offline address book
I have the main Recipients container on Exchange 5.5 SP4 along with five subcontainers. When we download/synchronize the offline address book for the Outlook 2000 clients, it only lets me download the main recipients container, not the subcontainers. I have a subcontainer for Contractors, Customer Recipients, Distribution Lists, etc. Is there a way to download/synchronize the complete GAL for offline use? Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Wanted: Plain text email client
I break out lynx every once in a while. Mainly for upgrading stuff like remote Apache web servers. Of course, that was just my home server and only when they had the recent vulnerability, but still... :) -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 7:27 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Wanted: Plain text email client I especially like its calendaring functionality. :o) Do you use lynx for your browser? It has a Win32 version you know. (just teasing) -Original Message- From: Jay Libove [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 5:06 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wanted: Plain text email client Several people have replied with a list of web sites talking about the evails of HTML or offering several non-HTML email clients. Nobody made a specific suggestion. I use PINE (http://www.washington.edu/pine). PINE is available in source code. It is available as precompiled binaries for a variety of UNIX systems as well as for Windows. It speaks POP3, IMAP (which is how I have it access my Exchange server), and possibly additional protocols to mail servers, as well as a variety of local UNIX mailbox formats (MMDF, MH, plain old UNIX mbx). It can be compiled to use SSL to protect communications between client and server, Kerberos for strong authentication to either Windows 2000 or real MIT Kerberos domains, and NIS+ (with an appropriate IMAP daemon) for those few Sun sites which have actually implemented NIS+. It understands attachments. It actually can semi-display HTML code, but only based on a minimal built-in interpreter which you can disable with a simple option. It supports multiple mail inboxes (servers), folders, and collections of folders. It has an address book, and many other useful functions. It is in short a highly flexible and powerful client which is network-efficient, slow dialup connection friendly, and immune to the raft of Outlook and Internet Explorer library related bugs. (Of course, if you receive an email with a virus .exe on it, select the attachment, and run it, you can still be infected if you're running PINE on Windows). I run PINE from Linux. Do read the FAQs. They contain important information about many things you should know to help get PINE working correctly in various environments, especially with an Exchange server serving IMAP to a PINE client. -Jay Libove On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Rob Wilcox wrote: I just wondered if someone could recommend a really straight forward simple email client, which handles plain text emails. I don't want it to be able to do HTML mail, either sending or receiving. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Klez article
Title: RE: OWA Apology Cool. The only thing Id change is replacing the word insure with ensure in the third paragraph (counting your first sentence about Kansas as the first paragraph). If I sound anal it is only because Ive seen that word misused too many timesfour times in the last week or so. Only use insure when referring to insurance-related items. J -Original Message- From: Steve Hart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 1:39 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Klez article I write a monthly column for our company newsletter on computer issues. We're not a computer company and our user base is a bit uneducated, so I try to write in basic, naive user terms. This month's column will cover Klez. Since Klez seems to be as much a social issue as a computer problem, I find I'm always explaining the crazy thing. If any of you have a use forthe column,I posted it at http://www.wrightbg.com/private/klez.htm Steve List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
server-based storage/Outlook questions
As I'm moving my company from PST files to server-based storage, two questions have come across my mind. 1) Now that we can actually use cool features like folder-sharing, is it possible to actually open another user's sub-Contacts folder (or any subfolder for that matter)? It seems that you can set permissions for any folder, including subfolders of the main Contacts folder, but when you click File--Open--Other User's Folder, you can only select the Calendar, Contacts, Inbox, Journal, Notes, and Tasks folders. What about Sent Items or Deleted Items or any of the other folders? Is it possible to open them too? I have one user who wants the receptionist to be able to open several sub-contacts folders to modify/add more contacts and another one who needs to open her manager's Sent Items folder. 2) I have the main Recipients container on Exchange 5.5 SP4 along with five subcontainers. When we download the offline address book for the Outlook 2000 clients, it only lets me download the main recipients container, not the subcontainers. I have a subcontainer for Contractors, Customer Recipients, Distribution Lists, etc. How can I download the complete GAL for offline use? Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: server-based storage/Outlook questions
Cool, that should work. It would be nice if it worked the other way though... I didn't realize you could assign permissions at the Outlook Today level, but I got it now. I think just making the folder visible is enough to make it work, but haven't tested it yet. -Original Message- From: Dahl, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 4:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: server-based storage/Outlook questions From what I have seen the best way to accomplish this is to grant reviewer rights at the mailbox (Outlook Today) level. Then grant access to whatever folders you need under that. Finally, set Outlook to open this mailbox in addition to the primary user mailbox. This will grant them the ability to view the folders under mailbox and get to any data that you have given them rights to. (Hope that made sense, if you have questions, let me know.) Peter Dahl. -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 5:05 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: server-based storage/Outlook questions As I'm moving my company from PST files to server-based storage, two questions have come across my mind. 1) Now that we can actually use cool features like folder-sharing, is it possible to actually open another user's sub-Contacts folder (or any subfolder for that matter)? It seems that you can set permissions for any folder, including subfolders of the main Contacts folder, but when you click File--Open--Other User's Folder, you can only select the Calendar, Contacts, Inbox, Journal, Notes, and Tasks folders. What about Sent Items or Deleted Items or any of the other folders? Is it possible to open them too? I have one user who wants the receptionist to be able to open several sub-contacts folders to modify/add more contacts and another one who needs to open her manager's Sent Items folder. 2) I have the main Recipients container on Exchange 5.5 SP4 along with five subcontainers. When we download the offline address book for the Outlook 2000 clients, it only lets me download the main recipients container, not the subcontainers. I have a subcontainer for Contractors, Customer Recipients, Distribution Lists, etc. How can I download the complete GAL for offline use? Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, (i) please do not read or disclose to others, (ii) please notify the sender by reply mail, and (iii) please delete this communication from your system. Failure to follow this process may be unlawful. Thank you for your cooperation. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Poll time
Exchange 5.5 1 server, 150 users Dual PIII 850, 1GB RAM 3GB store, but we're in the process of moving from PST to server-based (finally) Our server is homebuilt by the way. Intel 440GX+ board, Adaptec 3200 RAID card, or something like that. 2 18GB mirrored 3 73.4GB RAID 5 -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Poll time Don't ask me why I'm in Polling mode today... but I was just curious and thought it might serve some positive purpose to see what kind of environments everyone is running in. See who has the most people on the smallest boxes and who has the largest org. I used to take pride on my little single proc 200mhz w/mmx Compaq server that acted as the PDC, File Server, Exchange Server, Fax Server, SQL Server for 110 people. So what ya got out there? Exchange 2000 2 sites 700 users Quad 1ghz XEON 3 gigs of RAM at each site 12 gig store at one site and 8 gig store at the other Dell Shop (we've been having ALOT of RAID card failures... anyone else?) List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Re-routing Outgoing mail
Did you verify it or something? -Original Message- From: Schwartz, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:32 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Re-routing Outgoing mail That you even know that newsgroup exists worries me. -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 2:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Re-routing Outgoing mail BUWAHAHAHAHAH... you subbed your manager to that list as well? I subbed mine to... alt.sheep.stories.crossdressing.romance -Original Message- From: Baker, Jennifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 2:22 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Re-routing Outgoing mail Does that tool cc: my manager if I send as my manager and subscribe him to a sheep discussions mailing list using telnet? -Original Message- From: Crouthamel, Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Re-routing Outgoing mail http://www.intellireach.com/ Used to be microdata -Original Message- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Re-routing Outgoing mail Solution: Fire said employee or hire better managers. -Original Message- From: Cosner, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 1:05 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re-routing Outgoing mail Basic Info: Exchange 5.5 SP3 and Outlook 2000 Desired result: Any outgoing email destined for the internet from a specific user should be quarantined. Management wishes to review the emails before they are sent. TIA. Jeff Coz Cosner [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm -- The information contained in this email message is privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copy of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify Veronis Suhler Stevenson by telephone (212)935-4990, fax (212)381-8168, or email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and delete the message. Thank you. == List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm *** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE *** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended for the listed recipient(s). If you have received this email in error please notify the sender by return mail. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to official company business shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by Datavision-Prologix. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: testing for failure
This is how we do it with our ISP. I'm not exactly sure what they do on their end besides the second MX record (and actually they have a third as well) for their server, but I know mail gets queued there and delivered when ours is back online. It is free for us, but we're good customers for them. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: testing for failure Some ISP's charge for that service, or at least for setup. -Original Message- From: Majetic, John RAME [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: testing for failure Correct me if I am wrong, but if your firewall is down, then your ISP can no longer forward the email to your exchange server? So wouldn't their server just try to deliver it every so often until their delivery timeout expired? I have had my server down from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM one day for server room maintenance, and when I brought it back up, most of the mail sent earlier in the day flood right in. I think if you are thinking this would be only be down for an hour or so, you shouldn't have to do anything, depending on what you ISP's delivery time out is. John Majetic -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 2:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: testing for failure Not quite sure if this is OT or not - regardless, here it goes. I have an Exchange mail server in an office with an internal address 192.x.x.x. All mail is handled by the Netscreen firewall and routed to the Exchange server. That all works well. I have requested the hosting company to set up a 2nd rule in the zone file such that if the firewall from above is down or gone, forward the mail to this single mailbox and I can pull when the server comes back on-line. My testing process is to disable the IP address that corresponds to the mail.domainname.com in the firewall. I then send a test message to the administrator account and start monitoring the mailbox at ISP to see if email is arriving. No mail ever arrives. After 15 to 30 minutes, I re-enable the config in the firewall and watch mail start to flow shortly thereafter. So here are my questions: 1. How long *should* it take for this failover process to take affect 2. Is my testing process flawed as I am disabling the IP rather than unplugging the entire firewall Any thoughts or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Poll time
Our previous server (less than a year ago) was Exchange 5.5, 4GB OS drive, 8GB Exchange drive. No RAID, everything on PST. -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:24 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Poll time I think we have a winner folks... May God Bless you dear sir... -Original Message- From: Majetic, John RAME [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:51 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Poll time I think I have beat you all. Exchange 5.5 Standard, on NT4.0 SP6A 198 MB Memory 2 GB mirrored system Partition 6GB raid for IS 2GB drive for the Logs 1 Pentium Pro 100Mhz CPU 184 users all using PSTs When I got here the box was PDC, DHCP, Primary Wins, a RAS server with 8 VPN Ports on it, ran Mail Essentials, and had several print queues on it! CPU was about 30% to 60%, but memory got to be a real issue. After several weeks of constant use it would be using 220MB, and things would really slow down. I am replacing this box one service at a time as we speak. It is now only the RAS server, and will go away entirely with the installation of Windows 2000. John Majetic -Original Message- From: Sabo, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Poll time Exchange 2000 SP2 Native Mode 2 NODE cluster Windows Advanced Server SP2 (active/active) 8000+ users Proliant DL580, Quad Pentium III XEON - 700 MHZ - 2 MB cache each processor 3 GB Physical Memory 60 GB RAID on each server Each server is attached through a HBA to an MA6000 SAN One store is 22 GB and the other store is 13 GB Eric Sabo NT Administrator Computing Services Center California University of Pennsylvania -Original Message- From: Chris Norris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 8:57 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Poll time Exchange 2000 25 users Dell Poweredge 2450 Dual 733 P3 1 Gb RAM 2 (two) Gb IS (they hate me but I don't allow packrats... :) Also web server and MS Project Central server -Original Message- From: Mark Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 8:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Poll time Exchange 5.5 ent. 90 users Dell Poweredge 4500 Quad 700 Xeon (1 meg cache) 1 gig of RAM 24 gig IS (Major Packrats here) -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 1:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Poll time Don't ask me why I'm in Polling mode today... but I was just curious and thought it might serve some positive purpose to see what kind of environments everyone is running in. See who has the most people on the smallest boxes and who has the largest org. I used to take pride on my little single proc 200mhz w/mmx Compaq server that acted as the PDC, File Server, Exchange Server, Fax Server, SQL Server for 110 people. So what ya got out there? Exchange 2000 2 sites 700 users Quad 1ghz XEON 3 gigs of RAM at each site 12 gig store at one site and 8 gig store at the other Dell Shop (we've been having ALOT of RAID card failures... anyone else?) List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: a mistake was made
Restrict access to that distribution list so that only people that need to use it can. Or just eliminate this guy from making future mistakes. -Original Message- From: Mitchell Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:a mistake was made Outlook 98. exchange 5.5 sp4 User sent out an eMAIL to a large distribution list by mistake. The Recall Message action feature did not work very well on this. This was very sensitive eMAIL that went out and needs to be trapped before too many people read it. What can I do? Thanks in advance. Regards, Mike Mitchell Systems eMAIL Administrator Alverno Information Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] (317) 532-7800 ext. 6211 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: For Kevin Miller
Title: Message This is just normal Don from what I can tell. J -Original Message- From: Bunting, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:39 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller someone leave their sense of humor at home today? -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller You can keep thinking that... Just pray you never apply for a job that I'm hiring for. Don Ely - NMBOTWBAS and then some [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller It never matters HOW you get certified, as long as you ARE certified. Sheesh -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller We, unlike you, didn't/don't use CRAM sites. We actually use real world knowledge that we've learned over the years... -Original Message- From: Precht, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller what cram site did you guys use ;) ? -Original Message- From: Paul Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 13:09 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller I got him certified in UCC+WCA. -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:08 AM Posted To: Exchange 2000 Server Conversation: For Kevin Miller Subject: For Kevin Miller Would you mind enlightening us on what all that crap is after your name? Is that just a jab at the certified world, or are those real? I can not find anything on them in Google. (I had 2 minutes to spare to look) TIA List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 5/29/2002 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 5/29/2002 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: For Kevin Miller
Title: Message Yes, yes it does. -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller Yeah, well, try being unemployed right now without a cert. Regardless of the argument, lotsa companies are wanting certs. I got an e-mail today from one company that said they got 700+ resumes for 1 position they put in the paper. It sucks in the marketplace right now. -Original Message- From: Desiree Herrmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller I concur, I tried a few years back to do night school, and keep up with day to day job. I, like many sys admins am salary and spend way too much time working when I'm not getting reimbursed. This is my reasoning behind not striving to get certified, unless, the company wants to pay and to allow me to go to class during business hours. When things in your personal life start taking a nosedive because of your day job it can really help you recheck your thinking. Lose someone close to you, that really helped me realize it's not so great to work all the time and miss out on real life. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller Not at all. I feel the exact same way. I wont even get certified (unless my company wants to pay for it AND let me take day classes, no nights). That's how much of a waste I believe it is at this point in my career. -Original Message- From: Bunting, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:39 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller someone leave their sense of humor at home today? -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller You can keep thinking that... Just pray you never apply for a job that I'm hiring for. Don Ely - NMBOTWBAS and then some [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller It never matters HOW you get certified, as long as you ARE certified. Sheesh -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller We, unlike you, didn't/don't use CRAM sites. We actually use real world knowledge that we've learned over the years... -Original Message- From: Precht, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller what cram site did you guys use ;) ? -Original Message- From: Paul Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 13:09 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller I got him certified in UCC+WCA. -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:08 AM Posted To: Exchange 2000 Server Conversation: For Kevin Miller Subject: For Kevin Miller Would you mind enlightening us on what all that crap is after your name? Is that just a jab at the certified world, or are those real? I can not find anything on them in Google. (I had 2 minutes to spare to look) TIA List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 5/29/2002 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 5/29/2002 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
replay logs
I'm going to flaunt my ignorance of Exchange disaster recovery here. I've read bits and pieces and understand things in theory, but haven't done any tests yet (time, time, time). Anyway, here's a not-so-hypothetical example. Say a user accidentally SHIFT+DELetes a lot of email in a folder. What's the best/easiest way to get this back? Is there a way to replay all the logs on the server and get the email back? A full online backup occurs every single night, but the important emails were sent after 8AM this morning. So, the logs have everything needed. I was just wondering that if there is a way to replay all the logs and get the emails back, a) how do you do that and b) will it resend every email that people had sent before? And by the way, I do have the disaster recovery white papers and I've read them twice, just haven't done any hands-on stuff yet, so this is my chance I guess. Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: replay logs
Thanks for that handy tip. All the time I've read emails on this list I've never seen this for some reason. Worked like a charm. -Original Message- From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: replay logs If you are using deleted item retention you should be able to enable the dumpsteralwayson registry value and recover them without a restore of the server. http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q178630 -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 8:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: replay logs I'm going to flaunt my ignorance of Exchange disaster recovery here. I've read bits and pieces and understand things in theory, but haven't done any tests yet (time, time, time). Anyway, here's a not-so-hypothetical example. Say a user accidentally SHIFT+DELetes a lot of email in a folder. What's the best/easiest way to get this back? Is there a way to replay all the logs on the server and get the email back? A full online backup occurs every single night, but the important emails were sent after 8AM this morning. So, the logs have everything needed. I was just wondering that if there is a way to replay all the logs and get the emails back, a) how do you do that and b) will it resend every email that people had sent before? And by the way, I do have the disaster recovery white papers and I've read them twice, just haven't done any hands-on stuff yet, so this is my chance I guess. Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
Swynk FAQ
OK, I can't seem to find my bookmark for the Swynk.com Exchange 5.5 FAQ. I start out at http://www.swynk.com/exchange/ http://www.swynk.com/exchange/ and cannot find the FAQ for the life of me. Can someone provide me: a) The clicks I need to perform to find this FAQ without searching really hard b) The URL to the FAQ :-) Thanks a lot, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Swynk FAQ
A-ha, I guess that solves my problem. :) Thanks. -Original Message- From: Missy Koslosky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:51 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Re: Swynk FAQ http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Wrong swinc. - Original Message - From: Allen Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:17 PM Subject: Swynk FAQ OK, I can't seem to find my bookmark for the Swynk.com Exchange 5.5 FAQ. I start out at http://www.swynk.com/exchange/ http://www.swynk.com/exchange/ and cannot find the FAQ for the life of me. Can someone provide me: a) The clicks I need to perform to find this FAQ without searching really hard b) The URL to the FAQ :-) Thanks a lot, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
second Internet domain
Ok, I've been doing my homework on setting up a second Internet domain for our Exchange 5.5 SP4 server. It didn't work exactly as I was expecting, but I believe things are working correctly. All I did was add the second domain to the routing tab in the IMC and routed it to our original domain. Now I can use username@either_domain mailto:username@either_domain and it works great. Now, from what I have read, no SMTP addresses will automatically get generated for the users, they still just have the original address. This is the part I wasn't expecting. I was thinking that I could go to the Site Addressing section and add a second SMTP address. However, that doesn't appear to be possible. So, my first question is, say I wanted to change everyone's main address to the new domain. Would I make the new domain route to inbound and have the old domain route to the new one and then modify the Site Addressing section so that the SMTP address is now @new_domain? This is just hypothetical and probably won't ever happen, but I'm trying to learn some new stuff. I'm assuming that if you update the SMTP address under Site Addressing it will then update all the mailboxes, please let me know if this assumption is incorrect. Finally, my last question, which isn't really related to two domains. If I wanted our employees to have email addresses like [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AND [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , how would I go about it? I was thinking I could set it up in the Site Addressing section for one of the naming schemes, but how would I add a second one? Our parent company does this but they are running Notes/Domino, not Exchange. Thanks for the help, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: settle this
Title: Message You wrongly assumed that people understood good grammar. J -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this Sheesh people. I was simply making fun of the word wrongly. I do believe proper grammar would be incorrectly. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:05 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this Yes, WHO is wording it wrongly. Certainly not Kevin - he is correct on all accounts. E2K Entp can indeed have multiple databases. IIRC, you can have up to 4 Mailbox Stores (aka databases) per Storage Group, and up to 5 Storage Groups per Server. This gives you a grand total of up to 20 different databases per server. Does that help? Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this Yes, you are wording it wrongly -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:26 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this 2k In standardyou get 1. in enterprise you can have more then one Private information store. In exchange2k you database is made up of a few more files then just the EDB. --Kevinm TSSSBE, M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond http://www.daughtry.ca/ For Graphics and WebDesign, GO here! -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: settle this I have a dispute going. Exchange 5.5 has a single information store that consists of the priv.edb and the pub.edb Exchange 2000 has the same priv.edb, pub.edb, but can have more than one information store. These stores are mailbox and\or public folder stores which are in each storage group. I am correct in stating that each Exchange 2000 Server can have more than one information store, correct? Or am I just wording it wrongly? Michael Ross Panduit Corp. 17301 Ridgeland Ave Tinley Park, IL 60477 MCSE MS Exchange Administrator List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: settle this
Title: Message Well, just so you know, I wasnt making fun of your grammar. That was Matthew. I was making fun of the people that didnt realize Matthew was making fun of your grammar. J This is getting complex -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:08 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this Hey, it was late for me.. i was sleepy.. the sun got in my eyes.. I was hungry,the dog ate my homework, i ran outta gas, there was an earthquake, my brakes failed, for the love of god.. Please dont kill me -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:05 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this You wrongly assumed that people understood good grammar. J -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this Sheesh people. I was simply making fun of the word wrongly. I do believe proper grammar would be incorrectly. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:05 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this Yes, WHO is wording it wrongly. Certainly not Kevin - he is correct on all accounts. E2K Entp can indeed have multiple databases. IIRC, you can have up to 4 Mailbox Stores (aka databases) per Storage Group, and up to 5 Storage Groups per Server. This gives you a grand total of up to 20 different databases per server. Does that help? Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this Yes, you are wording it wrongly -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 3:26 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: settle this 2k In standardyou get 1. in enterprise you can have more then one Private information store. In exchange2k you database is made up of a few more files then just the EDB. --Kevinm TSSSBE, M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond http://www.daughtry.ca/ For Graphics and WebDesign, GO here! -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: settle this I have a dispute going. Exchange 5.5 has a single information store that consists of the priv.edb and the pub.edb Exchange 2000 has the same priv.edb, pub.edb, but can have more than one information store. These stores are mailbox and\or public folder stores which are in each storage group. I am correct in stating that each Exchange 2000 Server can have more than one information store, correct? Or am I just wording it wrongly? Michael Ross Panduit Corp. 17301 Ridgeland Ave Tinley Park, IL 60477 MCSE MS Exchange Administrator List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange 5.5 on 2000 server (recovery server)
I am planning on testing this soon, but since I'm anxious, does anyone know if you are running an NT 4, Exchange 5.5 server, can you use a Windows 2000, Exchange 5.5 server as a recovery server? In other words, if I have Exchange 5.5 running the same service pack and patches and everything, could I just do an online restore to that server? This is assuming the old one goes down and I rename the recovery server to the same name as the original. -Original Message- From: JENSEN, TIMOTHY C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Exchange 5.5 on 2000 server Yes. I have 15 MSX 5.5 SP4 boxes all running W2K enterprise. Most have been upgrades from NT4 too. Nothing but good things to say about it so far. Especially the terminal service : ) Tim Jensen Cingular Wireless, Chicago -Original Message- From: Tony Flannery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 5.5 on 2000 server Does Exchange 5.5 run happily on Windows 2000 server ? Has anyone experienced problems with this configuration ? Thanks, Tony. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Need Feed Back Please
I'm not using Exchange 2000 here, but for some feedback... 1) I am moving people from PSTs to server-based storage and have yet to set mailbox limits. However, I'm thinking 50-100MB for the average users, 250-500MB for Power Users. However, our company is small (about 150 mailboxes) and we should have relatively few power users. I hope to have one standard size and just expand it where needed for certain people. 2) Unfortunately we ARE using PST files, but as everyone on this list will tell you, don't use them. Coming from someone who was forced to use them in the beginning, they are crappy. Your life will be much easier with server-based storage from the onset. 3) Haven't thought about these yet, but our company doesn't hardly use them, so this will be small for us. 4) I am not sure on this one. Don't forget about your deleted item retention time either. I'm going to set mine either for 7 days I believe. -Original Message- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 3:18 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Need Feed Back Please Hi all We are currently piloting Exchange 2000 for the IT department are ready to migrate a few corporate users over to Exchange from Sendmail. My questions are!! 1) What size limits do you have setup for a normal users mailbox ? 2) Are you using .pst files if so where do they reside ? 3) Public folders do you have a size limit on them what is it ? 4) Is there a way to have an SIS E-mail expire delete it's self ? Thanks in advance for your feed back Brien Mayer Senior Network Administrator Merchant's Tire (703)393-4416 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Creative Solutions
I would use the VPN access to the network with Outlook option. Not the greatest with a dial-up, but assuming he has two lines it should be manageable for 3-6 months... -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:50 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Creative Solutions Here's the setup: Office is moving. Current broadband connection is moving but 1 member will be working from a remote location via slow a$$ dialup for a period of 3 to 6 months. Already have OWA access but they are asking for their mail and calendar in it's current format (not a big mailbox so it's easy to move). Don't want to reinvent the wheel or completely reconfigure the network/ firewall even though it's a ranking official in the company. What's the right solution - POP access to the server? VPN access to the network and OutLook over the VPN? Looking for some ammo and experienced direction. TIA Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Creative Solutions
Ha, I made the same assumption...normally I do the he/she thing too... -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Creative Solutions Wow, what an assumption - it's a she! I thought that POP may be the way to go - the mail she saves is small so it will probably be the best way to go. I can set her expectations on the shared cal and such. Now the fun part, I have to put it into place. Thanks for the info. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Creative Solutions POP or IMAP access will retain his mail and calendar in its current format, but will limit the collaboration tools, such as viewing other people's calendars etc. POP is pretty slim and unless you force a copy to remain on the server in the client config, you must depend upon the user to maintain a backup and not exceed 2GB. Offline folders might be workable, too. Just have him synchronize while still on the LAN. William -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:50 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Creative Solutions Here's the setup: Office is moving. Current broadband connection is moving but 1 member will be working from a remote location via slow a$$ dialup for a period of 3 to 6 months. Already have OWA access but they are asking for their mail and calendar in it's current format (not a big mailbox so it's easy to move). Don't want to reinvent the wheel or completely reconfigure the network/ firewall even though it's a ranking official in the company. What's the right solution - POP access to the server? VPN access to the network and OutLook over the VPN? Looking for some ammo and experienced direction. TIA Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Is virus protection on the Exchange server necessary?
I would have AV on the Exchange server before any other server considering that 99%* of all viruses are spread via email. * Fact that I made up, but I bet is pretty close to being accurate. -Original Message- From: Lathrum Matt-P55173 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Is virus protection on the Exchange server necessary? Our environment has Trend running on the firewall for anti-virus and content filtering. We have NAV running on the desktops. We are currently evaluating Antigen and SAVF (Symantec) to put on our E2K Exchange servers (including an E2K cluster on a Compaq SAN). However, our Microsoft resident is suggesting to us that AV on the servers themselves is not necessary and will only introduce problems and instability (particularly Symantec's product). He said that when a virus outbreak occurs that actually gets inside, a quick ExMerge on the server is just as effective as pushing out virus defs using the AV product. With AV software on the firewall and on the desktops, what do people think about not putting AV on the Exchange servers themselves? -- Matt Lathrum General Dynamics Decision Systems When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Is virus protection on the Exchange server necessary?
Good point, although I'm pretty sure I got the flu from an email one time... -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 4:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Is virus protection on the Exchange server necessary? Well, 99% of computer viruses, maybe. And as I said to Matt offline, with a 60GB Store (and I think Matt's will be larger), there is no such thing as a 'quick Exmerge'. -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:05 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is virus protection on the Exchange server necessary? I would have AV on the Exchange server before any other server considering that 99%* of all viruses are spread via email. * Fact that I made up, but I bet is pretty close to being accurate. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: WLKMMAS
It still depends on the situation. Our best programmer was a college drop-out. I'm sure he makes the most money out of all the programmers too. Very, very intelligent man...and good programmer obviously. -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:47 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: WLKMMAS I'll agree with you on a, it is more difficult to get a job in Europe without a degree, but it's not impossible. I had an opportunity to go work in the UK that I wound up passing on. I'd have to disagree with b in some respects since at least in my case, I've had many interviews with many types of companies, small, medium, and large. Granted, that is just my experience. The main exceptions I can see are for programmers, I believe most of them are still pretty much required to have a degree. At least for the high paying jobs... Don Ely Network Engineer Tripath Imaging, Inc. (336) 290-8293 - Direct (336) 516-4519 - Mobile [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email http://www.tripathimaging.com -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:17 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: WLKMMAS a) You won't be able to get a job outside the US - most countries require a minimum academic qualification for immigration now (there are exceptions - Canada and Australia being the main ones) b) Simple fact is though you won't even get invited for interview at a lot of companies. Most large consultancies are like this. So to say you can choose your own career path is simply not true. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
Re: A Despised Subject
Why is that bad? We have plenty of employees at other offices and other companies (and the parent company) that send us email from outside of our Exchange server. Why shouldn't I let them know that I'm on vacation for two weeks instead of them waiting on a response for two weeks and thinking I ignored them? To me it sounds more like a good practice in terms of social engineering. If people don't know how to set their mail lists to the no mail option, then blame them, not the Exchange admins. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:54 PM Subject: RE: A Despised Subject Also, a bad practice in terms of social engineering. Now everyone knows that person X is on vacation, etc. ~ -K.Borndale IT Manager Sybari Software 631.630.8569 -direct dial 631.439.0689 -fax http://www.sybari.com One man's ceiling is another man's floor Matthew Carpenter mcarpenter@sarmaTo: MS-Exchange Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] .comcc: Subject: RE: A Despised Subject 04/02/02 01:46 PM Please respond to MS-Exchange Admin Issues The main reason I refuse to implement it is mailing lists. I have not seen a mail loop to outside users, but it irritates the h_ll out of lists, and creates NDRs everywhere with autoresponse addresses -Original Message- From: Hotchkiss, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 12:30 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: A Despised Subject I need to make an argument to management about continuing to not allow OOF to the Internet. I understand that the reason usually given is mail loops. But doesn't Exchange only send 1 OOF to each Internet sender the same as it does Exchange users? If it will send multiple OOF's to the same user does anyone know why it functions differently with Internet mail? Has anyone actually had a mail loop caused by OOF? I would prefer not to allow it but need to be able to explain why. Thanks Pete Hotchkiss CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential information belonging to the sender which is protected by the attorney-client privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Slightly OT
Title: Message Are there two Kevin Millers on this list? Do any of you (Kevin Millers) live/work in Florida? I have an off-topic question if so. This may sound weird, but a long time ago someone named Kevin Miller helped me with an Exchange issue and I believe he said he was in the process of moving to Florida or just moved there. Anyway, Im considering a move so I wanted to chat to him. Of course, I could be losing my mind and it was someone else who lived in Florida -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:04 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Slightly OT But I stopped watching those lists. --Kevinm M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond http://www.daughtry.ca/ For Graphics and WebDesign, GO here! -Original Message- From: Abercrombie, Sherry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:51 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Slightly OT You might want to post this on the NT System Admin list. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchnage substitue
Title: Message And is very expensive I believe. But at least Goldmine finally added the ability to authenticate the user on outgoing email like all the other real email clients. Of course, it wasnt designed to be an email client -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 5:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchnage substitue At least ACT supports Exch. Goldmine has been around forever and still has no Exch support. -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 2:22 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchnage substitue Not so fast, you need to know how big the site is. ACT SUCKS when you overload it. Plus, the SQL option is very expensive -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchnage substitue You want something that does lots of stuff, but takes no brains to run? goldmine or Act2000. -Original Message- From: Joe L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 2:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchnage substitue I need a solution like exchange for one site that has scheduling, and contacts, but no mail. I wanted to use exchange, but its to admin dependant, this site also doesn't even have a domain. Any ideas? They all use OL. jlc List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: cleaning calendar items
Thanks. The problem went away on its own, most likely due to the free/busy info getting updated like you suggested. -Original Message- From: Bibel, Laura Y. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 11:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: cleaning calendar items Log on to the mailboxes with an Outlook client to update the free/busy info. Laura Bibel Allegheny Energy: Information Services Voice (724) 830-5966 Fax (724) 853-3600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 2:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: cleaning calendar items I just used the Clean Mailbox tool to clean up some old conference room calendars. It worked great except that the days still show up with the bold font where appointments used to exist. The appointments are no longer there, but the dates are still bold. Is there a way to fix this? List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
cleaning calendar items
I just used the Clean Mailbox tool to clean up some old conference room calendars. It worked great except that the days still show up with the bold font where appointments used to exist. The appointments are no longer there, but the dates are still bold. Is there a way to fix this? List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
BackupExec 8.6 rev. 3878
Ok, has anyone that uses BENT 8.6 with the Exchange Server agent received the following error? Unable to attach to \\NOELANI\Microsoft Exchange Directory. The device cannot be found. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Unable to attach to \\NOELANI\Microsoft Exchange Directory. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Unable to attach to \\NOELANI\Microsoft Exchange Information Store. The device cannot be found. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Unable to attach to \\NOELANI\Microsoft Exchange Information Store. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ It seems to happen to me about 50% of the time (nightly full backups). I started with BENT 8.5, upgraded to 8.6 when we decided to get the Exchange Agent (since they wouldn't sell it for 8.5 at that time) and then later upgraded to 8.6 rev. 3878 to correct the stupid time zone issue (it would show completed jobs with a start time of 9pm when the job really started at 8pm and it only affected Indiana, Arizona and probably Hawaii users). Anyway, I had this issue prior to the new rev, so I don't think that is related. I can't find any good answers on Veritas support site, although I plan on just calling them next or checking out their newsgroup. Thought I'd check here first though. Thanks, Allen FYI, I've also upgraded the remote server agent on the Exchange Server, I exclude the EDB and log file directories from file-based backups and I've reinstalled the Exchange Agent with the new rev. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: spam question
I wouldn't think so, unless the spammers are coming from your own Exchange Server. All I know is that whenever someone from the outside world requests a read receipt, I'm usually asked if I want to send it or not. Of course, that is with Outlook (Internet Mail Only) and Outlook Express at home. I'm not so sure I've ever seen it with the Corporate/Workgroup setting... -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:45 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:spam question I try to lecture my lusers all the time about not unscribing to spam mail that they are sending their legitimate address back to whomever. I tell them to just delete it. Now internally when I send a read receipt to someone it will tell me that it was not read. Is this what happens when you delete spam? Are they (spammers) still getting a notification that it's a real address? dave List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: MS licensing
Speaking of licensing. I know this has been in here before, so I plan on searching the archives, but if anyone who hasn't talked about this recently feels like explaining to me how they've handled the threat letter from Microsoft regarding licensing, I'd appreciate it. Our 30 days are counting and I'm wondering what happens if you ignore them? Has anyone done that? Just curious. Of course I'm going on vacation during this 30-day time period too, so I even have less time. -Original Message- From: Patrick Smallwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 12:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:MS licensing web seminar I know we have beat this subject up over the past few months, but thought some might find this useful: http://www.microsoft.com/usa/webcasts/upcoming/778.asp Event Description: Want to make sure you're getting the most for your money with Microsoft products? Do you have questions about Microsoft licensing policies? Here's your chance to get caught up on everything in the licensing world for our corporate customers. Heather Burton, Licensing Manager for the Microsoft Rocky Mountain District, will be presenting Everything you wanted to know about Microsoft Licensing but were afraid to ask. If licensing is part of your job, you'll want to be sure to attend this informative session. This session is focused on corporate customers and would not be appropriate for academic or government customers. Thank you, Patrick List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange 5.5 Question....
Title: Message Or hire better managers. Thats their job. Employees goof off, whether it is on the phone, too many breaks, etc. Does he monitor phone calls too? -Original Message- From: Milton R Dogg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:39 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 Question Your boss should Hire better people if he feels the need to police them. Or fire the people he suspects. Milton R Dogg Of The Dogg Foundation -Original Message- From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 6:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 5.5 Question Hello everyone, i was wondering if there is a way to have a copy of everyones incoming and outgoing mail sent to a generic mailbox without the user knowing. my boss at another company wants a copy of every piece of e-mail coming in and going out sent to a generic mailbox that only he has access to. any help/info is appreciated thanks, Bob C. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange 5.5 Question....
Title: Message Wow -Original Message- From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:31 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 5.5 Question sure doesmonitors everything except e-mail which we all know he now wants... - Original Message - From: Allen Crawford To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 Question Or hire better managers. That's their job. Employees goof off, whether it is on the phone, too many breaks, etc. Does he monitor phone calls too? -Original Message- From: Milton R Dogg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 9:39 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 Question Your boss should Hire better people if he feels the need to police them. Or fire the people he suspects. Milton R Dogg Of The Dogg Foundation -Original Message- From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 6:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 5.5 Question Hello everyone, i was wondering if there is a way to have a copy of everyones incoming and outgoing mail sent to a generic mailbox without the user knowing. my boss at another company wants a copy of every piece of e-mail coming in and going out sent to a generic mailbox that only he has access to. any help/info is appreciated thanks, Bob C. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6
But if you hold down SHIFT while deleting, it is completely gone. I think that is what he meant by a hard delete. -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 8:44 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 Here's what I did: Created the contact Deleted the contact Empty the trash bin Recover delete items Look for test contact Wow, something that actually works in office XP Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -Original Message- From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 8:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 Was that from the deleted items folder or the Contacts folder? Neil -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 February 2002 13:32 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 I just did the recovery of a contact using the recover deleted items and it worked fine? Even though the GUI leads you to believe it is only going to recover mail items, it actually does them all. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -Original Message- From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 6:06 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 The only point I would make in addition to the below with regards to Deleted Item recovery on all folders is that it doesn't work on Contacts, Notes, Tasks and Colander items (Not sure about Journal items). I've done about 2 restores in about the last year, once for an accidental deletion of a mailbox and another for a load of 'hard' deleted contacts. He advises waiting a month before mailbox deletion, I prefer using exmerge to copy the mailbox to an archive area (We leave it there for a month or 2) along with a copy of the users profile and home dir and then delete the account. This way you have an exact copy of any data you delete and keeps everything tidy. I also don't advertise the availability of the recover deleted items option. Generally the user doesn't need to know about it and the ones that do often purge that as well. Neil List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: RE : Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC?
Title: Message I dont know the specific cards, I was just saying that if the card supports hot-swapping drives, you can do it regardless of whether you are using a RAID1 array or a RAID5 array. -Original Message- From: Gérard Dumazet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 4:26 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE : Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? With which adaptec card for scsi? Is there any way to do it with ide drives and adaptec 1200 for exemple ? -Message d'origine- De: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé: vendredi 22 février 2002 19:37 À: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Ben is right. You can do the same thing with a hot-swappable RAID1 array. Just unplug the bad one and plug in the new one (the way I understand it anyway, havent had a failure on one yet) and it rebuilds, all online. -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 12:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? If a RAID 1 set has a failed disk , you HAVE to break the mirror and recreate the mirror with the new disk. This means Server downtime. If a RAID 5 set has a failed disk, you simply replace the disk (especially hot pluggable) and the server STAYS RUNNING.. NO downtime on the server. RAID 5 was designedfor this. It does not give you the same downtime when you have to down the server, replace the disk and recreate the mirror.. RAID 5 will know you replaced the failed disk and rebuild it on the fly. The server may see some performance degredation, but it will stay running..and you dont need to down the server at all. Replaying the log files most certainly does come into play when you create a new DB.. Ive gone thru this with PSS! -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:29 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? How does a RAID 1 (mirroring) not keep you running in the event of a failure? I'm curious. It most certainly IS fault-tolerant. If you lose a disk from RAID 1, you are still running. You don't HAVE to run maintenance until you decide to. Now, certainly, it would be idiotic NOT to replace the failed disk right away and break/re-create the mirror, but with newer RAID controllers, you can even do this online. RAID 5 will give you the EXACT same downtime. You replace the dead drive, and you wait while your RAID controller rebuilds the stripe set. But again, what is the difference between the 2 in terms of time? What, a couple of minutes? I do concede that AS LONG as your databases and log files are kept on separate spindles, then I personally don't care whether you use RAID 1 or 5. Replaying the log files comes into play when you restore the database from tape backup. I don't think it applies to creating a new database. Circular logging IS on by default, but most Exchange admins with experience (meaning those that know about Exchange and its features and why certain features are used and why others aren't) turn that feature off as one of the first steps once they build a server. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC?
Wow, I thought my PDC (P133 with 128MB of RAM) was bad... -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Dude... I upgraded our PDC from a P75 to a P133 32MB RAM that's still in production. IF you can afford Exchange, you can afford a cheap BDC. I applaud your dedication to those companies. -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? In the majority of shops I manage - there is no choice. Single server shops where the cost to have a BDC or even MS is over the budget. Keep in mind - the hardware is only a SMALL part of the cost. Most of the shops don't do Exchange - they go for POP mail. However, when the problem of shared contacts and calendars rears it's ugly head - Exchange is the solution. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:22 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? I will always advise not to, but it works fine. The reasons not to: performance - not as big an issue today due to beefier machines recoverability - you better have a good BDC somewhere or tears are gonna fall. William -Original Message- From: Kevin Kennedy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:18 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Cost? Whenever possible install Exchange on a stand alone server. Kevin Kennedy (K2) Network Administrator Mahi Networks, Inc. 707-283-1336 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC?
Title: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? If it is mirrored you have to lose both drives to lose the data. -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:44 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? The difference is you don't use Circular logging,and you backup your logfiles AND your exchange DB.. You can then get back to the point of failure.. If you have your logfiles, and your disk is still running, you can repair the Db and be back up and running to the point of failure. Even if youre idea is better.. Why a RAID 1? Why not a RAID 5? What happens when youre RAID1 logfile loses a member of the mirror? -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:37 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Scenario 1: Your logs and databases are both on the same RAID5 array. Your last full online backup was last night at 11pm. Today, at 4pm, your database gets corrupt. Say you notice a -1018, or two disks in the RAID5 array have failed, or whatever. All you therefore have is last night's backup. Tell me, what does that mean? Scenario 2: The same as scenario 1, except your logs are on a separate RAID1 array. You therefore have last night's backup, plus the transaction logs. What's the difference now? Neil Hobson Silversands http://www.silversands.co.uk Microsoft Gold Certified Partner For Enterprise Systems For Collaborative Solutions -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: 22 February 2002 15:29 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Can you quote the reasons for it. I honestly don't see any other reason to put Log files on a Mirrored partition. Its not fault tolerant.. At least not on the fly.. If 1 drive fails, ya gotta break the mirror.. If its RAID 5, it will still run. If its not a performance issue to put them on their own Mirrored partition, why would you do it? Is it just to keep them safe in case your database drive goes down? If that happens, youre still Skrewed -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:18 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? The primary reason for putting logs on their own drive is not a performance reason. Neil Hobson Silversands http://www.silversands.co.uk Microsoft Gold Certified Partner For Enterprise Systems For Collaborative Solutions -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: 22 February 2002 15:14 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? I would put exchange and your pdc on a Dual PIII 733 MHZ processor ..minimum.. With at least 1 GB of RAM and no less than 40 GB of RAID 5 storage. Ive run Exchange on the RAID1 for logs, RAID 1 for OS and RAID 5 for the database specs.. And I see NO increase in peformance than if it was all on a RAID 5 partition. -Original Message- From: Majetic, John RAME [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? I had our exchange server on an Pentium Pro 100 HP net sever with 196 MB of ram for about the first year we used exchange. It was the PDC, DHCP Server, Primary WINS, Ras server with 8 VPN ports and the exchange server with 180 boxes on it. Processor utilization rarely got above 50 percent. Lack of Hard Drive space, and memory, 196 MB was max for that box, were the reasons I took exchange off of it. Microsoft says you should have one domain controller for each 1 accounts if I remember correctly, and this was written in the days of Pentium Pro 100s being a kick butt machine. Unless you have thousands of users I really don't see the domain controller resource drain a bar to putting an exchange box on a PDC. However I would not recommend putting it on a box with anything else. It was a real bitch having to take down the DHCP for a day when I had to clean out the I Love you virus. John Majetic -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:31 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Wow, I thought my PDC (P133 with 128MB of RAM) was bad... -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Dude... I upgraded our
RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC?
Title: Message Ben is right. You can do the same thing with a hot-swappable RAID1 array. Just unplug the bad one and plug in the new one (the way I understand it anyway, havent had a failure on one yet) and it rebuilds, all online. -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 12:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? If a RAID 1 set has a failed disk , you HAVE to break the mirror and recreate the mirror with the new disk. This means Server downtime. If a RAID 5 set has a failed disk, you simply replace the disk (especially hot pluggable) and the server STAYS RUNNING.. NO downtime on the server. RAID 5 was designedfor this. It does not give you the same downtime when you have to down the server, replace the disk and recreate the mirror.. RAID 5 will know you replaced the failed disk and rebuild it on the fly. The server may see some performance degredation, but it will stay running..and you dont need to down the server at all. Replaying the log files most certainly does come into play when you create a new DB.. Ive gone thru this with PSS! -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:29 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? How does a RAID 1 (mirroring) not keep you running in the event of a failure? I'm curious. It most certainly IS fault-tolerant. If you lose a disk from RAID 1, you are still running. You don't HAVE to run maintenance until you decide to. Now, certainly, it would be idiotic NOT to replace the failed disk right away and break/re-create the mirror, but with newer RAID controllers, you can even do this online. RAID 5 will give you the EXACT same downtime. You replace the dead drive, and you wait while your RAID controller rebuilds the stripe set. But again, what is the difference between the 2 in terms of time? What, a couple of minutes? I do concede that AS LONG as your databases and log files are kept on separate spindles, then I personally don't care whether you use RAID 1 or 5. Replaying the log files comes into play when you restore the database from tape backup. I don't think it applies to creating a new database. Circular logging IS on by default, but most Exchange admins with experience (meaning those that know about Exchange and its features and why certain features are used and why others aren't) turn that feature off as one of the first steps once they build a server. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC?
Title: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? That is an incorrect point though. If you have any decent, hot-swappable RAID controller/drives, it works exactly the same for RAID1 as it does for RAID5. The comment you quoted was if you DIDNT have hot-swappable drives. -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 12:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? Ok What you just said You can also shut the server down, and restart with NO OS Changes and have it come back on-line. You can also shut down, replace the drive, and bring it back up if you don't have hot swap, and rebuild in the Controller BIOS, of bring it up to the OS and have the OS Utilities rebuild in background. If you have hot swap disks, as any good server should have, you don't have to do that with RAID 5. You do with RAID 1 That is my point. -Original Message- From: Dennis Atherton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why would anyone install Exchange on a PDC? The whole point depends on the way the tasks are done. If the RAID 1 (Mirror) is done in hardware, it is the same as a hardware RAID 5 - on the controllers that I have used. Adaptec 7800 RAID; Compaq 221,2DH, 3200 4200, 5200 and others; Promise IDE Raid SX6000, TX100, and motherboard integrated Even the Promise IDE RAID Controllers can suffer a failed drive in a mirror, and not have any downtime. The drive is marked as down, and you can hot swap with another, and have it rebuild in the background. You can also shut the server down, and restart with NO OS Changes and have it come back on-line. You can also shut down, replace the drive, and bring it back up if you don't have hot swap, and rebuild in the Controller BIOS, of bring it up to the OS and have the OS Utilities rebuild in background. The above works on RAID 5 and RAID 1 on the Promise controllers that support both. Dennis List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug
Gotcha. :) Although Elf bowling was pretty sweet! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug Basically, yes... we have no reason to allow a free flow of EXE files back and forth. If on the rare occasion, we did need one, I'd disable the filter for that time. I can't block all ZIP files, as we do get a lot of wok related things in that are, say, a 15MB non-exe file, but I do want to cut down on the, Hey dude, check out this cool elf bowling game! What? You can't get .exe files? Wait... I'll zip it for you Evan -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug I read that it couldn't do that, but I'm wondering why anyone cares to do that? If you are worried about viruses being transmitted via ZIP files, it seems that you should just block ZIP. I mean, are you just trying to prevent the users from sending ANY EXE files back and forth? Basically the only reason I'm letting ZIPs through are so people CAN actually transmit legitimate files through and a good way to force them to use some form of compression. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug One thing I still kinda wish 3.8 could do is block an .EXE in a Zip. I tried it, and it lets it through. I know I could block all Zip files, but that's not quite what I was looking for. Evan -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug By the way, if anyone else uses Martin's list and ScanMail 3.8 and has this same problem, this should save you some time. Don't forget I've added *.REG to the list. File extensions to block: eml;vb;asx;ade;adp;bas;bat;bin;chm;cmd;com;cpl;crt;dll;exe;hiv;hlp;hta;inf;i ns;isp;js;jse;jtd;msc;msi;msp;mst;ocx;oft;ovl;pcd;pif;pl;plx;scr;sct;sh;shb; shs;sys;vbe;vbs;vss;vst;vxd;wsc;wsf;wsh;lnk;reg; File names to block: *.eml;*.vb;*.asx;*.ade;*.adp;*.bas;*.bat;*.bin;*.chm;*.cmd;*.com;*.cpl;*.crt ;*.dll;*.exe;*.hiv;*.hlp;*.hta;*.inf;*.ins;*.isp;*.js;*.jse;*.jtd;*.msc;*.ms i;*.msp;*.mst;*.ocx;*.oft;*.ovl;*.pcd;*.pif;*.pl;*.plx;*.scr;*.sct;*.sh;*.sh b;*.shs;*.sys;*.vbe;*.vbs;*.vss;*.vst;*.vxd;*.wsc;*.wsf;*.wsh;*.lnk;*.reg; -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug OK, since everyone has been talking about this and Antigen lately, I'll add this. I just got off the phone with Trend's tech support and apparently there is an issue with blocking file extensions. I noticed that SYS and VBS files were not being blocked, even though they were on my list (or Martin's list I should say, although I don't think he had REG on his list and I do have it). Anyway, the reason is because it is now performing the true file type scanning. I've already tested this and it does work. For example, I'm not blocking ZIP, so renaming a ZIP to EXE, which I am blocking, will let it through just fine because it knows it is a ZIP. So, in turn, it registers VBS, BAT, my SYS (which was really a text file renamed) as TXT files, which aren't being blocked. The fix is to list them in the file name box (the box right below the blocked extension list) as *.vbs;*.bat;*.sys, etc. Seems to work so far. So I guess to be safe, I'm going to add all of Martin's extensions to both boxes. Hope this helps someone else. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Securing Exchange Server
Title: Message Or to make things easy, you might want to buy a Linksys Cable/DSL router (or similar device). That would be much better than nothing. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:23 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server You can turn off unused/unwanted protocols under the Site, Configuration, Protocols, properties for each protocol. This should render the ports inactive and unable to accept connections on them. You can also do the same on a per server basis under the Server, Protocols, properties for each protocol. This will cover the Exchange protocols only though. I really think that if you are wanting to filter that many ports, you should look at a firewall. Heck, even if it is a software firewall to start with. It would be better than nothing. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server Why no SSL? -Original Message- From: Manish Govindji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Securing Exchange Server Thanks for the reply. Not for relay, but we do not have any firewall as yet, and i would like to close unecessary ports. Its a fresh installtion NT server PDC, Exchange 5.5. So all the ports are open. I just want 25, 110, 80 to be open. I tried that on TCP/IP security and nobody could connect to mail server - Original Message - From: Martin Blackstone To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:02 PM Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server So are you saying someone used you as a relay or hacked your box or what? Are you behind a FW? What ports are open to the Exch server? -Original Message- From: Manish Govindji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Securing Exchange Server Hello, I have tried many times but failed to secure Our Exchange Server. We have a Exchnage server for only Server has NT4,IIS4, DNS. How Do I use TCP IP security tab to configure security so that all the unnecessary ports are closed, we only use exchnage for POP3 and SMTP. The last time I tried I got Max user limit on SMTP List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Securing Exchange Server
Title: Message You can forward up to 10 ports to an internal IP address. I use it at home and let SSH, FTP, and HTTP through. I imagine you could get Exchange working too. -Original Message- From: Chris Simmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:36 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server Wouldn't that block out FTP ports? I assumed those only allowed the HTTP ports through.. Chris Simmons -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server Or to make things easy, you might want to buy a Linksys Cable/DSL router (or similar device). That would be much better than nothing. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:23 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server You can turn off unused/unwanted protocols under the Site, Configuration, Protocols, properties for each protocol. This should render the ports inactive and unable to accept connections on them. You can also do the same on a per server basis under the Server, Protocols, properties for each protocol. This will cover the Exchange protocols only though. I really think that if you are wanting to filter that many ports, you should look at a firewall. Heck, even if it is a software firewall to start with. It would be better than nothing. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server Why no SSL? -Original Message- From: Manish Govindji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Securing Exchange Server Thanks for the reply. Not for relay, but we do not have any firewall as yet, and i would like to close unecessary ports. Its a fresh installtion NT server PDC, Exchange 5.5. So all the ports are open. I just want 25, 110, 80 to be open. I tried that on TCP/IP security and nobody could connect to mail server - Original Message - From: Martin Blackstone To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:02 PM Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server So are you saying someone used you as a relay or hacked your box or what? Are you behind a FW? What ports are open to the Exch server? -Original Message- From: Manish Govindji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Securing Exchange Server Hello, I have tried many times but failed to secure Our Exchange Server. We have a Exchnage server for only Server has NT4,IIS4, DNS. How Do I use TCP IP security tab to configure security so that all the unnecessary ports are closed, we only use exchnage for POP3 and SMTP. The last time I tried I got Max user limit on SMTP List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Securing Exchange Server
Title: Message This may sound ignorant, and if it does, then I guess it really is ignorant, but here goes anyway. Why is placing an Exchange server on the DMZ bad? We are getting a PIX soon and are going to be changing a lot of things here. Our reseller just informed me the price of the PIX 515 dropped big time too but that it is also being replaced by a faster onethe 515E for the same price. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:43 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server That was the intent of what I was thinking - something to tide him over. But he also didn't say whether this was multihomed, or sitting in the DMZ (Gosh I hope not!), or what. Without more specifics, we are trying to hit baseballs with straws. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:32 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server I was thinking the same thing. Heck, even Zonealarm or something just to hold you over. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:23 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server You can turn off unused/unwanted protocols under the Site, Configuration, Protocols, properties for each protocol. This should render the ports inactive and unable to accept connections on them. You can also do the same on a per server basis under the Server, Protocols, properties for each protocol. This will cover the Exchange protocols only though. I really think that if you are wanting to filter that many ports, you should look at a firewall. Heck, even if it is a software firewall to start with. It would be better than nothing. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server Why no SSL? -Original Message- From: Manish Govindji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Securing Exchange Server Thanks for the reply. Not for relay, but we do not have any firewall as yet, and i would like to close unecessary ports. Its a fresh installtion NT server PDC, Exchange 5.5. So all the ports are open. I just want 25, 110, 80 to be open. I tried that on TCP/IP security and nobody could connect to mail server - Original Message - From: Martin Blackstone To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:02 PM Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server So are you saying someone used you as a relay or hacked your box or what? Are you behind a FW? What ports are open to the Exch server? -Original Message- From: Manish Govindji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Securing Exchange Server Hello, I have tried many times but failed to secure Our Exchange Server. We have a Exchnage server for only Server has NT4,IIS4, DNS. How Do I use TCP IP security tab to configure security so that all the unnecessary ports are closed, we only use exchnage for POP3 and SMTP. The last time I tried I got Max user limit on SMTP List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Securing Exchange Server
Title: Message Isnt the DMZ as secure as the LAN with the exception that certain ports are open for the various services on the servers in the DMZ? I guess I just dont see the difference other than that and the fact that the LAN is unknown to the DMZ. But like I said, I know jack about this stuff, which is why Im asking. Leaving it on the LAN actually sounds easier to me anyway, I just want to understand why it is more secure. Seems like a bad idea leaving an exposed computer on your LANI thought that was the whole point of a DMZ. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server Exchange just doesn't belong on a DMZ. What purpose would it serve there? For every single purpose anyone could think of, there is a better solution that keeps Exchange inside the firewall, more secure and less prone to hacker attacks. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server This may sound ignorant, and if it does, then I guess it really is ignorant, but here goes anyway. Why is placing an Exchange server on the DMZ bad? We are getting a PIX soon and are going to be changing a lot of things here. Our reseller just informed me the price of the PIX 515 dropped big time too but that it is also being replaced by a faster one...the 515E for the same price. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:43 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server That was the intent of what I was thinking - something to tide him over. But he also didn't say whether this was multihomed, or sitting in the DMZ (Gosh I hope not!), or what. Without more specifics, we are trying to hit baseballs with straws. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:32 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server I was thinking the same thing. Heck, even Zonealarm or something just to hold you over. -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:23 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server You can turn off unused/unwanted protocols under the Site, Configuration, Protocols, properties for each protocol. This should render the ports inactive and unable to accept connections on them. You can also do the same on a per server basis under the Server, Protocols, properties for each protocol. This will cover the Exchange protocols only though. I really think that if you are wanting to filter that many ports, you should look at a firewall. Heck, even if it is a software firewall to start with. It would be better than nothing. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server Why no SSL? -Original Message- From: Manish Govindji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Securing Exchange Server Thanks for the reply. Not for relay, but we do not have any firewall as yet, and i would like to close unecessary ports. Its a fresh installtion NT server PDC, Exchange 5.5. So all the ports are open. I just want 25, 110, 80 to be open. I tried that on TCP/IP security and nobody could connect to mail server - Original Message - From: Martin Blackstone To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:02 PM Subject: RE: Securing Exchange Server So are you saying someone used you as a relay or hacked your box or what? Are you behind a FW? What ports are open to the Exch server? -Original Message- From: Manish Govindji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Securing Exchange Server Hello, I have tried many times but failed to secure Our Exchange Server. We have a Exchnage server for only Server has NT4,IIS4, DNS. How Do I use TCP IP security tab to configure security so that all the unnecessary ports are closed, we only use exchnage for POP3 and SMTP. The last time I tried I got Max user limit on SMTP List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com
maybe OT: ScanMail/Exchange
Yesterday, probably around noon, some users have started to experience some Exchange slowness. These users are still using PST files while a few people are starting to move to server-based storage (i.e. me and two other people are testing it right now). Anyway, we've been on this configuration for a very long time with no hardware/software changes, other than with ScanMail. Yesterday we were still on version 3.61 and actually the only changes with it were the pattern/engine updates. Anyway, I'm wondering if by any chance the latest pattern file is maybe a little messed up and could cause problems. I sent an email to someone using PST files and went over to their desk 10 minutes later and asked if she got the email. She didn't get it until she clicked Send/Receive. Now several users are experiencing the same thing. As for me, the one using server-based storage, I too have seen problems. My problems involve messages not appearing until I click out of the folder and then back into it. Or when I send a message it will make the Outbox folder bold like it is still in there until I click on the folder. It actually goes out rather quickly, but just doesn't look like it does. Anyway, last night I removed ScanMail completely because we were planning to upgrade to 3.8. The removal and upgrade seemed to go perfect, except now several of my attachments are not being blocked even though they are on the list of attachments to block. That and people are still experiencing the same slowness with Outlook/Exchange. Any ideas? Anyone else having any problems like this? I was kind of hoping it was ScanMail with a faulty pattern or engine update. Now that I've upgrade to 3.8 I don't have the old update logs to see when the last update was, other than the manual one I performed last night of course. Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: OK I need to block attachments
More than likely Groupshield. Exchange can't do it on its own as far as I know, but I've never used Groupshield either... -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:20 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:OK I need to block attachments I am finally doing this per the MB infamous list. Do I do this in exchange at the imc or with groupshield? I can't believe it's taken me this long. I planned to allow .xls and .doc what other extensions do people allow thru. thanks dave List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: OK I need to block attachments
I just noticed that about 3.8 myself. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: OK I need to block attachments It depends. I dotn use Groupshield, and the older AV tools will pass it. However I have recently been demoing Scanmail 3.8 and Antigen 6.5. Both of those cant be fooled and will block it anyhow. -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 10:36 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OK I need to block attachments quick question what happens when i as a luser get an idea that the .exe jokes my best friend has been sending be changed to .exd. what happens then dave -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 11:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OK I need to block attachments Do it at poopshield. I let everything but what I block. -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 10:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: OK I need to block attachments I am finally doing this per the MB infamous list. Do I do this in exchange at the imc or with groupshield? I can't believe it's taken me this long. I planned to allow .xls and .doc what other extensions do people allow thru. thanks dave List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
sporadic messages
Ok, I posted earlier regarding this, but my message might have been too long for you guys. It was also in regards to ScanMail, but now that I've killed ScanMail and the problem still exists, I'm assuming it isn't related. So here's the problem. As of yesterday afternoon, many people (if not all) will not get new messages (Outlook 2000) unless they do one of two things: 1) Click the Send/Receive button 2) Send a message, which apparently forces a connection to the server. These people all use PST files (I know, I know). However, a few of us that are using server-based storage are experiencing the same thing. The only difference is that simply clicking on another folder will download new messages for server-based users. I've seen this issue before, but normally it was only when I've stopped the Exchange services or rebooted the server while clients were connected. However, once they clicked Send/Receive or sent a message, it reconnected for good. Any suggestions? I can't seem to find anything on the KB, but I might be searching for the wrong things. It is hard to describe my problem in a couple of words I guess... Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: maybe OT: ScanMail/Exchange
Yeah, I did. I even re-read everything. I think the problem is fixed on my end. We had an extremely weird hub issue. We have some 24-port Linksys hubs that don't like 10Mbps hubs connected to them for some reason. They just seem really flaky when using 10Mbps devices. We found the culprit and gave them nice new 10/100 Mbps hubs. So far so good... Oh, we rebooted a few servers as well. :) -Original Message- From: Angie Sawyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 3:31 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: maybe OT: ScanMail/Exchange Check out my 'e-mail arriving in batches thread'... -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 12:31 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: maybe OT: ScanMail/Exchange Yesterday, probably around noon, some users have started to experience some Exchange slowness. These users are still using PST files while a few people are starting to move to server-based storage (i.e. me and two other people are testing it right now). Anyway, we've been on this configuration for a very long time with no hardware/software changes, other than with ScanMail. Yesterday we were still on version 3.61 and actually the only changes with it were the pattern/engine updates. Anyway, I'm wondering if by any chance the latest pattern file is maybe a little messed up and could cause problems. I sent an email to someone using PST files and went over to their desk 10 minutes later and asked if she got the email. She didn't get it until she clicked Send/Receive. Now several users are experiencing the same thing. As for me, the one using server-based storage, I too have seen problems. My problems involve messages not appearing until I click out of the folder and then back into it. Or when I send a message it will make the Outbox folder bold like it is still in there until I click on the folder. It actually goes out rather quickly, but just doesn't look like it does. Anyway, last night I removed ScanMail completely because we were planning to upgrade to 3.8. The removal and upgrade seemed to go perfect, except now several of my attachments are not being blocked even though they are on the list of attachments to block. That and people are still experiencing the same slowness with Outlook/Exchange. Any ideas? Anyone else having any problems like this? I was kind of hoping it was ScanMail with a faulty pattern or engine update. Now that I've upgrade to 3.8 I don't have the old update logs to see when the last update was, other than the manual one I performed last night of course. Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug
OK, since everyone has been talking about this and Antigen lately, I'll add this. I just got off the phone with Trend's tech support and apparently there is an issue with blocking file extensions. I noticed that SYS and VBS files were not being blocked, even though they were on my list (or Martin's list I should say, although I don't think he had REG on his list and I do have it). Anyway, the reason is because it is now performing the true file type scanning. I've already tested this and it does work. For example, I'm not blocking ZIP, so renaming a ZIP to EXE, which I am blocking, will let it through just fine because it knows it is a ZIP. So, in turn, it registers VBS, BAT, my SYS (which was really a text file renamed) as TXT files, which aren't being blocked. The fix is to list them in the file name box (the box right below the blocked extension list) as *.vbs;*.bat;*.sys, etc. Seems to work so far. So I guess to be safe, I'm going to add all of Martin's extensions to both boxes. Hope this helps someone else. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug
By the way, if anyone else uses Martin's list and ScanMail 3.8 and has this same problem, this should save you some time. Don't forget I've added *.REG to the list. File extensions to block: eml;vb;asx;ade;adp;bas;bat;bin;chm;cmd;com;cpl;crt;dll;exe;hiv;hlp;hta;inf;i ns;isp;js;jse;jtd;msc;msi;msp;mst;ocx;oft;ovl;pcd;pif;pl;plx;scr;sct;sh;shb; shs;sys;vbe;vbs;vss;vst;vxd;wsc;wsf;wsh;lnk;reg; File names to block: *.eml;*.vb;*.asx;*.ade;*.adp;*.bas;*.bat;*.bin;*.chm;*.cmd;*.com;*.cpl;*.crt ;*.dll;*.exe;*.hiv;*.hlp;*.hta;*.inf;*.ins;*.isp;*.js;*.jse;*.jtd;*.msc;*.ms i;*.msp;*.mst;*.ocx;*.oft;*.ovl;*.pcd;*.pif;*.pl;*.plx;*.scr;*.sct;*.sh;*.sh b;*.shs;*.sys;*.vbe;*.vbs;*.vss;*.vst;*.vxd;*.wsc;*.wsf;*.wsh;*.lnk;*.reg; -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug OK, since everyone has been talking about this and Antigen lately, I'll add this. I just got off the phone with Trend's tech support and apparently there is an issue with blocking file extensions. I noticed that SYS and VBS files were not being blocked, even though they were on my list (or Martin's list I should say, although I don't think he had REG on his list and I do have it). Anyway, the reason is because it is now performing the true file type scanning. I've already tested this and it does work. For example, I'm not blocking ZIP, so renaming a ZIP to EXE, which I am blocking, will let it through just fine because it knows it is a ZIP. So, in turn, it registers VBS, BAT, my SYS (which was really a text file renamed) as TXT files, which aren't being blocked. The fix is to list them in the file name box (the box right below the blocked extension list) as *.vbs;*.bat;*.sys, etc. Seems to work so far. So I guess to be safe, I'm going to add all of Martin's extensions to both boxes. Hope this helps someone else. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: e-mail arriving in batches
Title: e-mail arriving in batches Outlook 97 works fine with Exchange 5.5. I have no idea about Exchange 2000 though. And unfortunately I have no idea how to help Angie out. -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:50 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: e-mail arriving in batches What did you reboot ? the client or the server ? I didnt think Outlook 97 worked with Exchange -Original Message- From: Angie Sawyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 14:28 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: e-mail arriving in batches Our clients are not getting e-mail in Outlook unless they click on another folder within Outlook. Then the mail is sent/received in batches. I don't believe it's a udp port issue. Any other ideas? Last time a reboot fixed the problem, but I'd rather not have to do that again. Exchange 5.5 SP4 on Windows 2000 using Outlook 97, 2000, 2002 Angie Sawyer List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment
I'm not sure how the rest of the cable modems work, but with @home (obviously this doesn't matter much now) you basically get a static IP anyway. Sure it uses DHCP, but does that matter when it never expires? With our new cable company's service (just got switched to Insight yesterday) it appears that the DHCP is based on the MAC address (@home used the hostname apparently). So I'm guessing that as long as I don't switch my Ethernet interface I'll have the same IP address. But I'm going to play with that first. I'm also going to shut everything off when I go on vacation in March to see if it expires and gives me a new one. Anyway, what I'm saying is that you may be able to just use the IP you have now as if it was static. Just test it out first and see how often it changes. That's what I do, although I have no mail server running. Just a web/FTP server to play with. Although my friend, who's with the same ISP, does have Exchange running just fine. -Original Message- From: ARAE NETWORKS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 12:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Exchange Server in a Cable Environment I want to setup a Home Office and I have a Cable Modem which they tell me cannot guarantee a static IP address. Our mail records are hosted by an ISP. Is there a way for me to setup an Exchange 5.5 or 2000 server to receive and send mail in this configuration? Where and what do I have to configure in order to have this work correctly? JR _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment
Right. I've heard the same bad news about Comcast. We use VPN through cable modems here, and I think at least one of our sales guys is in a Comcast area, so I guess we'll find out if/when they cut it huh? :) -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:06 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment Depending on your location - my experience is with @home purchased by Comcast (bad to worse), you lose the static IP in favor of their DHCP. In order to get a static, you pay triple for the same services. Rumor mill for Comcast (sux) is that they will soon cut VPN and other services that are not considered residential. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:59 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment I'm not sure how the rest of the cable modems work, but with @home (obviously this doesn't matter much now) you basically get a static IP anyway. Sure it uses DHCP, but does that matter when it never expires? With our new cable company's service (just got switched to Insight yesterday) it appears that the DHCP is based on the MAC address (@home used the hostname apparently). So I'm guessing that as long as I don't switch my Ethernet interface I'll have the same IP address. But I'm going to play with that first. I'm also going to shut everything off when I go on vacation in March to see if it expires and gives me a new one. Anyway, what I'm saying is that you may be able to just use the IP you have now as if it was static. Just test it out first and see how often it changes. That's what I do, although I have no mail server running. Just a web/FTP server to play with. Although my friend, who's with the same ISP, does have Exchange running just fine. -Original Message- From: ARAE NETWORKS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 12:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Exchange Server in a Cable Environment I want to setup a Home Office and I have a Cable Modem which they tell me cannot guarantee a static IP address. Our mail records are hosted by an ISP. Is there a way for me to setup an Exchange 5.5 or 2000 server to receive and send mail in this configuration? Where and what do I have to configure in order to have this work correctly? JR _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment
Well, it won't kill him to be off of the VPN for a while (uses POP3 for email) so if/when it hits him, we'll worry about it then. Don't you love cable modem tech support people? -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:14 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment If you're bored, try calling their tech support and ask about static IP's. The guy tells me THEY do VPN (he didn't know what a VPN was so I explained it to him). Even after explaining to him the VPN with static IP, he reaffirmed that Comcast does NOT do static IP's - even with the professional service offering. Horse, water, shotgun - he'll drink. You may want to recommend to your salesweasel to get off Comcast (sux) and look at DSL if he wants to continue using VPN and such. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:09 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment Right. I've heard the same bad news about Comcast. We use VPN through cable modems here, and I think at least one of our sales guys is in a Comcast area, so I guess we'll find out if/when they cut it huh? :) -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:06 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment Depending on your location - my experience is with @home purchased by Comcast (bad to worse), you lose the static IP in favor of their DHCP. In order to get a static, you pay triple for the same services. Rumor mill for Comcast (sux) is that they will soon cut VPN and other services that are not considered residential. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member Who's watching your network? www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:59 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment I'm not sure how the rest of the cable modems work, but with @home (obviously this doesn't matter much now) you basically get a static IP anyway. Sure it uses DHCP, but does that matter when it never expires? With our new cable company's service (just got switched to Insight yesterday) it appears that the DHCP is based on the MAC address (@home used the hostname apparently). So I'm guessing that as long as I don't switch my Ethernet interface I'll have the same IP address. But I'm going to play with that first. I'm also going to shut everything off when I go on vacation in March to see if it expires and gives me a new one. Anyway, what I'm saying is that you may be able to just use the IP you have now as if it was static. Just test it out first and see how often it changes. That's what I do, although I have no mail server running. Just a web/FTP server to play with. Although my friend, who's with the same ISP, does have Exchange running just fine. -Original Message- From: ARAE NETWORKS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 12:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Exchange Server in a Cable Environment I want to setup a Home Office and I have a Cable Modem which they tell me cannot guarantee a static IP address. Our mail records are hosted by an ISP. Is there a way for me to setup an Exchange 5.5 or 2000 server to receive and send mail in this configuration? Where and what do I have to configure in order to have this work correctly? JR _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List
RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment
That's how I suspect it will go with my current service. I'm just wondering how long the expiration time is set. I use the Linksys router, so as long as my power is on at home, my connection will be active. It claims the expiration time is 4 days, so I'm going to shut it off and find out in a few weeks. -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment My service uses DHCP, but I have found only two times when the IP over 3 years has changed : 1) they upgraded my modem to a new one 2) when I swapped the NIC No other times... -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 08:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment I'm not sure how the rest of the cable modems work, but with @home (obviously this doesn't matter much now) you basically get a static IP anyway. Sure it uses DHCP, but does that matter when it never expires? With our new cable company's service (just got switched to Insight yesterday) it appears that the DHCP is based on the MAC address (@home used the hostname apparently). So I'm guessing that as long as I don't switch my Ethernet interface I'll have the same IP address. But I'm going to play with that first. I'm also going to shut everything off when I go on vacation in March to see if it expires and gives me a new one. Anyway, what I'm saying is that you may be able to just use the IP you have now as if it was static. Just test it out first and see how often it changes. That's what I do, although I have no mail server running. Just a web/FTP server to play with. Although my friend, who's with the same ISP, does have Exchange running just fine. -Original Message- From: ARAE NETWORKS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 12:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Exchange Server in a Cable Environment I want to setup a Home Office and I have a Cable Modem which they tell me cannot guarantee a static IP address. Our mail records are hosted by an ISP. Is there a way for me to setup an Exchange 5.5 or 2000 server to receive and send mail in this configuration? Where and what do I have to configure in order to have this work correctly? JR _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Calender items not showing bold
Just click Start--Run, then type in outlook /cleanfreebusy and click OK. That is what Peter is suggesting. Whether it works or not will be determined by you. -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 11:08 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Calender items not showing bold where is that? in calender options? dave -Original Message- From: Dahl, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Calender items not showing bold Try the cleanfreebusy switch when you start Outlook. That should resolve this for you. Peter Dahl. -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 5:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Calender items not showing bold I just downloaded a pst file from calender-updates.com (cool site). After importing, the dates don't show up in bold but I can click on that day and the event is there. How can I get these to show in bold? thanks dave List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: spam control
I sort of agree, but I have (had) an @home.com email address and only had it because I was a cable modem subscriber. I never used this address for anything other than checking it once a month for my billing information. Guess what? I get about 8 junk emails each day on that account now. I know that I never filled out any form anywhere with it. So, I'm guessing that good old bankrupt @home sold it. I guess that probably wouldn't happen with any of our companies since we wouldn't sell the address, but it wouldn't be difficult for that address to get leaked out by someone else or through a business card or something like that. As for third-party spam-control software, we currently use nothing. I find it hard to justify the cost because not everyone receives the spam or as much as others. I typically get about 5-10 a day here myself, but I've filled out countless forms for product evaluations and such. Shift+Delete works fine for me, just a bit annoying is all. I am considering evaluating eManager to go with our ScanMail, but I'm in no hurry. In the meantime, I just keep adding domains to block when they are obviously not a company we plan on doing business with anytime soon. Em5000.net, 0mbranetworking.com, optinmembers.com, stuff like that... Martin Blackstone wrote: No, I don't. Its just a matter of preference. I don't want to have to go trudging through all the false positives for this stuff. It isn't my fault or my problem that my users put their email address in every site on the net, then wonder why they get so much spam. -Original Message- From: Nelson Siqueiros - ADCS Inc. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 4:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: spam control Why don't you recommend installing a spam control software on Exchange? Do you use something else to control it?thanks for your input. Nelson W. SiqueirosADCS Inc.858-676-9800 x 120 -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:36 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: spam control I suggest you use none, but if you insist, MimeSweeper and MailMarshal are big.PS, Get to SP4. -Original Message- From: Nelson Siqueiros - ADCS Inc. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: spam control Hello,What software do you guys recommend to control spam on our Exchange 55 SP3 server? any input would be very helpful.thanks Nelson List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt- oftware.com/exchange_list_charter.htm This electronic message and any attachments contain information which is confidential and may be legally privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-softw re.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm This electronic message and any attachments contain information which is confidential and may be legally privileged. The information is intended solely for the individual or entity named above and access by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm WorldSecure Server safeway.com made the following annotations on 02/13/02 13:49:31 -- Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the Safeway corporate e-mail system,
RE: Antigen filter *.*.* - worthwhile?
I don't know for sure, but I do know that MyParty got blocked on our ScanMail just fine with *.COM being blocked. -Original Message- From: Dillon, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:43 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Antigen filter *.*.* - worthwhile? Is anyone aware of this same issue with Trend? Thanks. -Original Message- From: Wendel, Jesse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:23 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen filter *.*.* - worthwhile? Actually, no. The Internet Scan Job in Antigen, filtering on *.com, allows *.*.com to get through. This is a known bug. It works properly on the Realtime and Manual scan jobs - its only the Internet Scan Job which is at risk. I don't know if the issue extends beyond *.com to *.vbs. This became an issue last week with the My Party worm, where the Internet Scan Job was letting it into the system, but then the Realtime job was grabbing it. Antigen is working on a fix. In the meantime, Premium Support has suggested you configure your Internet Scan Job to filter on *.*.com. For more information, contact Sybari directly. Best, Jesse Wendel Sr. Messaging Analyst www.pse.com -Original Message- From: Bill Kuhn - MCSE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 8:46 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen filter *.*.* - worthwhile? I don't see the need for it. Antigen will filter based on the last extension in a file with multiple extensions. This is the same way Windows associates the file with an application. Given a file mytrojan.doc.vbs, Antigen will pick it off if you are set to filter .VBS. It's never missed one for me. -Original Message- From: Bob Peitzke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:36 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Antigen filter *.*.* - worthwhile? We run Antigen 6.2 on our Exchange 5.5 server. We were advised by Sybari support to include the filter, *.*.*, which they said are often viruses (e.g. annakournikova.jpg.vbs). We tried it for a while, but were quarantining too many valid user attachments, and they rebelled, so I compromised and removed that filter. We are filtering exe, bat, cmd, com, vbs, vb, js, shs, lnk, pif, scr, hta, htm, and *.*} (whatever that is). Also we are using three AV engines, and updating them frequently. As I understand it, the *.*.* filter would only come into play on a new virus for which we don't yet have the signature, and is some other scripting language that we are not filtering. I'd like to get feedback on the protection compromise of not filtering *.*.* attachments. How many of you are using that filter? Do you think it adds significant protection? Have we missed any valuable filters? TIA Bob Peitzke Information Systems Manager Sander A. Kessler Associates Santa Monica, CA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Attachment blocking Now what!
We make them ZIP them up...or just rename it I guess since Trend ScanMail doesn't actually check the format, at least not version 3.61. I'm planning to upgrade to 3.8 to see if it makes a difference though. The other alternative for large files (we have a 15MB limit on our message size) is to use FTP. -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 10:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Attachment blocking Now what! Ok for those of you that block all attachments including .exe .com .jpg .gif . How do you deliver legitimate attachments to your folks. I want to implement this but I would like to hear the process of others. I don't want to have to spend all day manually delivering somebodies pictures of their kids to them. thanks in advance. dave List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Attachment blocking Now what!
Good. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 3:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Attachment blocking Now what! I think many of you are going to find that these old backdoor methods are on their way out. Many of the newer AV proggies can now determine when a certain file type has been renamed, then block it anyhow. Trend and Antigen are heading up this path. -Original Message- From: Luis Arroyo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 12:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Attachment blocking Now what! Compress and send. Allow .zip through -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 7:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Attachment blocking Now what! Ok for those of you that block all attachments including .exe .com .jpg .gif . How do you deliver legitimate attachments to your folks. I want to implement this but I would like to hear the process of others. I don't want to have to spend all day manually delivering somebodies pictures of their kids to them. thanks in advance. dave List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Attachment blocking Now what!
This may sound dumb, but what do you mean by cut and paste filtering options? Just being able to cut/paste the file extensions you want to block from another program like ScanMail or what? -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:14 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Attachment blocking Now what! I have been demoing Antigen and that is a huge issue to me -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 8:01 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Attachment blocking Now what! Now... if antigen would only support cut and paste file filtering options!! Preston Craig Jeffares Network Engineer Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Safety -Original Message- From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 10:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Attachment blocking Now what! Ok for those of you that block all attachments including .exe .com .jpg .gif . How do you deliver legitimate attachments to your folks. I want to implement this but I would like to hear the process of others. I don't want to have to spend all day manually delivering somebodies pictures of their kids to them. thanks in advance. dave List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Form Question
I'm no expert, but I believe that each radio button in the same category should have the same name field, but each category should have a different name. Then you should only be able to select one radio button per category, but one in each category. The way I understand your problem is that you can only select one radio button per entire page. -Original Message- From: Callan, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Form Question Ok, I am in the middle of making a form, with a number of radio buttons, but it is only letting me use one. I have several different categories that the radio buttons are serving for, I just don't know how to get it to be able to select more than one. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Chris List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Error 1018
Title: Message I just ran into the same exact problem. I can forward you what Microsoft gave me (they ended up refunding my $245) if youd like. It is just one article about the 1018 errors and a few other basics that you can find online anyway. I wasnt aware that they signified hardware errors until after my call, although I assumed that is what was happening. We had cheap hardware and are still in the process of moving it. Nothing has become corrupt yet, but Im hoping to get a new server out of the deal. -Original Message- From: Jamie Domingue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:33 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Error 1018 First errors were as follows MSExchangeIS (1576) Direct read found corrupted page (4079053) with error -1018. Please restore the databases from a previous backup. Followed by: MSExchangeIS (1576) A read of the database file D:\exchsrvr\MDBDATA\PRIV.EDB between offsets 0xE3DC and 0xE3DC failed after 16 failed read attempts with error -1018. There is a software or hardware problem affecting the database drive that must be corrected to preserve database integrity. Contact Microsoft Product Support Services. Jamie Domingue System Integrator II Global Data Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dahl, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:23 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Error 1018 Could you provide the content of the error message? Sometimes event id's have more than one problem associated with them. -Original Message- From: Jamie Domingue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:51 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Error 1018 While checking the event logs on the Exchange server I found several 1018 errors. I have convinced management to get another server here so I can move all of our mailboxes to it. This will allow extensive testing of the problematic server. I understand that this is likely caused by a hardware problem but I would like any advice any of you may have on this problem. Server is a Dell 2550 Dual P3 1 Gig of Ram 4 36 Gig Hard drives (Raid 5) Windows 2000 Sp2 Exchange 5.5 SP4 Trend Micro Scan Mail 3.5 Thanks in advance Jamie Domingue System Integrator II Global Data Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, (i) please do not read or disclose to others, (ii) please notify the sender by reply mail, and (iii) please delete this communication from your system. Failure to follow this process may be unlawful. Thank you for your cooperation.
RE: wow
Title: Message Yeah, I understood all of that. I meant the second thing you saidthat the form resides on the Exchange server. My point was mainly that you didnt need a third-party application; you can do it with just plain ol Exchange. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:22 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow OK - I am jumping in late on this, but I was gone yesterday. I'll say it again. Exchange is not involved in what attachments are shown/not shown. It is managed via an Outlook Form that is simply residing in a Public Folder. The client has a registry setting that forces it to check this form every time Outlook is launched, after which the extensions from the form are incorporated into the client. So, if by saying that you can manage the extensions through Exchange, you mean that the form resides ON the Exchange server, fine, but Exchange itself does not have this feature, and it is not an add-on feature either. Other than that, the client itself controls ALL of the hiding of the extensions specified, not the Exchange server. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 5:50 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow You can adjust what attachments are shown through Exchange. But you can't block them or anything. It just hides them from Outlook as far as I can tell. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow No, he is wrong. You cant control attachment types in Exchange regardless of the version of it or Outlook. You need a 3rd party product such as an Exchange AV system or content filter software to block attachments at the Exchange server. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: wow
Title: Message I read how, but it sounded like a big pain in the neck to me. That and we arent using server-based storage yet. Stupid PSTs -Original Message- From: Eugene Pesochin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow Anybody knows how? -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow actually, if youre running Outlook 2000 and Exchange, you can control thru exchange what attachments to open. Therefore, you can allow yourself to open exe and lnk files if you wanted to -Original Message- From: Scott Erwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:19 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow How about this one? http://members.tripodnet.nl/lcroft/osp.zip http://members.tripodnet.nl/lcroft/ This patch is intended for users with MS Outlook 98 / 2000 and Service Pack 2, which includes a 'security fix' (called a security feature or enhancement by Microsoft) blocking all incoming attachments with the extensions like EXE and LNK. The problem: you can't undo the security fix, and you won't be able to open, save or forward (for example) a URL attachment after installing the service pack! Therefore, I wrote the Outlook Insecurity Patch. This patch will give you control about which file extensions will be blocked, or not. The patch will update the outllib.dll in your office folder and disable the security on specific extensions by your choice. -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:26 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: wow anyone see this? Free Email Previewer/Screener For Outlook I recently went a few rounds with Microsoft Tech Support on the Outlook 2000 security patch which disallows receiving certain types of files Their response, of course, was that there was no way to fix it, but I COULD upgrade to Office XP to get a version that allows me to change those settings. No surprise, to override a Microsoft caused issue, I just have to give them more money. HOWEVER, there is another solution. A handy utility called Chilton Preview for Outlook gives you a nifty preview screen that allows you to retrieve any enclosures that Microsoft says you cannot get. I recommend it to anyone who has applied this patch, and wants to get to their enclosures. You can find it at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/8392/ Michael Ross Network Analyst 2 Panduit Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] If at first you don't succeed, Skydiving isn't for you. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: wow
Title: Message You can adjust what attachments are shown through Exchange. But you cant block them or anything. It just hides them from Outlook as far as I can tell. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow No, he is wrong. You cant control attachment types in Exchange regardless of the version of it or Outlook. You need a 3rd party product such as an Exchange AV system or content filter software to block attachments at the Exchange server. -Original Message- From: Eugene Pesochin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow Anybody knows how? -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow actually, if youre running Outlook 2000 and Exchange, you can control thru exchange what attachments to open. Therefore, you can allow yourself to open exe and lnk files if you wanted to -Original Message- From: Scott Erwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:19 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: wow How about this one? http://members.tripodnet.nl/lcroft/osp.zip http://members.tripodnet.nl/lcroft/ This patch is intended for users with MS Outlook 98 / 2000 and Service Pack 2, which includes a 'security fix' (called a security feature or enhancement by Microsoft) blocking all incoming attachments with the extensions like EXE and LNK. The problem: you can't undo the security fix, and you won't be able to open, save or forward (for example) a URL attachment after installing the service pack! Therefore, I wrote the Outlook Insecurity Patch. This patch will give you control about which file extensions will be blocked, or not. The patch will update the outllib.dll in your office folder and disable the security on specific extensions by your choice. -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:26 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: wow anyone see this? Free Email Previewer/Screener For Outlook I recently went a few rounds with Microsoft Tech Support on the Outlook 2000 security patch which disallows receiving certain types of files Their response, of course, was that there was no way to fix it, but I COULD upgrade to Office XP to get a version that allows me to change those settings. No surprise, to override a Microsoft caused issue, I just have to give them more money. HOWEVER, there is another solution. A handy utility called Chilton Preview for Outlook gives you a nifty preview screen that allows you to retrieve any enclosures that Microsoft says you cannot get. I recommend it to anyone who has applied this patch, and wants to get to their enclosures. You can find it at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/8392/ Michael Ross Network Analyst 2 Panduit Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] If at first you don't succeed, Skydiving isn't for you. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Relaying problem
You could use a VPN and do it. That's what we are forced to do for our Goldmine users since its mail client is pathetic. But in Outlook/Outlook Express we just have them check the box that says My server requires authentication under the Outgoing Mail Server for POP3/IMAP email. -Original Message- From: Greg Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 2:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Relaying problem Hi Jennifer Unfortunately this is not possible as they are entering the system from the internet and a demand dial connection. ie. the IP Address is not a constant. Thanks anyway. Reagrds... Greg - Original Message - From: Jennifer Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 5:05 PM Subject: RE: Relaying problem Depending on their connection type, specify an IP range under the relay tab of your Virtual SMTP Server(s). -Original Message- From: Greg Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 9:39 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Relaying problem Hi I appear to be having a problem with some remote users attaching to my exchange server using Outlook Express. The issue is that if I allow relaying all remote users are able to send and receive email. However if I have it this way I am susceptible to spammers. (already happened once, never again) When I stop it from allowing relaying no remote users are able to send email. Instead they receive an NDR saying that relaying is not allowed. I am using exchange 2000 with the latest service pack and Outlook Express for the clients. I suspect that I need to alter the way I have it setup. Is there a step by step guide to seting up Exchange for pop3/smtp clients? Regards... Greg List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
reinitialize IS
I was wondering how I could reinitialize the information store on a test Exchange Server. Is it possible to just wipe it out and start over without reinstalling Exchange or losing any other settings like the directory store? Basically I want to start with a clean PRIV.EDB. Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: reinitialize IS
Title: RE: reinitialize IS Sorry for leaving out my version. NT 4.0, Exchange 5.5, latest Service Packs on both. -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 3:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: reinitialize IS Well, if its exchange 2000, you can just delete the file, and it will create a new one. -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 2:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: reinitialize IS I was wondering how I could reinitialize the information store on a test Exchange Server. Is it possible to just wipe it out and start over without reinstalling Exchange or losing any other settings like the directory store? Basically I want to start with a clean PRIV.EDB. Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: IIS Lockdown Tool v2.1
Looks good to me too. I never touched URLScan before though. How do you modify its settings? Or do you just leave it alone? I checked the log file and it shows that it blocks requests for certain file types, but I was wondering how you change those types, or if I should just rerun IIS Lockdown and it'll change it accordingly? -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 3:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: IIS Lockdown Tool v2.1 It looks like they finally got it right. I have now run it on a web server and an OWA server with no problems. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 11:28 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: IIS Lockdown Tool v2.1 Yes I didand I use SSL too. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Employee Departures
Title: Message Thats the case for me. I used to look at those but too many people sign up for too many mailing lists and it got too annoying. Just curious, earlier you said you have an ex-employee list of aliases. Can you elaborate on that? Also, whats the DL blackhole? Do you mean just create a DL with SMTP address of the ex-employee? -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 6:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures Oh, and we get all the NDR's to an admin mailbox. Given the efficiency with which you dispose of old mailboxes, I suspect you do not look at NDR's perhaps -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures I was just curious. We have some employees that get tonnes of email (there is a new perfmon counter MSExchangeIMS_EmailMass). You don't even do the DL black hole thing? William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+ --- Why just ride, when you can fly? http://www.airborne.net --- Rent this space: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Martin Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures I don't. They left. Why should their email still be deliverable? I appreciate that this model would not work for a lot of companies - probably most of them, in fact. The way we work with our customers though, it works well for us. -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 December 2001 23:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures How do you handle inbound residual email to that SMTP address? William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+ --- Why just ride, when you can fly? http://www.airborne.net --- Rent this space: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Martin Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:20 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures That's exactly how I used to handle it. However, getting supervisors to deal with the cleanup was always a problem. So we export to a PST, and copy that PST to the supervisors personal share where it occupies part of their fileshare quota. Extension to quota? Hahahahahaha!!! G -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 December 2001 22:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures Employee leaves. Mailbox accessis granted to supervisor. After 30 days mailbox is either: 1) deleted 2) balance archived to .pst SMTP alias is then added to 'ex-employee' mailbox list of aliases for stray emails. William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+ --- Why just ride, when you can fly? http://www.airborne.net --- Rent this space: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 2:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures 30 days for the successor to go through the mailbox, then you blow it away. I'd love to be able to do that. Hopefully our policy will end up like that. W -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures 30 days. William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+ --- Why just ride, when you can fly? http://www.airborne.net --- Rent this space: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 2:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Employee Departures What is your general policy for the time between a employee being let go and the removal of his mailbox? I just finished an audit of the size of the disk usage on my exchange server and noticed that there are at least 2GB of old users who have left the company. William L. Smith Systems Administrator List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Employee Departures - Blackholes
So what's the point of black holes anyway? Just to reduce the NDRs? -Original Message- The blackhole is to create a DL that has multiple SMTP addresses of ex-employees, but make sure there's no members in the DL. Messages sent to the relevant SMTP addresses simply vanish. Shame you can't put a few selected people into the DL as well. :-) Neil -Original Message- That's the case for me. I used to look at those but too many people sign up for too many mailing lists and it got too annoying. Just curious, earlier you said you have an ex-employee list of aliases. Can you elaborate on that? Also, what's the DL blackhole? Do you mean just create a DL with SMTP address of the ex-employee? List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Employee Departures
I think the list servers should have the functionality to receive NDR's and forward them to an admin. After about 3 or so NDRs you'd think they could be removed from the list, just as Stu does when someone is being stupid on this list. -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 10:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures I just prefer to remove any subscriptions to any high-volume mailing lists if I can. Neil -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: 20 December 2001 14:34 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Employee Departures Subject: RE: Employee Departures That's my policy too. The only way I don't is if the supervisor wants the mail to be forwarded for a period. We do this for our sales guys that leave or get fired, for obvious reasons. When the supervisor is happy we archive necessary email to PST and blow the mailbox away. -Original Message- From: Martin Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 6:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures I don't. They left. Why should their email still be deliverable? I appreciate that this model would not work for a lot of companies - probably most of them, in fact. The way we work with our customers though, it works well for us. -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 December 2001 23:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures How do you handle inbound residual email to that SMTP address? William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+ --- Why just ride, when you can fly? http://www.airborne.net --- Rent this space: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Martin Reilly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:20 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures That's exactly how I used to handle it. However, getting supervisors to deal with the cleanup was always a problem. So we export to a PST, and copy that PST to the supervisors personal share where it occupies part of their fileshare quota. Extension to quota? Hahahahahaha!!! G -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 December 2001 22:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures Employee leaves. Mailbox access is granted to supervisor. After 30 days mailbox is either: 1) deleted 2) balance archived to .pst SMTP alias is then added to 'ex-employee' mailbox list of aliases for stray emails. William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+ --- Why just ride, when you can fly? http://www.airborne.net --- Rent this space: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 2:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures 30 days for the successor to go through the mailbox, then you blow it away. I'd love to be able to do that. Hopefully our policy will end up like that. W -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures 30 days. William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+ --- Why just ride, when you can fly? http://www.airborne.net --- Rent this space: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 2:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Employee Departures What is your general policy for the time between a employee being let go and the removal of his mailbox? I just finished an audit of the size of the disk usage on my exchange server and noticed that there are at least 2GB of old users who have left the company. William L. Smith Systems Administrator List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm ** This email and any files transmitted
RE: Employee Departures
It is in our policy as well. I guess we could sue them later like they are doing to the guy in this article. (if you are reading the NT list you've probably seen this already) http://www.securityfocus.com/news/300 -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 12:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures We hold exit interviews and that is a question asked. It is also in our email policy manual to unsubcsribe from lists, but inevitably, we as admins are faced with that. William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+ --- Why just ride, when you can fly? http://www.airborne.net --- Rent this space: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 7:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures I just prefer to remove any subscriptions to any high-volume mailing lists if I can. Neil List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Employee Departures - Blackholes
Well, what does that make me considering I don't even receive the NDR notifications? :) -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 11:31 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures - Blackholes Yes. We are lazy admins. -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 8:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures - Blackholes So what's the point of black holes anyway? Just to reduce the NDRs? -Original Message- The blackhole is to create a DL that has multiple SMTP addresses of ex-employees, but make sure there's no members in the DL. Messages sent to the relevant SMTP addresses simply vanish. Shame you can't put a few selected people into the DL as well. :-) Neil List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Employee Departures - Blackholes
Yeah, that was the only reason I originally received the NDRs. But I figure our [EMAIL PROTECTED] address is simple enough for people to remember and that I'm costing them more money by wasting my time sifting through the NDRs than they are losing in sales. -Original Message- From: Simon Curtiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 4:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures - Blackholes Possibly losing the company money? It's amazing how many people never retry sending after getting an NDR, so if you don't deal with it the contact/contract/confirmation etc may never occur. -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 21 December 2001 6:57 a.m. To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Employee Departures - Blackholes Well, what does that make me considering I don't even receive the NDR notifications? :) List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
internet email header question
Title: internet email header question I often get confused when looking at these headers and I was wondering if anyone could help describe exactly what this means to me. I'm trying to determine where the source of the spam is coming from on this particular email. The part that is confusing me is where it is received by two different servers, first by my server (noelani.mailcode.com) from server2000.kunchien.idv.tw and then again by that server from mailin-01.mx.aol.com. Even on legitimate email messages it usually has two received by lines (like my bottom example), but that makes more sense to me since my server has the later date/time stamp, unlike the first example. Unless I'm reading the data/time wrong. If anyone can explain it to me that would be great (either online or offline) and/or point me in the right direction to figure it out myself. Thanks a lot. FIRST HEADER Received: from server2000.kunchien.idv.tw (61-219-228-138.HINET-IP.hinet.net [61.219.228.138]) by noelani.mailcode.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id YYVQL2HY; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 07:10:14 -0500 Received: from mailin-01.mx.aol.com ([209.31.211.115]) by server2000.kunchien.idv.tw with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.1600); Fri, 14 Dec 2001 20:11:44 +0800 Message-ID: 63f07644$38ec$[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Isn't It Time You Solved Your little Problem? 29102 Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 04:19:13 -2000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer:: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Dec 2001 12:11:45.0699 (UTC) FILETIME=[7FCAFF30:01C18498] SECOND HEADER Received: from uuout11smtp2.uu.flonetwork.com ([205.150.6.42]) by noelani.mailcode.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id YYVQL2C8; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:31:25 -0500 Received: from uucore10pumper1 (uuout11relay1.uu.flonetwork.com [172.20.71.10]) by uuout11smtp2.uu.flonetwork.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 3991E24EED for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:24:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: eWEEK News [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OS Flaw Opens Systems to Remote Attackers MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:24:19 -0500 (EST)
plain text/HTML
Title: plain text/HTML OK, my last post was sent in plain text format with Outlook 2000 and using Word as my email editor. How come every time I post that way (or with Rich Text Format, which is usually what I use) it always shows up as an HTML message? Is it Word causing the problem? I'm typing this message in plain text with the plain Outlook editor--no Word. It is mainly as a test, but if anyone could explain this I'd really appreciate it. Maybe it is an Exchange Server setting I need to change or something. Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
plain text/HTML testing--ignore
Test 3 (Word, plain text) List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
plain text/HTML testing--ignore
Test 1 (Word editor/Outlook Rich Text) List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: plain text/HTML
Title: RE: plain text/HTML Well, not really. I tried it without Word as my editor, remember? However, your suggestion below is one that I am going to try because I have both Plain Text and HTML checked. What exactly are those check boxes for? Doesn't seem to make sense when it is under the section entitled Attachments (outbound). But I'll give it a try anyway. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:18 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: plain text/HTML It's a factor in Allen's situation What happens if you only have Plain Text checked under MIME in the IMS Properties? That's the way we have it here I can send Plain Text or HTML - whatever format I start with it what you get. -Michèle Immigration site: http://LadySun1969.tripod.com The Miata: http://members.cardomain.com/bpituley Tiggercam: http://www.tiggercam.co.uk - The fact that we've all made mistakes in no way obligates us to tolerate them in others. - -Original Message- From: Siatkowski, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: plain text/HTML I agree, and that's not a factor in my situation :) Thanks for your reply though, it's the only one today! Jason -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: plain text/HTML Word as Email Editor = BAD -Michèle Immigration site: http://LadySun1969.tripod.com The Miata: http://members.cardomain.com/bpituley Tiggercam: http://www.tiggercam.co.uk - What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men? - -Original Message- From: Siatkowski, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: plain text/HTML I have this exact same issue. It's very upsetting, because some lists will kick you if you post in HTML, and I have no way of doing that with this issue. Selecting plain text as my message format works fine internally, but as soon as it hits the internet, it apparently becomes HTML. I have reviewed the settings on our exchange server, and both formats are enabled. Not quite sure what to do about this. It's been suggested by one of the list members at one point to re-apply the SP4, which I have done, but my issue is still unresolved. A search of technet has not helped either, though I did locate some articles that discussed the proper settings of the exchange server, but all of the settings were already correct. Anyone want to take a stab at this? I'm sure Allen and I would be grateful :) Jason Siatkowski IDEA Industry Manager A+ Certified Service Technician Profile Systems, Inc. 413-737-2000 x135 -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:16 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: plain text/HTML OK, my last post was sent in plain text format with Outlook 2000 and using Word as my email editor. How come every time I post that way (or with Rich Text Format, which is usually what I use) it always shows up as an HTML message? Is it Word causing the problem? I'm typing this message in plain text with the plain Outlook editor--no Word. It is mainly as a test, but if anyone could explain this I'd really appreciate it. Maybe it is an Exchange Server setting I need to change or something. Thanks, Allen List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
plain text/HTML testing--ignore
Test 5 (Word/HTML, not that I ever want to do this, but making sure it works anyway) List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
plain text/HTML testing--ignore
Test 4 (no Word, plain text) List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: plain text/HTML testing--ignore
Alt.i.want.to.test.it.on.the.mailing.list.i.actually.use Or as everyone else would say...sort and delete. :) -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 4:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: plain text/HTML testing--ignore Alt.test -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 1:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: plain text/HTML testing--ignore Test 1 (Word editor/Outlook Rich Text) List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: plain text/HTML
Looks like Michèle was correct. Uncheck HTML under the MIME attachments section in the Internet Mail Service properties. You'll need to restart the IMS of course. Sorry to all who were annoyed by the test posts. -Original Message- From: Siatkowski, Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 4:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: plain text/HTML Seems like it did the job for you Allen.Did you have to stop and restart the IMS? List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Antigen (Ejaculate IT)
Title: RE: Antigen (Ejaculate IT) I think we all just love to hear you rant about CA. :) -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:45 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen (Ejaculate IT) Is this a setup? William -Original Message- From: Callan, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen (Ejaculate IT) I have read that pretty much everyone is in agreeance about the uselessness of EjaculateIT. I am currently trying to get my bosses to head over to AntiGen for my Exchange based AV. We will hopefully be moving to NAV for the Server side itself, can you guys give me ammunition to give my boss to shoot down CA's products. -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 6:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen (Ejaculate IT) I thought it was bad to water a hanging plant every day? -- Kevinm M WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, CKWSE CKST -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen (Ejaculate IT) Right now my favorite place would be in hanging planters over their servers, anxiously waiting to water them daily. -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen (Ejaculate IT) We know you like to keep those on your desk : -- Kevinm M WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, CKWSE CKST -Original Message- From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 1:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen (Ejaculate IT) Server room? -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:09 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Antigen (Ejaculate IT) As long as you keep it away from any bamboo growing in the server room, it should be fine. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Windows 2000 Server List
Title: Message Oh, well then I think hes in trouble. They just talk about beer and stuff over there. Or was that this list? J -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 1:50 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2000 Server List He wanted to know of a good one... :P D Get all over this like a donkey on a waffle. -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 9:43 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2000 Server List Yeah, Sunbelt's NTSYSADMIN list. http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/scripts/lyris.pl?join=ntsysadmin -Original Message- From: Leblanc, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2000 Server List Does anyone know of a good Windows 2000 Server List? Regards, Shawn List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: NoHTML
Title: RE: NoHTML Haven't seen this, but I might check it out. I do have a related question though. Many times (maybe every time, I'm not sure) on this list, I'll send a message and it will show up as an HTML message. I'm going to use this message as a test. Currently it says Plain Text at the top. I was wondering if anyone would know why a message I send in either plain text or RTF (Outlook 2000, Word as my editor) would show up on the list as HTML? -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 1:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: NoHTML Has anyone used this product, yet? (Yes, I will be trying it) http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/default.asp?sid=1=55=38 NoHTML.dll is an Outlook Add-in designed to convert HTML-based emails into harmless messages. It works slightly differently for Outlook 2000 than it does for Outlook 2002. Does not work with Outlook 98, or any version of Outlook Express. Looking for successes, of course. Regards, William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+, ExchangeMVP List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: referencing outside email addresses
Title: RE: referencing outside email addresses I made a new recipients container under the main one and stuck all my custom recipients in there for that exact case. All of our tech support guys/gals have cell phones with email addresses, so we give them a Custom Recipient called First LastName - Cell Phone. The two people that answer tech support calls then send short messages to their phone through email. -Original Message- From: Chris Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 3:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: referencing outside email addresses Can I put a recipent container in my recipents folder in exchange and then reference outside email addresses. For instance our company uses alpha pagers for our supervisors and we want to put a list in outlooks to box so the can pull the email that verizon assigns each phone or pager to get a message to them. Thanks for the help. Chris __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Wondering
Title: RE: Wondering Well, I can't recall your questions, but I don't answer too many because I'm not that good with Exchange yet. -Original Message- From: Eric Mailloux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Wondering Well... I have to ask. Is it : * the way I ask my questions? * are my questions too long? * are my questions to vague or not precise enough? Whatever it is, I would like someone here to tell me because my questions almost never get answered. This is a discussion group. Nobody has the obligation to answer every question that is posted, and especially my questions. And I understand that. But if this discussion group works like a members only social club, let me know. I'll try to find the information and answers I need somewhere else. Eric Mailloux Administrateur réseau Groupe TelPlus Inc. (418) 524-9455, poste 109 L'information que contient ce courriel est confidentielle et peut contenir des informations privilégiées sur le plan technique et/ou juridique. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez nous en aviser immédiatement par courriel. Veuillez également supprimer ce courriel de votre système, vous abstenir de le copier ou de l'utiliser pour quelque raison, ni en divulguer le contenu à quiconque. The information in this email is confidential and may be legally and/or technically privileged. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply immediately by e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy or use this email for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Wondering
Title: RE: Wondering Speaking of not reading messages, did you happen to read mine with the subject of Event ID 13004? You were the guy I was hoping would reply and help me out, in a very sarcastic way of course. You Kevin or William anyway... -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:32 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wondering Nope, I admitted that others may not know the answer. Of course, I may not either. My problem is, I don't read through all of the messages. I do a LOT of deaning. D When all else fails, read the manual. -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:32 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wondering Did you just admit to now knowing everything:? ; Sometimes it is timing too. When a question is asked and who is here at that time. Kevinm M WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, CKWSE -Original Message- From: Don Ely - Verizon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:26 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wondering What's your question? I'm not sure that I've seen any posts from you... It is also quite possible no one knows the answer to your question. D Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. -Henry David Thoreau -Original Message- From: Eric Mailloux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:24 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Wondering Well... I have to ask. Is it : * the way I ask my questions? * are my questions too long? * are my questions to vague or not precise enough? Whatever it is, I would like someone here to tell me because my questions almost never get answered. This is a discussion group. Nobody has the obligation to answer every question that is posted, and especially my questions. And I understand that. But if this discussion group works like a members only social club, let me know. I'll try to find the information and answers I need somewhere else. Eric Mailloux Administrateur réseau Groupe TelPlus Inc. (418) 524-9455, poste 109 L'information que contient ce courriel est confidentielle et peut contenir des informations privilégiées sur le plan technique et/ou juridique. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez nous en aviser immédiatement par courriel. Veuillez également supprimer ce courriel de votre système, vous abstenir de le copier ou de l'utiliser pour quelque raison, ni en divulguer le contenu à quiconque. The information in this email is confidential and may be legally and/or technically privileged. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply immediately by e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy or use this email for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: event id 13004
Title: Message Yeah, that was the only article I found when searching. We have no clue who or where the IP is coming from. Thats why I wondered if it could be a worm trying to do something or a hacker. Ive never seen this before on my server and no one is having problems with email on my friends server. Not that big of a deal since it doesnt seem to do anything other than fill up the log, but weird nonetheless. -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: event id 13004 Have you checked this article out? http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q220905 So you know where that IP is coming from? Remote user? There is nothing to fear but fear itself. -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:01 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: event id 13004 A friend of mine has the following error on his Exchange 5.5 Server. Is this the work of one of the worms out there or a hacker or neither? Also, is there an easy way to block this IP on the Exchange Server? Event ID: 13004 Source: MSExchange POP3 Logon attempt from 65.104.120.212 has failed: AcceptSecurityContext() call failed with error Access denied. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: event id 13004
Title: Message We tracerouted it to some place in Cali by Orange and Santa Ana. It just times out when it gets there. I had my friend log into his account with POP3 and use an incorrect password to see what that error looked likeand it of course gives his login name and says incorrect username or bad password. Because that was what I originally though it was too. It does happen about once every minute as well. Oh well -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 2:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: event id 13004 Is it a constant connection attempt? Have you tried tracerting to the address to see where it goes? It's basically an authentication failure for someone trying to POP their mail. Could be someone's PDA at home configured to tryconnecting to the server to download their mail. Otherwise, dunno. I would think you would see what account was failing its credentials. I've never seen that specific error on any of my servers. D -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: event id 13004 Yeah, that was the only article I found when searching. We have no clue who or where the IP is coming from. That's why I wondered if it could be a worm trying to do something or a hacker. I've never seen this before on my server and no one is having problems with email on my friend's server. Not that big of a deal since it doesn't seem to do anything other than fill up the log, but weird nonetheless. -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 1:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: event id 13004 Have you checked this article out? http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q220905 So you know where that IP is coming from? Remote user? There is nothing to fear but fear itself. -Franklin D. Roosevelt -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:01 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: event id 13004 A friend of mine has the following error on his Exchange 5.5 Server. Is this the work of one of the worms out there or a hacker or neither? Also, is there an easy way to block this IP on the Exchange Server? Event ID: 13004 Source: MSExchange POP3 Logon attempt from 65.104.120.212 has failed: AcceptSecurityContext() call failed with error Access denied. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: event id 13004
Title: Message Nope. -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 2:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: event id 13004 Was there ever a config to POP mail from an ISP or something to the Exchange server? -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:39 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: event id 13004 We tracerouted it to some place in Cali by Orange and Santa Ana. It just times out when it gets there. I had my friend log into his account with POP3 and use an incorrect password to see what that error looked like-and it of course gives his login name and says incorrect username or bad password. Because that was what I originally though it was too. It does happen about once every minute as well. Oh well... -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 2:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: event id 13004 Is it a constant connection attempt? Have you tried tracerting to the address to see where it goes? It's basically an authentication failure for someone trying to POP their mail. Could be someone's PDA at home configured to tryconnecting to the server to download their mail. Otherwise, dunno. I would think you would see what account was failing its credentials. I've never seen that specific error on any of my servers. D List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
event id 13004
Title: event id 13004 A friend of mine has the following error on his Exchange 5.5 Server. Is this the work of one of the worms out there or a hacker or neither? Also, is there an easy way to block this IP on the Exchange Server? Event ID: 13004 Source: MSExchange POP3 Logon attempt from 65.104.120.212 has failed: AcceptSecurityContext() call failed with error Access denied. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: compacting IS (was Large Exchange Store)
Title: Message Thats about where I think well be. Thanks. -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: compacting IS (was Large Exchange Store) 175mb warning 250mb disable send -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:29 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: compacting IS (was Large Exchange Store) Thanks. I figured as much and planned on only using half of my array for the IS and the other half for disaster recovery. We are low-end and a notoriously cheap company, so we are going with IDE RAID and I have five 75GB drives in the array right now. Unfortunately we are a heavy email company and people would go nuts if they could only have 100MB of storage. How much space do you guys typically provide your users (common users, not the power users)? -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: compacting IS (was Large Exchange Store) You should always take into account needing the disk space in the event of a disaster and needing to run database utilities. With the costs of disk space decreasing just about daily, add as many drives as you can to the array and walk away a happy admin. D -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 7:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: compacting IS (was Large Exchange Store) I have a quick question for you guys. Originally I read that you should leave enough space free in your RAID array (at least twice the size of your store) so that you can compact if needed. However, I have since learned on this list that compacting is not a good idea unless you absolutely have to do it, so I'm wondering if I really should reserve all that extra free space on my array or not? Since I'm in the planning stages of how much mailbox space to give our users as we move to server-based storage, I was wondering about this. Thanks a lot. -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Large Exchange Store You want it to startup faster Why is it even going down in the first place? How big is the store? Personally, you haven't given me any reason to give you the answers you seek. The server sounds like it is doing fine without your intervention... D There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and [Unix] BSD. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -Jeremy S. Anderson List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
