settings...just follow the the documentation... Straight from MBS... http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/05/04/removing-the-last-exchange-2003-server.aspx On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Paul Hutchings mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk>> wrote: Thanks

RE: Moving the Public Folder Hierarchy?

2011-08-09 Thread Paul Hutchings
e to recover if necessary... On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Paul Hutchings mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk>> wrote: Thanks Michael, already have. Right now in theory everything is done barring uninstalling the two old Exchange boxes. They're switched off right now and I plan on leaving t

RE: Moving the Public Folder Hierarchy?

2011-08-09 Thread Paul Hutchings
ael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 6:34 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Moving the Public Folder Hierarchy? I'd

Moving the Public Folder Hierarchy?

2011-08-09 Thread Paul Hutchings
I'd appreciate a bit of a sanity check please. I've gone through all the steps that I know of to de-configure my Exchange 2003 servers prior to removing them. I've not yet removed the mailbox databases and Public Folder database though they are empty (no mailboxes, no PF instances). I was plan

RE: Autodiscover Exchange 2010

2011-08-08 Thread Paul Hutchings
Are you using the same account? We're migrating and I didn't realise that autodiscover only works with mailboxes on your 2010 servers, so my new test mailbox checked out fine on the test website, but my own mailbox which was still on 2003 wouldn't work without being manually setup.

RE: Room Booking - All Day Events

2011-08-05 Thread Paul Hutchings
arprocessing cmdlet. You can end up with double bookings if you give users full access to the calendar and they manually add the appointments to the calendar. The AllowConflicts only applies to the behavior of the Booking Attendant. It doesn’t apply a restriction to the calendar itself.

RE: transition from exchange 2003 to 2010

2011-08-05 Thread Paul Hutchings
a wildcard cert? Is it just price, or is there a technical advantage? On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 07:45, Paul Hutchings wrote: > > Just done this, fun aint it J We got a single SAN/UCC cert for domain.com, > mail.domain.com, legacy.domain.com and autodiscover.domain.com. > > > >

RE: transition from exchange 2003 to 2010

2011-08-05 Thread Paul Hutchings
Just done this, fun aint it :) We got a single SAN/UCC cert for domain.com, mail.domain.com, legacy.domain.com and autodiscover.domain.com. We put it on the CAS and the 2003 FE, not the 2003 BE (and of course our reverse proxy for SSL inspection). This is what I have in my notes for KB937031:

RE: [80004005-501-4B9-560] Sync Error

2011-08-04 Thread Paul Hutchings
o not fix" for E14. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:39 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: [80004005-501-4B9-5

[80004005-501-4B9-560] Sync Error

2011-08-04 Thread Paul Hutchings
I've read pretty much all the threads on this, but I'm still unclear - with an Exchange 2010 SP1 RU3v3 server and Outlook 2007 and 2010, whilst these Sync Errors don't appear to be causing an issue, are they a bug, by design, or something I can fix? I've deleted and re-created OST's, no differe

Problem Replicating Organization Forms to Exchange 2010

2011-08-03 Thread Paul Hutchings
Seems I have one problem area with Public Folders which is Organisation Forms. Despite being listed on the Replication tab, our new 2010 SP1 RU3v3 simply doesn't seem to have a replica of the Organisation Forms folder, and I don't know why. Clients are seeing this error in their Sync Issues fol

RE: Outlook Social Connector

2011-08-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook Social Connector Did that and still have oddness. We've only tested with our IT department at the moment. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Tuesday, August 02,

RE: Outlook Social Connector

2011-08-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
ssues Subject: RE: Outlook Social Connector We've had "strangeness" with Outlook 2010 when it's in cached mode. Seems to take days sometimes for the client to get the photo. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]>

Outlook Social Connector

2011-08-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
I wondered if anyone is using the Outlook Social Connector and if you can share any problems/pitfalls/issues to be aware of? I'm considering installing it simply so that Outlook 2007 will work with GAL photos stored in Active Directory. It looks like Microsoft make a GPO .adm file specifically

RE: Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration

2011-08-02 Thread Paul Hutchings
I've just moved our last mailbox from 2003 to 2010. On our 2003 server we were using 410gb of disk space, on the new one we're using 440gb. We did have quite a long deleted item retention on the old server which won't yet have built up on the new box, so that's going to sway the numbers a bit,

Changing 2003 to 2010 RGC Bridgehead?

2011-08-01 Thread Paul Hutchings
I'm just about to move my last mailbox from 2003 to 2010 at which point I'll want to start decommissioning my 2003 servers - the bit I'm not looking forward to! I have two 2003 boxes.  One is the BE mailbox server, the other is a FE server. The FE server is specified as the bridgehead server on

RE: Outlook Social Connector/GAL Photos

2011-08-01 Thread Paul Hutchings
t an employee of Peterstow Aquapower and/or a contractor of Peterstow Aquapower is authorized to create and send this e-mail. [Description: C:\Users\ptjohnson\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\environment2.jpg] From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 01 August 2011 17:22 To: M

RE: Receive Connector Configuration?

2011-07-28 Thread Paul Hutchings
n use it or not. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 3:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Receiv

RE: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help!

2011-07-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
data. > > Are you also seeing errors for the indexing and maintenance of the database? > > Good luck. > > Jim Rupprecht > The University of Kansas > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Paul Hutchings >> [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk<mailto:pa

RE: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help!

2011-07-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
n extract-delete-recreate-import on the data. > > Are you also seeing errors for the indexing and maintenance of the database? > > Good luck. > > Jim Rupprecht > The University of Kansas > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Paul Hutchings >>

RE: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help!

2011-07-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
he mailbox to another database and ended up doing an extract-delete-recreate-import on the data. Are you also seeing errors for the indexing and maintenance of the database? Good luck. Jim Rupprecht The University of Kansas > -Original Message- > From

RE: Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help!

2011-07-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
dicated by MSExchangeIS Event ID 1014) or 5 slow RPC requests in your mailbox context. Almost certainly a bad Outlook add-in or bad application. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:p

Store Crashed, Mailbox in Quarantine - Help!

2011-07-27 Thread Paul Hutchings
Just had a very odd repeat occurrence of the store crashing and a mailbox being quarantined.  It's happened twice in a fortnight and it's the same mailbox/user. Thing is I have no idea how to troubleshoot what item/event in the mailbox may have caused this? I know the mailbox which has been qua

RE: Outlook Category "Fixer"?

2011-07-25 Thread Paul Hutchings
hnet.com/b/bill_long/archive/2010/04/22/fixing-public-folder-replication-errors-from-exchange-2003-to-exchange-2007-or-2010.aspx I remember fiddling with this script and being pretty happy with the results. From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mailto:paul.hutchi...@mi

RE: Outlook Category "Fixer"?

2011-07-25 Thread Paul Hutchings
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook Category "Fixer"? Have you taken a look at pfdavadmin and seen if it can help? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]<mailto:[mai

Outlook Category "Fixer"?

2011-07-25 Thread Paul Hutchings
So, most of my public folder replication issues in going from 2003 to 2010 seem to be caused by things like a folder showing two sets of items with a category of "none". I can fix it folder by folder by changing all these items to a random category then clearing it, but that doesn't really scal

RE: Sending Large Files

2011-07-20 Thread Paul Hutchings
We use Accellion. Not the cheapest but it pays for itself as we no longer have to mess about with FTP or posting CDs and DVDs. We don't use the Outlook add-in, we've never found that to be a problem tbh. Depending on user numbers, requirements, and budget, I would also suggest take a look at A

Resource Booking Attendant Bug?

2011-07-17 Thread Paul Hutchings
I've asked this on a few forums and haven't really got a definitive answer, which is a little odd as I can't believe I'm the only person to have run into this. Has anyone managed to configure a room mailbox via the EMC so that all meeting requests from anyone go to a delegate for approval? If

RE: Connecting Outlook 2003 to Exchange 2010 SP1

2011-07-06 Thread Paul Hutchings
In the process of a migration now. Have to admit I don't recall ever reading that though. All our clients with mailboxes on the 2003 box still point to the 2003 box. When they've been moved to the 2010 box their profile updates to point to the 2010 box, well to the CAS array object. -Orig

re: R: Released: Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2010 SP1

2011-06-30 Thread Paul Hutchings
There is a potential issue with Public Folders. Seems it's more a combo of Outlook and SP1RU4 but still: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/06/22/released-update-rollup-4-for-exchange-2010-sp1.aspx Bottom of the comments as of now. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://l

In Policy & Out of Policy Meeting Requests

2011-06-30 Thread Paul Hutchings
I'm struggling terribly with getting in-policy and out-of-policy meeting requests to work as the wording on the tabs on the room mailboxes would suggest. I have a resource policy configured as per the following: [PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-CalendarProcessing "room 101" | fl * PSComputerName

RE: Outlook 2010, Exchange 2003 and autoreplies

2011-06-29 Thread Paul Hutchings
Do you have automatic replies to the internet enabled on your Exchange 2003 server? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: 29 June 2011 20:24 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Outlook 2010, Exchange 2003 and autoreplies All, I've been tasked with sett

RE: Messages deleting themselves automatically?!

2011-06-28 Thread Paul Hutchings
u can check this via EMS using the Get-CalendarProcessing command and checking the AutomateProcessing setting on the mailbox. If it's set to 'AutoAccept' and 'DeleteNonCalendarItems' is set to True, I believe you'll see the behavior you describe. From: Paul Hutchin

RE: Messages deleting themselves automatically?!

2011-06-28 Thread Paul Hutchings
Erm right.. so it looks like "AutomateProcessing" on "get-calendarprocessing" was on AutoAccept for that mailbox rather than AutoUpdate. I know I haven't changed it and nobody else around here would know how to so WTF?! From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.

RE: "User" mailboxes show as "Shared" when migrated?

2011-06-22 Thread Paul Hutchings
: True From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 22 June 2011 13:48 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: "User" mailboxes show as "Shared" when migrated? Something screwy is going on. If I switch on the resource attendant it accepts meetings automatical

RE: "User" mailboxes show as "Shared" when migrated?

2011-06-22 Thread Paul Hutchings
tlook does show the delegate, but the Outlook checkbox for them to receive a copy of meeting requests is not ticked. Paul From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: 22 June 2011 13:04 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: "User" mailboxes show as "Shared"

RE: "User" mailboxes show as "Shared" when migrated?

2011-06-22 Thread Paul Hutchings
ons (I wouldn't), you've got lots of options: gcm *permission To see the full list. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 7:51 AM To:

RE: Room Mailboxes show meeting subject when being booked?

2011-06-22 Thread Paul Hutchings
en or so mailboxes so it's not a big deal to set this via Outlook - but can it be done via EMS? I've not been able to find anything that suggests a suitable commandlet. Thanks, Paul From: Paul Hutchings Sent: 22 June 2011 11:55 To: exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Room

RE: 4004 Exchange Availability Service Warning

2011-06-20 Thread Paul Hutchings
min Issues Subject: RE: 4004 Exchange Availability Service Warning My concern would be that when you shut off your 2003 PF server that PFs "just stop working". Right now - it's just less than optimal. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.

RE: 4004 Exchange Availability Service Warning

2011-06-20 Thread Paul Hutchings
removing everything after and including the pipe and comparing all the attributes to see if anything stands out. But I'm outta ideas without actually spelunking myself. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.h

RE: 4004 Exchange Availability Service Warning

2011-06-20 Thread Paul Hutchings
findstr -i "home" any of those the old server? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 10:56 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: 4004 Exchange

RE: 4004 Exchange Availability Service Warning

2011-06-20 Thread Paul Hutchings
15:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: 4004 Exchange Availability Service Warning Does the server "nuneaton" still exist, with a PF DB in it? Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@m

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