RE: Welcome message for new users
There is another option (I would really say it's a good one but hey)... Write the message you want to send to users and send it to yourself. Save the message as WELCOME.MSG and replace the WELCOME.MSG on each of your client machines (Do a search on for it as I think the location varies between Office versions). That way when outlook would normally create the default welcome message, it will create your one instead. Neil. -Original Message- From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 May 2002 00:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Welcome message for new users Professionals usually dont hide behind yahoo email addresses either. -Original Message- From: Maakus Blow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 4:54 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Welcome message for new users Well thank you! I'm happy that there is at least one person on this list who is professional enough to give an explanation... --- *ExchangeAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hehe, thats true. But you could also write it once, save it as a form in outlook, and then re-send it over and over to new employees. As for the automated part, depends on whether you can do vbscript or not. I use a big ol' generic script to create the accounts, do some other stuff and also send the welcome message using cdo. But it really isn't too hard to just send the pre-written form using outlook either. Danny Cahoon -Original Message- From: Maakus Blow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 12:33 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Welcome message for new users Is there a way to automatically send welcome messages to new users to exchange (5.5 SP4) __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.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!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com 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 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Mailbox resources in an empty Mailbox??
Title: RE: Allow users to edit their own contact info in the Exchange Ad dress Book? How does exchange store the exchange folder views? Arn't these stored in 'special' messages (of some sort) in the actual mailbox. If this is the case, this is where the space/message count could be. Neil -Original Message-From: Steve Jacobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 25 March 2002 13:39To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Mailbox resources in an empty Mailbox?? I hope one of you mavens out there can answer this question. I am running Exchange 5.5 (SP4) with OWA. When I open the administrator console and look at the Private Information Store-Mailbox resources, I see mailboxes with items in them, but when I try to retrieve the mail in those mailboxes (either through OWA or standard POP), the mailboxes appear to be empty. For example, one mailbox shows 4 items and 14K total resources, but when I try to read the mail from that mailbox, it shows as empty. What is happening here? Is there any way (as the administrator) to examine those mailboxes and the supposed mail items? Thanks in advance. Steve Jacobson [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: Live Online backup - Guru question ?
We don't use incremental backups, but a few reasons I can think of... Back-up time - You might have a policy which says backups may only be run during off-hours. Network Bandwidth - The network may become slow (which could cause problems during office hours). Space available on the nightly backups (You might not have enough dec's to do a full backup without changing tapes at 3am). Neil. P.S. Make sure when your backing up the store and directory your using the backup exec exchange agent. I was discussing with the admin of a another network before we merged that network into ours and he assured me he was backing up the stores and directory on his exch55 box and he had the exchange agents loaded. When I actually checked before massacring his server, he had the db's checked in the file level (which would not be backed up as they were in use) - Hence he had never done a actual exchange backup. A few words came to mind. -Original Message- From: Steve Wyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 March 2002 15:43 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Live Online backup - Guru question ? Thanks. We only do store backup's using backup exec. So now I've thought this through why ever do incremental backups of an exchange server as some people do? -Original Message- From: Woodrick, Ed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 March 2002 15:36 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Live Online backup - Guru question ? Yup Exchange does it and Backup Exec supports it. As long as you select the Microsoft Exchange Store in Backup Exec, you are fine. Don't do a file backup or a mailbox backup, neither will fully protect your system. -Original Message- From: Steve Wyman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:26 AM Posted To: Exchange Sunbelt Conversation: Live Online backup - Guru question ? Subject: Live Online backup - Guru question ? I recent read (I think it was part of the Microsoft disaster recovery white paper) that Exchange Server has built-in support for online backups directly to tape. The server doesn't have to be shut down, nor do users have to log off Is this correct? I'm using Backup exec with the agents etc and I can backup the whole of my exchange server without logging the users off it! Obviously in the event of a server failure any messages between when the backup was taken and the next backup would be lost but the user would not be effected by the backup running! The reason I ask is that I have a client whom receives emails 24*7 auto exports them to another system which turns the email into a job. They get email notification of the new job which they need to access 24*7. Regards 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: Connection Terminated after 9nth message
If the email client fails to get the messages correctly, it won't delete any messages off the server (I think). So next time you do a send and receive you get the same messages again. But why your getting the problem of not downloading all the messages - could be anything. -Original Message- From: Adil Hindistan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 March 2002 14:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Connection Terminated after 9nth message Hi All, We are having a strange problem. Some of our POP3 client users are reporting the same problem: We are receiving an error message after exactly 9 messages are downloaded and when we try again, it downloads the same 9 messages Error message is: Some messages couldn't be retrieved from the server Socket Error:10054 Error Number:0x800CCC0F Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. We're using E2K+SP2 Any comments please ? TIA Adil Hindistan, CE-93, MCP Yahoo: sc0ri0n ICQ: 26477783 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: site name implications
We have a different display name to the directory name, and when doing the restore like you say use the directory name of the site/org when installing Exchange. Just check afterwoods to see if it's restored the display name (Can't remember if does get restored or not). Haven't seen any side effects of doing this. Neil -Original Message- From: Robbins, Geoff. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 March 2002 11:03 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: site name implications Ladies and gentlemen, I have been called in to do a disaster recovery and have found that the site name and the directory name are different. The question I would like to ask is what are the ramifications of this. I found one whilst doing a restore - the directory name has to be used not the site name. Are there any more little beauties waiting for me? We are using Exchange 5.5 sp3 with NT4 sp6a with 9 sites in one organisation. Thanks in advance. Geoff Robbins * PLEASE NOTE: We are a Microsoft Office Site, our base version is 95 (v7). Please make sure that files you send can be read in this format. The information contained in this email is confidential and is intended for the addressee(s) only. Any attachments to this message contain information from Lincolnshire Police, which is confidential or privileged. The copyright in the contents of this message and any attachments is the property of Lincolnshire Police, and any unauthorised reproduction or disclosure is contrary to the provisions of the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems, please notify the originator immediately. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. Lincolnshire Police is not responsible for the content of this message. Individuals are responsible for messages transmitted under their user ID and their compliance with the law. This message and any attachments have been scanned for viruses. Lincolnshire Police will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequental damages arising from alteration of the contents of this message or as a result of any virus being passed on. * 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: big problem with my DR procedure
One of the requirements of doing an Exchange restore (As I understand it) it is having the same Server name. Hence, doing the restore on the live network to a test server would prove difficult. I do remember reading somewhere that you can restore the Information store (Not the directory) to an alternate server, but I would imagine that as the directory isn't being restored one of the effects would be loss of permissions (Like your describing). I have never tried this though and so I'm only guessing. Neil -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 March 2002 18:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: big problem with my DR procedure Neil, Well, the test exchange server, is on our actual domain, it is just not part of the site. We use it to restore mailboxes when needed, so the SAM should be fine. Under permissions, nothing is listed, not even the Account Unknown entries, it is like we are not backing up/able to restore something, like the directory that might be preventing us from getting the permissions transferred over. Thanks, Mike Z -Original Message- From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: big problem with my DR procedure On your test network, how up-to-date is the SAM database (Compared to the live domain)? I've seens the permissions on newer mailboxes disappear (show Account Unknown) when restoring to a test network with a SAM older than when the user on the live domain was added. Neil -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 March 2002 15:29 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: big problem with my DR procedure Well, I did another restore the other night of Exchange 5.5 sp3 and realized that the primary NT account permissions DO NOT transfer over. I can access all mailboxes as administrator, but the user ownership is gone. Also, the permissions at all levels are gone and have to be recreated. I/We never checked to verify permissions before this, as we just tried to access a mailbox as administrator, so I am just wondering if anybody knows right off what the problem might be. My thoughts, which might be wrong, but nonetheless going to speak my mind, is that we can't redirect the directory when doing a restore and because of that, permissions aren't being copied. So, please let me know whether I am right in my thoughts, or completely off-track. So, whether I am wrong or not, how do I copy permissions and restore them to a test server? TIA, Mike Zatkalik 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: big problem with my DR procedure
Simple - Build a BDC on the live network, disconnect it from the live network, promote it to be a PDC, rename it to the name of the Exchange Server (Or build another machine on the test network for the Exchange server) and restore. Neil -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 March 2002 18:40 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: big problem with my DR procedure Ok, just to make sure I am on the same page, the only way to restore the directory, is to have the machine named the same? I guess that I will need to figure out a way to setup a test network, not just the exchange box to try it with the same name on my test server as the actual server. Thanks, Mike Z -Original Message- From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:43 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: big problem with my DR procedure One of the requirements of doing an Exchange restore (As I understand it) it is having the same Server name. Hence, doing the restore on the live network to a test server would prove difficult. I do remember reading somewhere that you can restore the Information store (Not the directory) to an alternate server, but I would imagine that as the directory isn't being restored one of the effects would be loss of permissions (Like your describing). I have never tried this though and so I'm only guessing. Neil -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 March 2002 18:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: big problem with my DR procedure Neil, Well, the test exchange server, is on our actual domain, it is just not part of the site. We use it to restore mailboxes when needed, so the SAM should be fine. Under permissions, nothing is listed, not even the Account Unknown entries, it is like we are not backing up/able to restore something, like the directory that might be preventing us from getting the permissions transferred over. Thanks, Mike Z -Original Message- From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: big problem with my DR procedure On your test network, how up-to-date is the SAM database (Compared to the live domain)? I've seens the permissions on newer mailboxes disappear (show Account Unknown) when restoring to a test network with a SAM older than when the user on the live domain was added. Neil -Original Message- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 March 2002 15:29 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: big problem with my DR procedure Well, I did another restore the other night of Exchange 5.5 sp3 and realized that the primary NT account permissions DO NOT transfer over. I can access all mailboxes as administrator, but the user ownership is gone. Also, the permissions at all levels are gone and have to be recreated. I/We never checked to verify permissions before this, as we just tried to access a mailbox as administrator, so I am just wondering if anybody knows right off what the problem might be. My thoughts, which might be wrong, but nonetheless going to speak my mind, is that we can't redirect the directory when doing a restore and because of that, permissions aren't being copied. So, please let me know whether I am right in my thoughts, or completely off-track. So, whether I am wrong or not, how do I copy permissions and restore them to a test server? TIA, Mike Zatkalik 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: Content Filtering and User Statistics
When we had some 'trouble' with some apprentices who where let's say, testing the capacity of the email system. We used Seagate Analysis (Crystal reports also does this) and some pre-written reports to produce reports on the top senders and receivers. I was somewhat surprised when the top sender clocked up in the region of one email every 30 seconds (worked out over a working week). Strangely, after leaving the report on my desk for a few days the numbers dropped considerably. Seagate Analysis or Crystal reports is propably worth a look for the reporting. Neil -Original Message-From: AdminLists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 01 March 2002 18:03To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Content Filtering and User Statistics To All: I have been asked to begin filtering messages based on the content of the email or the content of the attachment. I also need to be able to call up statistics on who sends the most mail, who gets the most mail, etc. I am currently running Exchange 5.5. And have Antigen for Antivirus. Thanks for any suggestions, Vince 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: MTA not starting
Try doing an MTA Wipe on the server. Neil -Original Message- From: Thozama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 February 2002 13:19 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: MTA not starting Current setup - Exchange 5.5 SP4 on WinNT 4.0 SP5 PDC Problem is everytime I restart the server , the Exchange MTA (Message Transfer Agent) service does not start. This causes other dependent services like the IMS not to start as well. I shut down all the services properly before the restart but it does not help when the server comes up. When I look in the event logs, the MTA conducts field engineering on restart as though it was not shutdown properly. What could be causing this. TIA ### Attention: This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Shepstone Wylie Tomlinsons Inc. Full details of the firm and its directors are available at: http://www.swt.co.za 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: 16 gig limit - how can I get it IS to start so I can remove messa ges
Title: Message Found this in TechNet... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q185457 Highly recommend a Full backup first (Off-line backup for obvious reasons). Neil. -Original Message-From: Zangara, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 27 February 2002 18:32To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: 16 gig limit - how can I get it IS to start so I can remove messa ges Folks - One of my outer offices is running Exch 5.5 sp 4 STANDARD. I have requested the tech there to upgrade to Enterprise but that is another story. He is out today and I started getting calls from his users not being able to connect. I checked and sure enough he passed the 16 gig limit. I have never had to deal with this. How can I reduce the size of the IS without it being started? I have been searching technet but have not found anything yet. Any links greatly appreciated! Thanks. Jim Zangara, MCSE+I IT ManagerSpecial Projects Engineer Premiere Radio Networks A Division of Clear Channel Communications 15260 Ventura Blvd Suite 500 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Direct: (818) 461-8620 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I want to get a tatoo of myself on my entire body, only 2" taller. -- Steven Wright 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....
How does message journaling work with things like read receipts? If I send a message with read receipts turned on and the person reading the journaling mailbox reads it, will I get a receipt back from that? Same with delivery receipts? Just curious (As I have no plans on using it or bothering to test it) really. Neil -Original Message-From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 25 February 2002 14:35To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: 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
RE: duplication mailboxes
pst? How did you move the mailboxes? (Are the servers in the same exchange site?) Neil -Original Message-From: DENNIS ROGOV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 25 February 2002 18:03To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: duplication mailboxes Hey guys I am having issues I have two Exchange 5.5 servers both with service pack 3 Loaded on them Since one of the exchange servers is under power I decided to transfer some mailboxes to the other exchange server. My issue is when I transferred mailboxes and went into users outlook client to transfer from PST files to mailbox I noticed the following. I had two of the same mailboxes. So I need someone to point me in the direction on how can I close out the second duplicated mailbox I did right click on it went to properties and clicked disconnect but apparently it's linked to the main one because it told me that it couldn't disconnect the main mailbox. Any suggestions??? Dennis Rogov System support specialist Huntleigh Health Care 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 Matthew, Iquote "sent to a generic mailbox without the user knowing". Knowing the effects of read/delivery is more than relevant to this topic. -Original Message-From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 25 February 2002 19:24To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Exchange 5.5 Question Neil if you are going to introduce a new topic, please change the subject, -Original Message-From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:58 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Exchange 5.5 Question How does message journaling work with things like read receipts? If I send a message with read receipts turned on and the person reading the journaling mailbox reads it, will I get a receipt back from that? Same with delivery receipts? Just curious (As I have no plans on using it or bothering to test it) really. Neil -Original Message-From: Bob Chyka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 25 February 2002 14:35To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: 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.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: 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 -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 February 2002 23:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 http://mail.tekscan.com/nomailboxes.htm 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: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 6:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 Hello, Does anyone do brick level backups? I know there are many disadvantages of doing this especially since the fact that you are doing double the work and your tape could run for several hours more than if you were to just backup the IS and Dir but can a brick level backup cause problems with your logs and cause your Exchanges services like the IS service to fail? Just curious. We have a client that insists on doing it this way. Although in my brick level scheme im only backing up the Inbox and no other Outlook folder. I just want to maek sure that by doing brick-level im not going to further mess their exchange server. Thanks, 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
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 -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 February 2002 23:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 http://mail.tekscan.com/nomailboxes.htm 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: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 6:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 Hello, Does anyone do brick level backups? I know there are many disadvantages of doing this especially since the fact that you are doing double the work and your tape could run for several hours more than if you were to just backup the IS and Dir but can a brick level backup cause problems with your logs and cause your Exchanges services like the IS service to fail? Just curious. We have a client that insists on doing it this way. Although in my brick level scheme im only backing up the Inbox and no other Outlook folder. I just want to maek sure that by doing brick-level im not going to further mess their exchange server. Thanks, 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
That way works, but not it was deleted by pressing the shift+delete keys or after it has been moved to a pst file. Neil -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 February 2002 13:44 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 -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 February 2002 23:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 http://mail.tekscan.com/nomailboxes.htm 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: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 6:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 Hello, Does anyone do brick level backups? I know there are many disadvantages of doing this especially since the fact that you are doing double the work and your tape could run for several hours more than if you were to just backup the IS and Dir but can a brick level backup cause problems with your logs and cause your Exchanges services like the IS service to fail? Just curious. We have a client that insists on doing it this way. Although in my brick level scheme im only backing up the Inbox and no other Outlook folder. I just want to maek sure that by doing brick-level im not going to further mess their exchange server. Thanks, 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
RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6
Just found out on TechNet that it varies between outlook 98 and 2000, we still use 98. Neil -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 February 2002 13:44 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 -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 February 2002 23:59 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 http://mail.tekscan.com/nomailboxes.htm 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: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 6:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Brick Level backups using Veritas 8.6 Hello, Does anyone do brick level backups? I know there are many disadvantages of doing this especially since the fact that you are doing double the work and your tape could run for several hours more than if you were to just backup the IS and Dir but can a brick level backup cause problems with your logs and cause your Exchanges services like the IS service to fail? Just curious. We have a client that insists on doing it this way. Although in my brick level scheme im only backing up the Inbox and no other Outlook folder. I just want to maek sure that by doing brick-level im not going to further mess their exchange server. Thanks, 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
RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug
We allow zip files through, but fortunatly for us we have a custom winzip style program on the network with won't allow users (Admins are allowed and users with permission) to unzip EXE, DLL files etc... It's true we in IT are evil. Neil -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 February 2002 14:38 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
RE: Info store to mailbox ratio
Title: Counting mailboxes I feel like a right scrouge, looking at our system... 950 mailboxes - 9GB. We have been using limits since we upgraded to 55 and we discourage the use of PST files (Though in total, PST files add up to about another 3GB's). Neil -Original Message-From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 21 February 2002 17:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Info store to mailbox ratio Just curious what everyones Info store to mailbox ratio is? Ours: 524 mailboxes / 31gb info store Talk to somone's whose was 72 mailbox / 47 gb info store.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: Removing Exchange
If you can't restore your Exchange database to a test server, are you sure you can do it in an disaster recovery scenario on your live system? Neil -Original Message- From: James Gosnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 February 2002 10:49 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Removing Exchange Dear all, Just a quick one I'm sure somebody will be able to point me in the right direction for. I am currently 'messing' around with a development server (NT 4.0) which I am trying to restore our Exchange Server to. I join it to our network as a BDC and then take it off-line, restore the backup thus demonstating my ability to deal with a disaster and then also practice upgrading to 2000 e.t.c I am experiencing problems restoring the database but this is another issue involving the wonderful Arcserve. My problem is that every time I botch up a restore it basically corrupts the Exchange installation and I don't really seem to able to remove it properly. Therefore a new resote won't work, I can't re-run setup so I keep re-installing the server! Basically the state I have at the moment is only 4 Exchange services installed, if I run setup (to hopefully get the uninstall option) it doesn't detect the current installation and attempts a new one which then fails! I think what I am asking is does anyone know where to find the article for manually doing a total removal of Exchange 5.5? 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: dir.edb
Title: Message I totally agree. It was needed though. -Original Message-From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 19 February 2002 18:42To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: dir.edb Nothing to see heremove along. -Original Message-From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:32 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: dir.edb *smacks Neil* Dude... are you trying to incite a riot here?! Hehehehe DON'T EVER SUGGEST a defrag! *turns to the mob* IT'S OK PEOPLE... HE'S SORRY... GO BACK TO YOUR DAILY ACITIVTIES... IT'S ALL OK. heheheheeh Preston -Original Message-From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 1:02 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: dir.edb Incidentally, you can get rid of most of thewhite space by doing an off-line defrag (compact the database). Though unless you have a specific need to, I wouldn't bother. The last time I did an off-line defrag, was about a year ago after we had moved about 300 mailboxes off the server. Neil -Original Message-From: Cicerrella, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 19 February 2002 16:57To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: dir.edb Hey all, Question about the dir.edb. After the online defrag completes each day I get a 1221 message in the event log that says. The database has 12 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation has terminated. There is currently 3.5 G of free space on the drive the dir.edb is on. Is there a software limitation to the size of the dir.edb that I am overlooking? If so then 12mb sounds as though I need to do some cleaning up. Can anyone provide a little insight? I am running Ex5.5 sp4 on NT4.0 sp6. thanks in advance, steve 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: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions
Try... ADE;ADP;ASX;BAS;BAT;BIN;CHM;CMD;COM;CPL;CRT;DLL;EML;EXE;HIV;HLP;HTA;INF;INS; ISP;JS;JSE;JTD;MSC;MSI;MSP;MST;NWS;OCX;OFT;OVL;PCD;PIF;PL;PLX;REG;SCR;SCT;SH ;SHB;SHS;SYS;VB;VBE;VBS;VSS;VST;VXD;WSC;WSF;WSH Neil -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 February 2002 15:33 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions Hello, Currently NAV on our Exchange 5.5 sp4 server is blocking the following extentions: vbs, exe, nws, eml, mp3, scr, com, bat, pif Do you recommend other extensions that should be blocked for added security and to prevent virus attacks? Thanks, 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: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions
Could also use, MP3;MPE;MPG;MPEG;AVI;WAV;MOV etc... Neil -Original Message- From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 February 2002 16:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions Try... ADE;ADP;ASX;BAS;BAT;BIN;CHM;CMD;COM;CPL;CRT;DLL;EML;EXE;HIV;HLP;HTA;INF;INS; ISP;JS;JSE;JTD;MSC;MSI;MSP;MST;NWS;OCX;OFT;OVL;PCD;PIF;PL;PLX;REG;SCR;SCT;SH ;SHB;SHS;SYS;VB;VBE;VBS;VSS;VST;VXD;WSC;WSF;WSH Neil -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 February 2002 15:33 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions Hello, Currently NAV on our Exchange 5.5 sp4 server is blocking the following extentions: vbs, exe, nws, eml, mp3, scr, com, bat, pif Do you recommend other extensions that should be blocked for added security and to prevent virus attacks? Thanks, 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: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions
That's probably where I got it for my system - Cheers Martin. Neil -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 February 2002 16:46 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions The Martin Blackstone Blocked Files List. Copyright 1999-2002 - Martin Blackstone Basics vbs;shs;js;com;bat;cmd;pif;scr;chm;VB;eml Full List 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; -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:45 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions PLAYER!! -Original Message- From: JFadigan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:29 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions yes the list please the list -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:30 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions Dying to see the infamous LIST. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 11:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions Yeah, bust out the list again - seems to be something like a weekly occurrence . . . :) James Winzenz, MCSE, A+ Associate Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems, Inc. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions Should I bust out the list? -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 7:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions Hello, Currently NAV on our Exchange 5.5 sp4 server is blocking the following extentions: vbs, exe, nws, eml, mp3, scr, com, bat, pif Do you recommend other extensions that should be blocked for added security and to prevent virus attacks? Thanks, 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: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions
Another good guide for what extensions to block is the list that your normal AV checker suggests for default files to scan. Neil -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 February 2002 15:33 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: NAV for Exchange: blocked extensions Hello, Currently NAV on our Exchange 5.5 sp4 server is blocking the following extentions: vbs, exe, nws, eml, mp3, scr, com, bat, pif Do you recommend other extensions that should be blocked for added security and to prevent virus attacks? Thanks, 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: Applying Mailbox Limits....After the Fact
Title: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Have you considered the Mailbox Manager service in the exch support tools (SP2 or later I think)? You can set things like Delete Items over 1MB after 30 days or empty items older than 30 days from the Deleted items folder. Don't use it myself (In fact only first looked at it yesterday), but you could look at that. Neil -Original Message-From: William Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 14 February 2002 19:13To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Applying Mailbox LimitsAfter the Fact Does anyone know of a utility or script that can do the following under Exchange 5.5, Win2k Server SP2, About 250 or so recipients: I would like to apply mailbox limits at 275mb warn and 300mb disable send. The twist is that for existing users over 300mb I would like their limit warning to be 75mb more than what they currently have and their disable send limit to be 100mb more than what they have. Is there a utility or script available that will scan my mailboxes and apply these limits? Maybe I haven't figured out the correct wording yet but I can't find any reference to this on the web or technet. Thanks, William L. Smith Systems Administrator Riptech, Inc. Real-Time Information Protection 2800 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, VA 22314 http://www.riptech.com w: (703) 373-5158 c: (703) 946-0894 f: (703) 373-6158 e: [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: X400 mail to address exposed
Haven't seen this (I think) before, it could just be a foreign systems internal addressing - Were the names you changed that of your system or the senders system? I use x400 addressing quite a lot (too much for my liking) and this isn't a x400 address. An x400 address would look something like - 'c=gb;o=org;a= ;p=prmd;o=org;ou1=ser;cn=name'. Neil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 February 2002 22:29 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: X400 mail to address exposed My Exchange 5.5 SP4 NT4sp6 IMS received this Internet email from (names changed for security): [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I have never seen this information in emails coming in from the Internet. Normally the reply to: and mail to: address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this normal? Is the sender's server using the x400 address as the reply to: address? From an Exchange security standpoint, it seems like this address gives away the organizational structure of the Exchange server. There is only one Exchange server in my Org with no connections to other Exchange servers- as far as I know. If my server is indeed making this type of connection with another server, how can I research it and stop it? All Internet email in and out of my Org should be across the IMS only. Thanks for any light on this topic. Guy Quintino Parker Services, Inc. Celebrating Success since 1979! http://www.parkerservices.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
