Re: stop information store
Had another episode where my Outlook clients (Outlook 2003 and 2002) showed my Exchange Server as unavailable (Exchange 2003 on Windows 2003 member server).Exchange server did not show any errors. The server's shared folders were available. I decided to stop the exchange services and restart them (stopped IIS and dependent services, SMTP,) When I tried to stop the Exchange Information Store it showed stopping, but would not stop. I gave it fifteen minutes. I then had to reboot the system as I could not wait any longer. What would prevent the Information Store from stopping? I had stopped the GFI mail essentials services, and the GFI mail security services. An Information Store can take up to an hour to shut down gracefully. It depends on the number of uncommitted transactions it has to write to the logs. It depends on how long it's been since there was an online backup of the database. It depends on how long the server's been up without restarting. I've found that it's often faster to stop the Exchange services from the command line rather than from Services. The command is usually in a format such as this: net stop msexchangesa (to stop the System Attendant, which will stop the other services as well). But it's VERY normal for a store to take a long time to shut down. I had gone two weeks since the last time this happened. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: On the theme of spam......
I restrict all kinds of mail attachments - HTML, .exe, .vbs., .vcf...all kinds of things. I only let about five attachment types through at all. I get a lot of complaints about it, but there's usually a workaround, and our incidence of email-borne viruses has decreased dramatically. Geni _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Exchange 5.5 Licensing
Yes, that's correct - the 5.5 CALs are no longer available, but the Exchange 2K CALs entitle you to use downlevel versions of the product. If you have 250 users and one Exchange server, purchase one server license and 250 CALs. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exchange 5.5 Changing Domains
The domain is all but irrelevant. All the Exchange servers care about really is the sites and site connectors. It's users, particularly those using OWA, who need to worry about the domain. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Not Open Relay, but...
I highly recommend going to one of the sites like mailabuse.org and following their directions to verify that you're not an open relay BEFORE you get blacklisted. It can be a real pain to get off all the blacklists, and your users will scream bloody murder. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Closing Outlook doesn't kill process
I'd do a complete uninstall of Outlook 2002, then reinstall it, preferably from different source media. It's possible the initial installation got a bit hosed. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Strange OWA authentication issue
Yes, it worked for the first few weeks, and then for no reason I could discern, it stopped. Both servers are in the same site. The behavior is consistent on both; neither will authenticate each other's users, but they authenticate their own with no problems at all. There is nothing logged in the event log. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Monitor Email content
I worked for twenty years for Large Unnamed Airplane Manufacturer in Seattle (use your imagination). In their case, they had been sued innumerable times for breach of privacy, but in virtually every case, their right to monitor employee communications was upheld. The computers all had a logon warning that they were company property and any data on them was subject to monitoring. Bags were subject to search by Security at any time. It was understood that telephone conversations could be monitored at any time by a supervisor, particularly in help desk areas. They had hidden cameras all over the place. The one instance I know of where they did lose such a case was in the matter of hidden cameras in the restrooms. But everywhere else there, you pretty much assumed anything you typed, said, did, was monitored. Where I am now, they have the same rights (spelled out in the AUPs that the users don't read before they sign), but they're more leery of exercising them. We pretty much only monitor a user's communication in conjunction with our Security department, when there's been an actual complaint or suspicion of wrongdoing (misuse of company property, surfing porn, inappropriate behavior with students, etc.). I would never agree to let anyone, including a supervisor, monitor someone else's mail simply because they wanted to see what they were sending and receiving; they would have to approach me through the appropriate chain of command (HR and Security) and tell me what, specifically, we were looking for. Then Security and I would do the monitoring, NOT the supervisor in question. The whole idea is to prevent this being used for personal vendettas. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Strange OWA authentication issue
I'm having an issue with my OWA authentications (kind of like a feature in a product). I have two Exchange 5.5 SP4 servers, one running on WNT 4.0 SP6a, one running on W2K SP3. Both have all the Exchange post SP-4 critical updates and hotfixes installed. Both are running OWA right now, because for some reason, they abruptly stopped authenticating users on each other - in other words, each will only authenticate users whose mailboxes reside locally. They won't authenticate each other's users (failed to get inbox). I've fiddled with the directory permissions in IIS, and right now, have all three authentication methods selected on both servers, but it doesn't seem to affect this if I turn off NT authentication. It's a colossal pain, since I have a firewall port open specifically for OWA, and now that they're being buttheads, I have to have two ports open, and I have to make sure users know which URL to use. I realize that Exchange 2000 would probably help alleviate this, but we are not ready for Active Directory, and probably will not be for some time yet. Nor am I ready to single-handedly transition 2500 users right this minute. So I'm looking for advice, but hopefully not along the lines of, why don't you just upgrade? ;-) Thanks for any help with this. Geni _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing Mailbox name
I have a user that has gotten married, and her name has to be changed. Does anyone know the procedure of doing this. I was under the impression that if i just changed her name in the display and the SMTP address on Exchange Server, that would have done it, but it was brought to me that there was a correct way of doing it. I really appreciate you help. Thank you That will work, but depending on the size of your directory, number of sites, etc., it can take awhile for replication to complete. It's sometimes easier - again, depending on the size of your overall Exchange infrastructure - to export the mail to a .pst and create an entirely new mailbox, remove the old one, and add her old email address as a secondary SMTP address. If yours is a small infrastructure, it won't matter too much, but be sure you change alias and directory name as well as adding the new SMTP address. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
