RE: Information store keeps stopping with error
I can't add much to the solution here, but could I add a tag on question concerning corrupt messages in the Information Store. I have a corrupt message which is causing a failed status on my backups each evening. Usually I just have the user delete the corrupted message and life goes on. I'd like to get to the bottom of what corrupts a message and how I can recover it from its corrupted state. I will read the articles below but I notice you said they were about the IMC. Restate: How can I repair a corrupted message in the IS? -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 9:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information store keeps stopping with error Probably a malformed message. How did you remove it before? Did you toast the queue.dat as well? Consider following the steps for removing a corrupt message from the imcdata queue: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q293/2/88.ASP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;FR;q169223 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q232/2/79.ASP Then look at applying sp4 :o) William -Original Message- From: John Stevens To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: 12/10/01 5:45 AM Subject: Re: Information store keeps stopping with error I have looked back in the event viewer and here is the following. When we try to start the information store after about 5 minutes it appears with the Dr watsons error event ID 4097 and then just switches between event ID 4182 3039 Event ID - 4097, Source - Dr Watson, Type - Information, Cat - None The application, exe\store.dbg, generated an application error The error occurred on 12/ 9/2001 @ 19:53:29.687 The exception generated was c005 at address 77f65141 (RtlFreeHeap) Event ID - 4182, Source - MSExchange IMC, Type - Error, Cat - Internal Processing An error was returned from the messaging software the Internet Mail Service uses to process messages on the Microsoft Exchange Server. As a result, the message in spool file YLQ4ZRZ9 will be retried when the server is restarted. Event ID - 3039, Source - MSExchange IMC, Type - Warning, Cat - Internal Processing The error 0x80040115 was encountered while trying to communicate with the message store. An attempt to refresh the connection will be made. If not successful, the service will be shut down. Event ID - 1005, Source - MSExchange SA, Type - Error, Cat - Monitoring Unexpected error 0xc004 - The Microsoft Exchange Server computer is not available. Either there are network problems or the Microsoft Exchange Server computer is down for maintenance. Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store ID no: 8004011d-0526- occurred. Event ID - 4116, Source - MSExchange IMC, Type - Error, Cat - Internal Processing An error was returned from the messaging software the Internet Mail Service uses to process messages on the Microsoft Exchange Server. It is possible that the piece of mail being processed at the time will be returned to the sender as a failed delivery instead of being delivered. The message will be moved to the BAD folder, if possible, and the error is not a temporary error. Otherwise it will be retried when the service is restarted. Use the appropriate utilities found in the SUPPORT directory of your Exchange CD to view and manipulate messages that have been moved to the BAD folder Event ID - 4094, Source - MSExchange IMC, Type - Error, Cat - Internal Processing The error 0x8004011d occurred while trying to refresh network connections to the Information Store. The Internet Mail Service is being shut down. Event ID - 4102, Source - MSExchange IMC, Type - Error, Cat - Internal Processing A serious error has occurred while trying to send mail into the Exchange Information Store. The Internet Mail Service is being shut down. - Original Message - From: Lefkovics, William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:29 PM Subject: RE: Information store keeps stopping with error Hi John 1) what is reported in the application event log? (always the first place to look) 2) there are many post-sp3 (and post sp4 probably) fixes pertaining to store.exe. Perhaps sp4 is a good idea? William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+, ExchangeMVP -Original Message- From: John Stevens To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: 12/10/01 3:21 AM Subject: Information store keeps stopping with error Someone please help We have Exchange server 5.5 sp3 Our Information keeps stopping and creating files in the IMCDATA / IN folder YT5TW*** We delete them and try to start the Information store back up and 2 minutes later it does the same thing. An error message appears An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated. Store.exe Exceptoin:access violation
RE: Characters being moved in messages
Title: Message martS lecka! ou'lly tarts a ewn ersionv fo igp atinl. -Original Message-From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 2:11 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Characters being moved in messages I've evern eardh of this. illiamW -Original Message-From: Simon Sculthorp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 11:11 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Characters being moved in messages Hi, Exchange 5.5 server running SP4. Clients are OL98, OL2000, OL2002 and Outlook Express. Has anybody else seen messages that have characters moved around. Generally this tends to be the first letter of a word tacked on to the back of the last word. It only happens intermittently to about four users, out of a client base of about 500. One of these users also intermittently gets a whole line that changes colour to lime green after he sends it out! It only happens on mail send externally and in HTML and seems to follow these users. We use MailSweeper to scan for viruses and we have a third party, MesageLabs, that scansour mail for viruses, Spam and Pornography. We've changed their profiles several times. I've got a call open with Microsoft, but we don't seem to be getting very far. I wondered if anybody out there had come across something similar before these users drive me nuts. Any help gratefully accepted. 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: Client not receiving email from us but can from any other sit e
Very possibly your server is configured as an open relay and spammers have used it to send spam. You then get blacklisted by blackhole site outputs.orbz.org. Go to www.orbz.org, go the section test this IP and you can see if you are blacklisted by any of the major spam cops. Then it takes a day or two to get removed from the blacklist after you have shut down the open relay. -Original Message- From: Mathews, James E. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 2:51 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Client not receiving email from us but can from any other site Exchange 5.5... Outlook 2k client We are trying to send email to one of our clients. they can send to us without problem. I can send to them from an external email address (yahoo) with no problem. After we send messages we do not receive a undeliverable reply. Here is my thoughts let me know if you guys have any idea. Since we do not get a undeliverable reply it appears that the email is going someplace. any email I send to their name does not get bounced back. example if I send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (don't want to use their email address hope you don't mind) I receive no undeliverable message. if I send to any other email address that is wrong I get a bounce back. if I send to a yahoo account that does not exist it bounces it back.We are on a sprint network so I though maybe sprint is not able to resolve their name correctly so I called sprint had them send an email and it go through fine. so I have no idea what the problem could be. Please help. Thanks James 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: Upgrading
If it stalls more than 10 minutes, yes, you are hung. You may be able to restart the installation, but it is a good thing you have a backup. -Original Message- From: John Riley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:39 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Upgrading Greetings all, I am currently attempting to upgrade our current mailserver--MSExchange 4.0--SP2 to MS Exchange 5.5. I have manuals etc. and thought all was going well. The process started and I could see the progress going through its routine. Currently, the screen has a white background and a blue box where before I could see the installation progress percentage completed information and cursor is now the famous hour glass--like the installation has stalled. My question to you all--is this normal or has the installation indeed stalled? The server OS is NT4.0 SP6. I do have the systemed backup up, but hope I don't need to use it. A prompt response would be appreciated. JRiley 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: W32.Aliz.Worm..Help
I just carried out this procedure yesterday since I am now managing an Exchange server 5.5 that did not have any file extensions being blocked. I used the articles below to block all .scr 's and it is working great. The user gets a message that the attachment was quarantined because the file type is not allowed. I need to finish blocking all the other nasty types that have been suggested by the group. -Original Message- From: Bob Fronk (BTR Technologies, Inc) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:31 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: W32.Aliz.Worm..Help Valencia, You must configure exclusions in Norton AV to have NAV and NAV EX on the same server. I had a similar problem way back when I love you hit. Search Symantec's knowledge base http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/enterprise/ for the following articles: 1999041511561848 and 1998102611314548 I hope this helps. Bob Fronk, MCSE President / Network Engineer / Consultant BTR Technologies, Inc. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dawson, Valencia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 8:39 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: W32.Aliz.Worm..Help We have Norton Anti-Virus 5.0 installed on the Exchange 5.5 Server, as well as Norton Antivirus for Microsoft Exchange. When viruses come it is picked up and NAV for Microsoft Exchange keeps the statistics of who gets the virus, what virus and from whom. What has been happening for a week now is that NAV picks up the W32.Aliz virus and it is not picked up by NAV for Microsoft Exchange. I want to block who this virus is coming from because in one day the NAV might pick up thousands of this virus and this create a great load on the server. I have tried several ways to try to determine what the problem is to block it and I am now at a loss, because the NAV on the server is still picking up the virus, whereas all the others viruses are being picked up by the NAV for Microsoft Exchange. Can't find anything on Microsoft or Symantec to help. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks Valencia Dawson Asst. Project Leader Network 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: exchange on a DC
Title: Message Which part, Michael? The one-button restore or the part about restoring exchange to a recovery server? -Original Message-From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:34 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC got info on exactly how to do that? -Original Message-From: Bruce Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:31 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC Backup Exec has this kind of feature. You can carry out a full "image" backup called a "One button DR", then when disaster strikes you can actually boot from the tape and restore the entire hard drive. If you are a one-server shop, you have to be careful about your domain SID when disaster strikes, although I have heard there is some utility somewhere ? that will allow you to restore your Exchange server to a recovery server even if the recovery server has a different name. Anyone have a line on this utility? -Original Message-From: Micciche, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:18 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC I believe that if Exchange is youronly DC (it is the PDC) you are going to be hurtin for certain if you need to do a server recovery, unless you have backup software that lets you boot from a CD and restore the entire server as an single "image". -Original Message-From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:20 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC Same here as well. We consult/manage many 10-100 user shops which many only have 1 or 2 servers. Typically the second server is dedicated for SQL or TS as their 'app' server and the other server houses everything else, file and print, DC and exchange. Heck I have a 80 user server running raid1/raid5 with exchange and 16 port fax modems for fax blasting heh.. the box runs like a champ its only a dual 600 with 1gig ram -Original Message-From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:17 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC Actually it is done more often then not in the places I visit. Of course I visit a lot of 10-50 person shops running SBS or have only two servers. I do not know for sure but would be will to bet that more window2000AD/ exchange 2000 setup are running on the same box then not. I run AD on its own box and most people think see that as extravagant. ellery -Original Message-From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:47 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC Sure it's "OK", it's not standard practice, but it's OK. I don't always follow MS's directions either. If it works in your environment, then cool. Personally, from the sounds of it, you have a multitude of servers at each site. That said, I would have to wonder why you'd put exchange on a DC. If I've got hardware to work with, I much prefer to put application servers on stand-alone servers. Saves the resources for the applications instead. D -Original Message-From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 8:42 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC But, you dont see an actual problem? I know MS says to run them seperate, and I think that is only so you can say.. Im rebooting Exchange, and AD isnt affected.. but you have multiple DCs at each site, 1 being the mail server, you should be ok...right? -Original Message-From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:36 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC It wouldn't be my first choice, but I'd do it if I "had" to. D "DOS 6: Because there aren'
RE: [virus] For those of you who dont see the big picture
Title: Message Kevin, are you doing this while the server is online? Since one of the steps is stopping the IS, I am planning to do this this evening. Have you run into any issues yet? -Original Message-From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:37 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: [virus] For those of you who dont see the big picture It is on there machines. no need to reopen it.. : But yes you can still kill it with ISscann. I am doing that right now on a server. -- Kevinm M WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, CKWSE CKST -Original Message-From: *ExchangeAdmin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:34 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: [virus] For those of you who dont see the big picture Excellent point, but regardless you can still use ISSCAN to remove attachments from your IS right? That way after your done rebuilding all of your machines, someone can't re-open it ;-) -Original Message-From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:09 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: [virus] For those of you who dont see the big picture Cleaned or not, it is still on the machines that sent it. Read what it does? cleaning the server is only the beginning.. http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_GONE.AVSect=T -- Kevinm M WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, CKWSE CKST -Original Message-From: *ExchangeAdmin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:03 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm Not sure about E2k, but if you are using 5.5 check out Q224493 Danny Cahoon Network Engineer Saflink Corp -Original Message- From: Mal Sasalu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 1:43 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm Hi there, Is there any tool with which I can clean all the mailboxes on my exchange from this dirty "Hi" message? Thanks mal -Original Message- From: Bob Fronk (BTR Technologies, Inc) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm Configure NAV for Exchange to block attachments. This stopped "goner" in its tracks. I block: *.com, *.exe, *.scr and also the "double extensions" like *.jpg.vbs. and assorted others. http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/271215411348 Bob -Original Message- From: Karen Palmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm We just got this one. Norton's on Exchange and the desktops did NOT catch it and our virus definitions are current, so be careful. We are downloading Antigen as I type. Karen Palmer SCJD 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.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList 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 on a DC
Title: Message This may be a feature that is unique to the hardware I am using, but I hope not since it is so useful. I have aHewlett Packard SureStore DAT24i tape drive which uses 4mm DDS-3 tapes. You carry out a full backup of the system and data partitions. In case of disaster, insert the first tape, power up the server while holding down the tape drive eject button, and it goes into "boot" mode. It boots from the tape and begins restoring the image. HP calls this a "One-Button Restore." Wish I were getting a commission on this. -Original Message-From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:08 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC The one button restore part. .and how to boot from that tape drive.. This would be Invaluable to me!!! -Original Message-From: Bruce Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:51 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC Which part, Michael? The one-button restore or the part about restoring exchange to a recovery server? -Original Message-From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:34 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC got info on exactly how to do that? -Original Message-From: Bruce Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:31 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC Backup Exec has this kind of feature. You can carry out a full "image" backup called a "One button DR", then when disaster strikes you can actually boot from the tape and restore the entire hard drive. If you are a one-server shop, you have to be careful about your domain SID when disaster strikes, although I have heard there is some utility somewhere ? that will allow you to restore your Exchange server to a recovery server even if the recovery server has a different name. Anyone have a line on this utility? -Original Message-From: Micciche, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:18 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC I believe that if Exchange is youronly DC (it is the PDC) you are going to be hurtin for certain if you need to do a server recovery, unless you have backup software that lets you boot from a CD and restore the entire server as an single "image". -Original Message-From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:20 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC Same here as well. We consult/manage many 10-100 user shops which many only have 1 or 2 servers. Typically the second server is dedicated for SQL or TS as their 'app' server and the other server houses everything else, file and print, DC and exchange. Heck I have a 80 user server running raid1/raid5 with exchange and 16 port fax modems for fax blasting heh.. the box runs like a champ its only a dual 600 with 1gig ram -Original Message-From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:17 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC Actually it is done more often then not in the places I visit. Of course I visit a lot of 10-50 person shops running SBS or have only two servers. I do not know for sure but would be will to bet that more window2000AD/ exchange 2000 setup are running on the same box then not. I run AD on its own box and most people think see that as extravagant. ellery -Original Message-From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:47 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: exchange on a DC Sure it's "OK", it's not standard practice, but it's OK. I don't always follow MS's directions either. If it works in your environment, then cool. Personally, from the sounds of it, you have a multitude of servers at each site. That said, I would have to wonder why you'd put exchange on a DC. If I'
RE: Newbie needs help
Title: Newbie needs help This thread about relaying keeps coming up, so it must be a hot issue. I have just been through the whole process of finding out my Exchange box was being used for relaying, securing it, finding out I was black-listed, getting off the black-list, etc. Start by going to http://orbz.org and reading all the FAQ's. On the FAQ page is a link to the MS article on securing your server. You can also learn how to find out if you are on the DNS black-list and how to get off. -Original Message-From: Jeff A. Clarke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:02 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Newbie needs help My exchange seems to be sending (relaying?) out a ton of mail. My server seems to continuously use up RAM until it is exhuasted. I have scanned all our PCs/Servers for virus and everything seems to be clean. Platform W2K, E2K all latest service packs. I can somewhat contain the problem thru Exchange System Manager under Administrative Groups|First Administrative Group|Servers|MMT02|Protocols|SMTP|New (this is our connector) |Queues - then Freezing all messages. I can see something like 100 or so queues. I can't delete them. What steps should I do to stop and prevent this problem. Any help would be appreciated! Jeff Clarke IT Manager Micro Molding Technologies, LLC (561) 738-5197 Please check out our website at www.mmti.org 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: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm
Anyone done this and can tell me if it requires a reboot to take effect? We are in full production mode at the moment. -Original Message- From: Dennis Atherton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm Download and save the file sarcx86.exe, and then execute it on the system to be updated. -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm Which file do you grab from there -Original Message- From: Philip Youngworth [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 1:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm You can get the sarc update from their ftp server. ftp://ftp2.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/antivirus_definitions/norto ftp://ftp2.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/antivirus_definitions/nort o n_antivirus/specdef You should be able to grab the sarc there for it. -Original Message- From: Cicerrella, Steve [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm Seeing this one already.I have not found a patch for Norton for Exchange yet.Already sent a broadcast to the users pleading with them to use some common sense and explicitly telling them NOT to open that one. I wonder how many of them will open it anyway.. ;) Steve -Original Message- From: Briggs, Bruce [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: *** Warning *** New Virus - W32.goner.a@mm Just in case you are not aware yet, there is a new virus out there. Lots of incoming infected mail here, right now. We got an automatic update this morning for Antigen which is protecting us. Hope the same for you. http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce Briggs System Administration State University of NY List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm *** The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender and permanently delete the email from any computer. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm 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: Outlook 98 ?
Check your options in Outlook as far as the choice of how many months of free/busy information to show on the calendar. The default is 2-3 months, I believe. Extend this out and you will see more items show up. Of course, there could be a nefarious plot to cripple Outlook 98 and make you upgrade by 2001. :-) -Original Message- From: Mitchell Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 11:18 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Outlook 98 ? Good morning, Outlook 98 exchange 5.5 sp4. Please direct me to an Outlook user group if this is an Outlook problem... When adding holidays to the calendar it only adds holidays from 1997 - 2001. We do not have holidays for anything from 12/24/2001 - to the end of time. How do I get updates for future holidays. Have a great day. 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: Lost Folders
Stranger things have happened, but don't ever overlook the infamous ID TEN T errors. (ID10T) -Original Message- From: John Theed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Lost Folders What might cause someone to lose the folders they created in there Outlook? The setup is NT 4.0 Sever W SP6A, Exchange Server V5.5 with SP4. Employee left one day and logged off as he normally does, and when he came back in the next morning, the folders were gone. Nothing had been done as Maintenance or anything like that during the evening. Thanks John 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 Mailbox Logon
Go into the logging and security tabs and make sure you have it set to minimal logging. I don't know that you can disable all security logging, however--some is built in. -Original Message-From: Todd White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:18 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Exchange Mailbox Logon anyone? Todd White System Administrator LaserComm Inc. 972-941-0276 Voice 972-941-0223 Fax The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are the property of LaserComm Inc, its subsidiaries or licensors and are intended to be private and confidential. This material is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. The material is protected by various laws, including those related to copyright and trade secret, and may not be used, copied or distributed without the express permission of LaserComm Inc. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the correspondence. -Original Message-From: Todd White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:46 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Exchange Mailbox Logon Is there a way to delete the mailbox logon log that Exchange keeps in Exchange Server 5.5? If not how long and how many does it keep of the last people that logged on to a specific mailbox? Todd White System Administrator LaserComm Inc. 972-941-0276 Voice 972-941-0223 Fax The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are the property of LaserComm Inc, its subsidiaries or licensors and are intended to be private and confidential. This material is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. The material is protected by various laws, including those related to copyright and trade secret, and may not be used, copied or distributed without the express permission of LaserComm Inc. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the correspondence. List Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList 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 2k and OWA...
These are new terms to me-- what is the difference between a front- and back-end exchange server? Do you mean on the inside and outside of your firewall? -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2k and OWA... Here's the deal: Windows 2000 sp2 Exchange 2k sp1 2 back-end exchange servers 1 front-end exchange server Installed the OWA server in the same domain and subnet as all of the other servers. Installed exchange and prior to making it a front end server, I could http to it and log in using Username, password, and domain... it would then forward me onto one of the internal servers and I would log in again there. I made it a front end server and chose basic authentication. After http'ing to it again, I was now prompted with just username and password... no domain. I set the default domain to domain.local. I would enter my username and password, hit enter, and be prompted 2 more times before getting an Error: Access Denied. Event logs showed: Event Type: Warning Event Source: W3SVC Event Category: None Event ID: 100 Date: 11/28/2001 Time: 9:56:05 AM User: N/A Computer: OWA Description: The server was unable to logon the Windows NT account 'noone' due to the following error: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. The data is the error code. For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at: http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. Data: : 2e 05 00 00 Any ideas?! The account and password are valid... the server is on the domain and there is nothing between it and the DC's... I'm a bit lost because this is usually an easy install. Preston Craig Jeffares Network Engineer Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Safety 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 2k and OWA...
Crystal clear. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2k and OWA... No... in Exchange 2k you can opt to make a traditional exchange server a front-end server. All requests are sent to it and then it handles all communications with any back-end server (production exchange servers) needed. Once it grabs the info... it displays it to the user. -Original Message- From: Bruce Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:29 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2k and OWA... These are new terms to me-- what is the difference between a front- and back-end exchange server? Do you mean on the inside and outside of your firewall? -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2k and OWA... Here's the deal: Windows 2000 sp2 Exchange 2k sp1 2 back-end exchange servers 1 front-end exchange server Installed the OWA server in the same domain and subnet as all of the other servers. Installed exchange and prior to making it a front end server, I could http to it and log in using Username, password, and domain... it would then forward me onto one of the internal servers and I would log in again there. I made it a front end server and chose basic authentication. After http'ing to it again, I was now prompted with just username and password... no domain. I set the default domain to domain.local. I would enter my username and password, hit enter, and be prompted 2 more times before getting an Error: Access Denied. Event logs showed: Event Type: Warning Event Source: W3SVC Event Category: None Event ID: 100 Date: 11/28/2001 Time: 9:56:05 AM User: N/A Computer: OWA Description: The server was unable to logon the Windows NT account 'noone' due to the following error: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. The data is the error code. For additional information specific to this message please visit the Microsoft Online Support site located at: http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. Data: : 2e 05 00 00 Any ideas?! The account and password are valid... the server is on the domain and there is nothing between it and the DC's... I'm a bit lost because this is usually an easy install. Preston Craig Jeffares Network Engineer Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Safety 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: Information Store memory utilization is out of control
General question on this thread: I do online backups of my Exch. 5.5 SP4 server daily. What exactly constitutes an offline backup? Does this mean you stop all the Exchange services first or just make sure no users are connected to the server? What is the easiest way to ensure it is an offline backup? -Original Message- From: Benjamin Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:09 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store memory utilization is out of control And this isn't something that everyone should be attemtpting unless you are well versed in using these utilities and know the risks. Bottom line, if you aren't sure what is going on, or what is causing the problem, call PSS. It will be worth the $245 you spend for the call. And you will learn a lot. And before you attempt any maintenance, make sure that you have both an online and offline backup - just in case. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems, Inc. -Original Message- From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:46 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store memory utilization is out of control I had this problem due to a corrupt database. A good offline defrag fixed it... -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:40 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store memory utilization is out of control So then he needs to limit it using the optimizer. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 2:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store memory utilization is out of control True, but he says after a time the memory usage crashes his box, so it must be going overboard. -Original Message- From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store memory utilization is out of control This is common. STORE.EXE will use all available memory unless manually limited in the Optimizer. -Original Message- From: Geoff Waycik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Information Store memory utilization is out of control I look after two servers for clients with Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 installed. Recently, one of the server's STORE.EXE process (lets call it SERVER1) started going out of control with respect to memory utilization. It starts at a reasonable 5M to 10M of memory used, then gradually climbs to about 300M. If I stop and restart the IS service, 400M to 500M of memory will clear up and STORE.EXE will drop down to it's usual 5M to 10M. If I don't stop and restart, the server starts to crumble, complaining about running out of memory. Software Installed on both Servers Are: Microsoft Small Business Server 4.5 Inoculan for Small Business Server (i was young and foolish) ArcServe for Small Business Server (ditto) Latest Service Packs and hotfixes for OS SP4 for Exchange, no hotfixes Memory for SERVER1 = 512M Memory for SERVER2 = 384M The one thing they have done recently is to upgrade their Internet service to DSL. SERVER1 network was upgraded first and almost immediately they began having this problem. The other server's network was upgraded last week but am not sure that the memory problem exactly coincided with the upgrade. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Geoff Waycik MCSE Tel: 613 384-4210 Fax: 613 384-8981 [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 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: OWA for Exchange 5.5 on a IIS5 server (not exchange) -who thi nks about this stuff
My installation is similar to yours. Exchange 5.5 on NT 4.0 on one box OWA on NT 4.0 on another box Enable the http protocol on the Exchange server, set up OWA in IIS on the OWA box, set the default webpage. Both boxes are SP6a. I haven't seen any good whitepapers on doing this. -Original Message- From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 6:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: OWA for Exchange 5.5 on a IIS5 server (not exchange) -who thinks about this stuff Where are good whitepapers, thinking, or online resources that talk about loading OWA from Exchange 5.5 on windows. We are talking Exchange 5.5 in a Windows 2000 box OWA on a different windows 2000 box running IIS5 All in a windows 2000 domain. expect to upgrade to E2K in six months. Someone asked me to do this - why me? because I am willing to do it for free. ellery 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: OWA with SSL
Outlook Web Access for remote users. You can pull up e-mail and calendar from anywhere. -Original Message- From: Nickolaos Fotopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 7:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OWA with SSL silly question but, whats OWA? -Original Message- From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 7:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OWA with SSL what error messages are you getting? -Original Message- From: Rafael Fernandes Novo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:18 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: OWA with SSL Hi, I've a problem with E2K (SP1) + W2K (SP2). OWA has a SSL key, that seems to be working fine. But when I try to reply messages, the body doesn't appear, in the reply! I open the message, and the body is there. When I reply, the body doesn't come! Any Ideas??? Rafael 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: OWA and SP4
Title: OWA and SP4 Try using the IP address of the server with the /exchange in a browser on the internal network to see if that part of it is working. e.g.; 205.3.254.133/exchange If it works, then you can tackle the issue of why you can't see it from the outside. -Original Message-From: Eric Peeters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 9:44 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: OWA and SP4 I have internal and external DNS so I have two FQDNs pointing to the same OWA, though internal users never use it (I'm about the only one). I get a 404 coming both from the inside and the outside using either FQDN. -Original Message-From: Bruce Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 8:15 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: OWA and SP4 Are user getting the error from the outside? In our installation, due to the way the router is set up with NAT, users have to type in the IP address/exchange in their browsers to open OWA internally. From the outside, they type in the servername.FQDN/exchange. -Original Message-From: Eric Peeters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 5:30 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: OWA and SP4 OWA is installed on my Exchange server and I get the same 404 error when trying to access it internally. -Original Message-From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 4:22 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: OWA and SP4 I assume OWA is on the same server as the primary Exchange server? Does OWA work internally or from the actual server? (Yes, reinstalling OWA would require reapplication of sp4) William -Original Message-From: Eric Peeters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 2:20 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: OWA and SP4 Hello, I've recently installed SP4 on my Exchange 5.5 server and it broke OWA. When users type in the URL for OWA, they are prompted for authentication as normal but then they get a 404 instead of a page asking them for their user name and password. I have looked through the Microsoft KB for pointers without luck. I am thinking of reinstalling OWA but before I do so, I wanted to see if other people had had similar experiences. Also, if I resintall OWA, don't I have to reinstall SP4 afterwards ? Eric Peeters Network Administrator TexLoc Ltd List Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList 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: anti-relay
Title: anti-relay http://www.exchangeadmin.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=7696This isn't at MS, but I believe it is what you are looking for. -Original Message-From: Bryan Hanes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:29 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: anti-relay Could someone point me to the document that describes how to prevent Exchange 5.5 from being used as a relay agent please? Can't seem to find it on Microsoft's site anymore. TIA, Bryan 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 SMTP relay server - Is someone using my relay server?
I just had the same situation yesterday. Someone was using my exchange server 5.5 as a relay point. There is a well-documented procedure to close this situation off. I carried out the procedure, and voila, no more backed up outgoing queue in IMS. Worked great! Here is the link. Print out this article, follow the steps, and your problem will be over. No reboot necessary. I did it during the day. http://www.exchangeadmin.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=7696 Bruce Harrison Information Technology Manager The Boudreaux Group -Original Message- From: Jesse Rink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:28 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: IIS SMTP relay server - Is someone using my relay server? Okay. Here's the low-down. I have an Exchange 5.5 server on the inside interface of our firewall and and IIS SMTP relay server on the DMZ interface of our firewall. This has been running for several months without any problems. Yesterday I reviewed the daily network bandwidth chart for our T1 line out the to internet and found the inbound traffic was WAY higher (my eyes almost popped out of my sockets) than usual. This was highly noticeable in that the inbound traffic continued into the late hours of the night. Normally, after 5pm, network inbound/outbound traffic is dead. I tried figuring out what all of a sudden is causing this increased traffic and am beginning to suspect the IIS SMTP relay box. Performance analysis on the box shows that the CPU utilization is much higher than usual (mainly from inetinfo.exe). After further investigating, I noticed that the c:\inetpub\mailroot\queue directory is suddenly full (1500 messages) of .rtr and .eml files (can someone explain the difference between these?). Not only are there 1500+ .rtr and .eml files in the queue, but the messages themselves are not originating from or destined to whitnall.com (my domain). I'm assuming someone (most of the messages are from hotmail.com accounts and contain PORN links) is using our smtp relay... Can someone please help me address this problem? Not sure how to proceed. Thanks reply here or via email [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
