Re: OT: Internation Travel

[Rob Bonfiglio]

I've only ever travelled to Canada, when I was like 8.  But wanted to
congratulate you on your engagement.



On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Sean Martin  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Let me start off by apologizing for the off-topic post. I've been lurking
> on this list for several years and have come to appreciate the vast majority
> of technical expertise from individuals all over the world. Based on the
> dispersement of that expertise, I'm looking for assistance of a different
> type. :)
>
> I just proposed to my girlfriend of over 2 years this past weekend.
> Thankfully, she accepted. Obviously we're very early in the planning stages
> but the one thing I want to get right is the honeymoon. She has wanted to
> visit Ireland her entire life, and although I've travelled extensively
> thoughout the US and Canada, I'm a novice when it comes to "crossing the
> pond".
>
> I'd love to hear from anyone who has personally been to Ireland and could
> recommend some interesting spots to visit. I've briefly looked at
> www.authenticireland.com and reviewed some of their packages. I have to
> say, staying in some of the Castles and touring the pubs is very intriguing,
> but I'd also appreciate advice on some of "must visit" sites in Ireland.
>
> I'm planning on a 10-14 day excursion with a rental car, so driving long
> distances shouldn't be too big of a problem. Any advice on the best time of
> year would be greatly appreciated as well.
>
> Thanks in advance :)
>
> - Sean
>
>
>

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Re: BLOCING PORN SITES

[Rob Bonfiglio]

We used Websense at a past job.  We integrated it with ISA so we could get
proper reporting on Terminal Services users.  I don't know if they do e-mail
content or not.  Are you looking attachment filtering?  Or are you looking
to block HTML content in an e-mail that originates from a porn site?

Websense worked well for us, but I haven't used it in almost 5 years now.
I'm sure others on the list can give you their current experience as well.

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Murray Freeman wrote:

>  My boss has asked me to look into software that will block porn sites.
> The concern is a legal one, and I fully understand. So, is there software
> that wil just block porn sites in general? Is there software to monitor our
> staff workstations that access porn sites and report it to the administrator
> (me)? Also, is there software that monitors email for porn content?
>
>
> *Murray*
>
>
>
>

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Re: BLOCING PORN SITES

[Rob Bonfiglio]

I don't remember the cost, but it was cheaper than the appliances when we
purchased it.  We ran it all on one box.  The reporting was slow to produce
the report, but that was probably due to our configuration.  For our
purposes it served us well.  I assume they are still using it.

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:35 AM,  wrote:

>  Websense is good, but when we looked at it, it required 2 dedicated
> boxes, one DB engine and one proxy, and then reporting if it was heavy
> enough…Plus it was pricey..
>
>
>
> *From:* Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2009 11:07 AM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: BLOCING PORN SITES
>
>
>
> We used Websense at a past job.  We integrated it with ISA so we could get
> proper reporting on Terminal Services users.  I don't know if they do e-mail
> content or not.  Are you looking attachment filtering?  Or are you looking
> to block HTML content in an e-mail that originates from a porn site?
>
>
>
> Websense worked well for us, but I haven't used it in almost 5 years now.
> I'm sure others on the list can give you their current experience as well.
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Murray Freeman 
> wrote:
>
> My boss has asked me to look into software that will block porn sites. The
> concern is a legal one, and I fully understand. So, is there software that
> wil just block porn sites in general? Is there software to monitor our staff
> workstations that access porn sites and report it to the administrator (me)?
> Also, is there software that monitors email for porn content?
>
>
>
> *Murray*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: OT: hand in space

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Sweet!  I'll mark my calendar.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Kim Longenbaugh wrote:

>  “Astronomers think that B1509 is about 1,700 years old and is located
> about 17,000 light years away.”
>
>
>
> Doesn’t that mean we shouldn’t be seeing it at all for another 15,300
> years?
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:34 AM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: OT: hand in space
>
>
>
> It's currently holding the Enterprise (A).
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Moss, Sue  wrote:
>
> Very cool photo from NASA:
>
>
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/photo09-025.html
>
>
>
>
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Re: Diagnosing Claim Delayed Mail Receipt

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Google is your friend:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SUNA_enUS260US263&q=message+tracking+exchange+2007

Yields this article (number 2 on the search.)
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-2007-Message-Tracking-Part2.html

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:03 AM, John Hornbuckle <
john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote:

> If I knew how to track a message like that, I wouldn't have e-mailed the
> list...
>
> ;-)
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk]
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:58 AM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Diagnosing Claim Delayed Mail Receipt
>
> Track the message through your HT servers - you'll be able to get the
> delivery date and time to the mailbox. You can also ask her to forward the
> message to you as an attachment and you can check the headers.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bounce-8505396-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:
> bounce-8505396-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of John
> Hornbuckle
> Sent: 27 April 2009 13:32
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: Diagnosing Claim Delayed Mail Receipt
>
> Below is a message I received from one of my users.
>
> We're using Exchange 2007, and her client is Outlook 2003.
>
> Is there anything I can check to confirm her report? It's extremely
> unlikely to me that the problem, if it exists, is on the server side. I feel
> like I would've seen it myself (I probably send/receive more mail than
> anyone else in our organization), or at least would've gotten complaints
> from others. So maybe it's an issue on the client side--but I'm really not
> sure how to troubleshoot...
>
>
>
> John Hornbuckle
> MIS Department
> Taylor County School District
> 318 North Clark Street
> Perry, FL 32347
>
> www.taylor.k12.fl.us
>
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
>
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 7:58 AM
> To: John Hornbuckle
> Subject:
>
> After talking with my team I understand a e-mail by *** in reference to a
> field trip was sent out on Friday. My team received this e-mail but my copy
> didn't show until this morning.
> Can you look into this, I like to know things ahead of time and it would
> have been  nice to find out last week about the trips this week.
>
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Re: Running PowerShell commands on my remote Admin box

[Rob Bonfiglio]

-Server

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124612.aspx

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Stefan Jafs  wrote:

>  Ok, so I installed the Exchange Management Console for E2k7 on my re-bit
> Vista PC.
>
> I run a export to pst yesterday in the Exchange Powershell on my PC no
> problem, no I’m trying to get mailbox stats:
>
>
>
> Get-MailboxStatistics | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending | ft
> DisplayName,@{label="TotalItemSize(MB)";expression={$_.TotalItemSize.Value.ToMB()}},ItemCount
>
>
>
> However it’s telling me I’m not a  Exchange server, please specify the name
> of a Mailbox server! Should it not know that automatically?
>
> Anyhow how do I point to my mail server?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> *___*
>
> *Stefan Jafs*
>
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Re: OT: Very Important Swine Flu Tip

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Ever seen a grown man naked?

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr <
michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote:

> *Ever been* in a *Turkish prison*?
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Maglinger, Paul wrote:
>
>>  No, but I held a local government job for 9 years.  Does that count?
>>
>>  --
>>  *From:* Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net]
>> *Sent:* Friday, May 01, 2009 7:34 AM
>>
>> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* RE: OT: Very Important Swine Flu Tip
>>
>>Ever spend all day, particularly a windy one, loading and dragging a
>> manure spreader around a pasture?
>>
>>
>>  --
>>
>> *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
>> *Sent:* Friday, May 01, 2009 7:30 AM
>> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* RE: OT: Very Important Swine Flu Tip
>>
>>
>>
>> That's because farmers and ranchers have enough sense to wash their hands
>> before they pick up their sandwich... :-)
>>
>>
>>  --
>>
>> *From:* Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:29 PM
>> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* RE: OT: Very Important Swine Flu Tip
>>
>> Ever notice that when you read about someone getting deathly ill from
>> eColi, it’s somebody that lives in the city, but you never hear about
>> farmers and ranchers who work around cattle and manure spreaders every day
>> getting sick from it?
>>
>>
>>  --
>>
>> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:24 PM
>> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: OT: Very Important Swine Flu Tip
>>
>>
>>
>> +1
>>
>>
>>
>> My science teacher in HS back in the mid-to-late 80's taught me the hows
>> and whys that [the over use of] anti-bacterial products would probably be
>> the death of a lot of people. Doctors and scientists know this, yet industry
>> and the [not so] mighty $ keep pushing us toward self-extinction.
>>
>> --
>> ME2
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:
>>
>> Jay Dale  wrote:
>> > All I know is, the stores here in Houston are running out of
>> > Anti-bacterial products left and right.
>>
>>  That's scary.  Not the swine flu -- the fact that so many people
>> think antibiotics will do anything for a viral infection.  We laugh at
>> the snake oil peddlers of the 1800's, saying we've come so far, that
>> people would never be fooled by that today, but snake oil would be
>> just as effective.
>>
>>  Below are a few facts, with references.  Those so interested may
>> want to forward this to others.  Kind of the like the opposite of your
>> typical Internet chain letter -- knowledge instead of rumor.
>>
>> * Antibiotics do nothing against the viruses that cause the common
>> cold and the flu.  Antibiotics do, however, become less effective when
>> overused.  So by taking antibiotics for viral infections, you're
>> actually decreasing overall health.
>>
>> http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/community/know-and-do.htm
>>
>> * The US CDC recommends the following as the major action people
>> should take: Wash your hands, especially before eating or after
>> inter-personal contact.  Note the distinct lack of drugs or isolation
>> in that recommendation.
>>
>> http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/swineflu_you.htm
>>
>> * The "regular" flu kills approximately 36,000 people per year in the
>> United States alone.  This latest H1N1 strain can infect both pigs and
>> humans, which is less common, so it gets classified as "swine flu".
>> The media goes bonkers over this because they can't report the same
>> old 36,000 deaths/year stat as "news", but they *can* report 150 swine
>> flu deaths as news.
>>
>> http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/us_flu-related_deaths.htm
>>
>> * By WHO definitions, "pandemic" does not mean "everybody is going to
>> die", it means they're seeing a disease manifest in multiple regions.
>> With modern air travel, this is not really an exceptional situation.
>>
>> http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html
>>
>> -- Ben
>>
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Re: Single Instance Storage ratio survey

[Rob Bonfiglio]

5.25 for 350 mailboxes

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>  A thread on nt-sysadmin has got me wondering.  Just how much do
> people actually benefit from SIS (Single Instance Storage) in
> Exchange?
>
>  Would people be willing to share their SIS ratio from their Exchange
> server(s)?
>
>  Approximations are fine.  For multi-server organizations, an average
> or just picking a server at random would still inform.
>
>  I'll start:
>
>SIS ratio = 5.6
>
>  You can discover the SIS ratio by:
>
> 1. Open Performance Monitor (PERFMON.EXE)
> 2. Select "System Monitor" on the left
> 3. Right-click the graph on the right, and pick "Add Counters"
> 4. For "Performance Object", select "MSExchangeIS Mailbox" (or similar)
> 5. Select the "Single Instance Ratio" counter in the list on the left
> 6. Select the "_ Total" instance in the list on the right
> 7. Click "Add"
> 8. If needed, select the resulting counter in the list at the bottom
> of the graph
> 9. Look at the "Last" value reported for that counter
>
> -- Ben
>
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Re: Single Instance Storage ratio survey

[Rob Bonfiglio]

>From the Explain text on the counter:
Single Instance Ratio is the average number of references to each message in
the mailbox store.

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Roger Wright  wrote:

> I'm seeing 226.771 on my Exchange 2003 box with about 130 mailboxes.
>
> Is that probable?
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
> Network Administrator
> Evatone, Inc.
> 727.572.7076  x388
> _
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:31 PM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: Single Instance Storage ratio survey
>
> Hi all,
>
>  A thread on nt-sysadmin has got me wondering.  Just how much do
> people actually benefit from SIS (Single Instance Storage) in
> Exchange?
>
>  Would people be willing to share their SIS ratio from their Exchange
> server(s)?
>
>  Approximations are fine.  For multi-server organizations, an average
> or just picking a server at random would still inform.
>
>  I'll start:
>
>SIS ratio = 5.6
>
>  You can discover the SIS ratio by:
>
> 1. Open Performance Monitor (PERFMON.EXE)
> 2. Select "System Monitor" on the left
> 3. Right-click the graph on the right, and pick "Add Counters"
> 4. For "Performance Object", select "MSExchangeIS Mailbox" (or similar)
> 5. Select the "Single Instance Ratio" counter in the list on the left
> 6. Select the "_ Total" instance in the list on the right
> 7. Click "Add"
> 8. If needed, select the resulting counter in the list at the bottom
> of the graph
> 9. Look at the "Last" value reported for that counter
>
> -- Ben
>
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Re: Single Instance Storage ratio survey

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Interesting article.  My previous place  of employment was at a University.
After the tragedy at Virginia Tech (which was only a couple of hours away
from us) there was much concern about notifying the campus in the result of
an emergency.  They were using an e-mail system that was not Exchange and to
my knowledge did not have SIS.  So when they did their testing to notify
students and employees by e-mail (one of several ways they were notifying
people) they were actually opening  up each person's mailbox and inserting
the message.  This resulted in an e-mail notification  process that took
10-15 minutes.
When they started looking at Exchange they were told by Microsoft that the
time to send the message would be much shorter...mostly b/c of SIS (which
the article TVK posted also indicates.)  The talk on the NT SysAdmins list
was mostly centered around disk space savings gained  from SIS.  But I'm
wondering now how removing SIS from future versions of Exchange would
impact sending e-mail to a large number of people.

In the case of the University, the message might only be a few KB, but what
is the cost to have to deliver that message to 20k individual mailboxes now?

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Tim Vander Kooi wrote:

> Reading this should help everyone understand what exactly the numbers mean.
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198673
> The number will vary greatly depending on the "maturity" of your server as
> well as the types of email most commonly used within your organization.
> TVK
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org]
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:14 PM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Single Instance Storage ratio survey
>
> Is the Scale supposed to be at 1.000?  If so, I've got a problem - mine
> is at 122.040.
>
> Sean Rector, MCSE
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:31 PM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: Single Instance Storage ratio survey
>
> Hi all,
>
>  A thread on nt-sysadmin has got me wondering.  Just how much do
> people actually benefit from SIS (Single Instance Storage) in
> Exchange?
>
>  Would people be willing to share their SIS ratio from their Exchange
> server(s)?
>
>  Approximations are fine.  For multi-server organizations, an average
> or just picking a server at random would still inform.
>
>  I'll start:
>
>SIS ratio = 5.6
>
>  You can discover the SIS ratio by:
>
> 1. Open Performance Monitor (PERFMON.EXE)
> 2. Select "System Monitor" on the left
> 3. Right-click the graph on the right, and pick "Add Counters"
> 4. For "Performance Object", select "MSExchangeIS Mailbox" (or similar)
> 5. Select the "Single Instance Ratio" counter in the list on the left
> 6. Select the "_ Total" instance in the list on the right
> 7. Click "Add"
> 8. If needed, select the resulting counter in the list at the bottom
> of the graph
> 9. Look at the "Last" value reported for that counter
>
> -- Ben
>
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Re: Single Instance Storage ratio survey

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Congrats on retirement!  Much luck to you.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Moss, Susan K  wrote:

> 5.46 - 1864 MBs across 6 stores
>
> IMHO there's more benefit to archiving these days than SIS - but SIS had
> its day before archiving became a big player.
>
> OT:
> This will probably be my last post here - so - I want to say Thank You
> All for all the great tips and enlightenment.  You've been a tremendous
> help over the years.  Been threatening to retire for awhile now - it is
> becoming reality.  Oh, there's a job opening for anyone interested:
> 
>
> Adios ...
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:31 PM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: Single Instance Storage ratio survey
>
> Hi all,
>
>  A thread on nt-sysadmin has got me wondering.  Just how much do people
> actually benefit from SIS (Single Instance Storage) in Exchange?
>
>  Would people be willing to share their SIS ratio from their Exchange
> server(s)?
>
>  Approximations are fine.  For multi-server organizations, an average
> or just picking a server at random would still inform.
>
>  I'll start:
>
>SIS ratio = 5.6
>
>  You can discover the SIS ratio by:
>
> 1. Open Performance Monitor (PERFMON.EXE) 2. Select "System Monitor" on
> the left 3. Right-click the graph on the right, and pick "Add Counters"
> 4. For "Performance Object", select "MSExchangeIS Mailbox" (or similar)
> 5. Select the "Single Instance Ratio" counter in the list on the left 6.
> Select the "_ Total" instance in the list on the right 7. Click "Add"
> 8. If needed, select the resulting counter in the list at the bottom of
> the graph 9. Look at the "Last" value reported for that counter
>
>  -- Ben
>
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GAL Export

[Rob Bonfiglio]

I am trying to export our GAL to a .csv file.  We are a 2003 domain, and we
are running Exchange 2003.
I found this article from Microsoft that says to use csvde:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555397

I used the syntax they provided and subbed in my domain info:
csvde -r "(objectClass=user)" -d "dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=com" -l
displayName,proxyAddresses -f c:\users.csv


However, when I look through the csv file I see that it has exported user
and computer objects, even though the objectClass only specifies user
objects.  Is this to be expected?  Or am I doing something wrong?
I ran this from the command line of the DC as a Domain Admin.  The
particular DC I used is not a GC.

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Re: GAL Export

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Thank you to all three of you.  Using the filter below got what I needed.

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Michael B. Smith
wrote:

>  Computers are a derived class (subclass) of users.
>
> If you only want user accounts, use this filter:
> "(&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person))"
>
>  --
> *From:* Don Guyer [don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 04, 2009 4:00 PM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: GAL Export
>
>I get both computer and user account info as well.
>
>
>
> Don Guyer
>
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
>
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
>
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
>
> Devon, PA 19333
>
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
>
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
>
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 04, 2009 3:10 PM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* GAL Export
>
>
>
> I am trying to export our GAL to a .csv file.  We are a 2003 domain, and we
> are running Exchange 2003.
>
> I found this article from Microsoft that says to use csvde:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555397
>
>
>
> I used the syntax they provided and subbed in my domain info:
>
> csvde -r "(objectClass=user)" -d "dc=subdomain,dc=domain,dc=com" -l
> displayName,proxyAddresses -f c:\users.csv
>
>
>
>
>
> However, when I look through the csv file I see that it has exported user
> and computer objects, even though the objectClass only specifies user
> objects.  Is this to be expected?  Or am I doing something wrong?
>
> I ran this from the command line of the DC as a Domain Admin.  The
> particular DC I used is not a GC.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: Microsoft Forefront...anyone using..opinions

[Rob Bonfiglio]

I used it a very little bit at my last job (also an EDU.)  I barely got into
the testing phase though, so I don't really feel I can offer much feedback.
>From what I saw of it, I wasn't all that impressed.  We used it on our
CAS/HT and it seemed to work fine there.  But I didn't feel like it was
feature rich on the desktop side of things.  I also didn't like that it
basically did everything through MOM 2005.

On the Exchange end of things, we never tried their hosted solution.  I
didn't like the idea of sending my mail through someone else first.  There
may be some benefit to it for smaller companies, but we had two OC3's and
bandwidth shouldn't have been a problem.  (Although, we both know that
students will eat up as much as you give them and then cry for more.)

To give you an idea of my environment, I was the Admin for one of the
colleges.  I only supported fac/staff, and no students.  So, we're talking
roughly 350 users.  In my short time of using Forefront I never noticed any
performance issues.

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Pfefferkorn, Pete (pfeffepe) <
pfeff...@ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:

> I apologize if this came through a second time but didn't see it get
> posted.
>
> I have a off topic subject.  We have the opportunity to possibly adjust our
> license agreement with Microsoft that will entitle us to Forefront both
> hosted and on Premise solution for next to nothing.  We went through the
> hosted presentation, and it looks similar to other hosted solutions like
> Proofpoint and Postini but considerable less expensive.  They have an
> quarantine area, 5 engines etc and the cost is next to nothing.   We could
> also install ForeFront on out backend servers and hub servers and replace
> our existing TrendMicro software which would have an additional cost
> savings.  I'm looking for feedback on anyone who is using the Forefront
> product line and their opinions of it as a hosted solution and on-premise
> deployment.   We are native Exchange 2007 and do not use edge servers but
> from what I see none of this would require any changes to our current
> infrastructure for onsite and hosted solution.
>
> Pete Pfefferkorn
> University of Cincinnati
> Email Services-Systems Engineer
> pete.pfefferk...@uc.edu
> (513)556-9076
>
>
>
>
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Re: [OT][HUMOR] Great supplier for those hard-to-find car parts

[Rob Bonfiglio]

What I've been looking for all my life!  A left handed metric screw driver!

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=21

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Ben Scott  wrote:

>   Someone just sent me a link to a company that stocks those
> hard-to-find car parts.  You know, those weird things that only your
> particular make of car seems to need, and the regular stores never
> seem to stock.
>
> http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2
>
> -- Ben
>
>

Re: Disclaimer software

[Rob Bonfiglio]

What version of Exchange?

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Peter Johnson
wrote:

>  Hi Guys
>
> Anyone got any comments or preferences between Symprex and Exclaimer when
> it comes to disclaimer and signature management. I’ve tested both of them
> and have a leaning towards the Symprex product right now.
>
> Thanks
> Peter Johnson
>
>
>
>

Re: Stu - request to remove user?

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Well, look at the person's e-mail addressthat's what Spam Arrest is.

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Barsodi.John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Interesting.  I saw others complaining about it yesterday, but I think I
> was deleting it with the OOF's coming in and missed.  I just got one, 15
> minutes after I sent an email to the list.
>
>
>
> I can't believe someone is actually using a challenge/response spam
> filtering solution. Lol.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:54 AM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Stu - request to remove user?
>
>
>
> Every time I post to this list, I am getting an email back from:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Can you unsubscribe her?  Or ask her to use a different address?
>
> It is rather annoying.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Is it safe to assume that you meant RAID 5+1?

If not.what is RAID 8?

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Garcia-Moran, Carlos <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Most of our ESX environment is on RAID5 8+1 on an EMC NS20, I haven't
> seen any issues performance wise.  Some small SQL DB's and 2 Exchange
> servers (Journal and DR) Depending on your environment and budget RAID5
> would be fine
>
>
>
> *From:* David Baca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 23, 2008 2:21 PM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* VMWare RAID 10 or Raid 5
>
>
>
> I am looking at installing VMWare in my environment.  For about 20 -30
> users at this point.  Have any of you implemented it on a raid 5?  I don't
> envision anything too intense for useage but if you could give me feedback
> on your experience using vmware on raid 5 or raid 10 and your preferences.
> obviously it depends on what i am running - exchange and some small
> databases in this case.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
>
>
>
>
> _
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> This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information
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> dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including
> attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have
> received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete
> the original message and any attachments from your system.
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Accessing Exchange 2007 OWA from a Mac

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Hey guys,

Maybe you can help me out with something here.  We've recently migrated from
Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007.  The migration seems to have gone well.
We're able to connect to the Exchange server via MAPI, IMAP, and to OWA w/o
any problems from Windows machines.  However, I am having trouble with Mac
users (we only have a hand full of them) trying to access OWA from off of
our network.  If they bring their Mac laptop onto the network they can
access OWA just fine.

So, this sounds like a firewall issue to me.  Except that Windows users can
access OWA w/o a problem from off of our network.  I've had the firewall
guys open up ports 80 and 443 (among other required ports) to our
webserver.  We're not having any problems with our certificate that I can
tell.  When a Mac user connects they don't get anything displayed to them.
It just "spins."

This happens from Firefox and Safari.

I had one user who said they experienced the problem, and then went home the
next day and was able to connect.  She says she didn't change anything, and
I know I hadn't changed anything yet.

Oh yeah...our setupwe are not running an Edge server.  We are running a
single CAS/HT server and a single mailbox server.  The mailbox server is not
accessible to the internet.  The clients connect to the CAS/HT.

If anyone has any insight I would really appreciate it.  If you need anymore
info please let me know.

Thanks!

Rob

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Re: YEE HAW: I'm Southern Y'all

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Yup, I've heard that before.

Yous guys in the south are so weird!  :-P

On Feb 6, 2008 12:24 PM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Feb 6, 2008 10:13 AM, John Hornbuckle
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > A pet peeve of mine. When Hollywood tries to imitate southerners, it has
> > actors saying "y'all" to just one person. Drives me nuts.
>
>  Someone once told me that "y'all" was singular, and "all y'all" was
> plural.  Anyone ever heard of that before?
>
> -- Ben
>
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Re: YEE HAW: I'm Southern Y'all

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Do they also sell cigars?

On Feb 7, 2008 12:24 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> That just means they have cute waitresses. Says nothing about the food.
> ;-)
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:17 AM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>  Subject: Re: YEE HAW: I'm Southern Y'all
>
> I occasionally get grits at the dinner I go to breakfast at on the
> weekends.  I can attest that grits are nothing like porridge or
> oatmeal.
>
> Plug:  If you live in the Boston area, I highly recommend "Mike's City
> Dinner" in the south end.  If a southern boy like Bill Clinton likes
> it (and he does - his pictures and thanks are all over the walls),
> it's got to be good!  :-)
>
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2008 1:52 AM, Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN
> (ITT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Porridge is Oatmeal, not grits. Grits is grits.
> >
> >
> > John H. Matteson, Jr.
> > Systems Administrator/ITT Systems
> > FOB Orgun-E
> > Afghanistan
> > DSN - 318 431 8001
> > VoSIP - (308) 431 - 
> > Iridium - 717.633.3823
> >
> > "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national
> group
> > in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among
> > you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the
> > Stars and Stripes."  Woodrow Wilson
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:16 PM
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: YEE HAW: I'm Southern Y'all
> >
> >
> >
> > you mean porridge?
> > Im glad you told me what Hominy is 
> >
> > 
> >
> > From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 06 February 2008 16:43
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: YEE HAW: I'm Southern Y'all
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > It's ground up hominy, which you then boil to cook them.  Should never
> > be runny, as has been mentioned already.  Hominy comes from corn by
> the
> > way.
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 8:40 AM
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: YEE HAW: I'm Southern Y'all
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Grits?
> >
> > John, UK.
> >
> > 
> >
> > From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 06 February 2008 16:35
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: YEE HAW: I'm Southern Y'all
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I grew up in Northern Florida, and loved grape jelly on my grits... my
> > father ate them with butter and pepper, which is how I eat them now.
> >
> > Joe Heaton
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:31 AM
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: YEE HAW: I'm Southern Y'all
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm going to take issue with your response to #16.  I'm originally
> from
> > the mountains of North Carolina (fairly close to the Tennessee border)
> > and I grew up eating grits with butter and sugar.
> >
> >
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > 
> >
> > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:13 AM
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: YEE HAW: I'm Southern Y'all
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 11.) A true Southerner knows that "fixin'" can be used as a noun, a
> > verb, or an adverb.
> >
> > I'm fixin' to forward this to some of my friends! Or "fiddenta", as we
> > say around here.
> >
> > 13.) Only true Southerners make friends while standing in lines. We
> > don't do "queues", we do "lines," and when we're "in line," we talk to
> > everybody!
> >
> > I was so confused when, as a child, I moved from the deep south to New
> > York and heard people talking about waiting "on line." I kept looking
> at
> > the floor trying to find the line they were standing on. Thankfully, a
> > year later we left NY and headed south again!
> >
> > 15.) True Southerners never refer to one person as "y'all."
> >
> > A pet peeve of mine. When Hollywood tries to imitate southerners, it
> has
> > actors saying "y'all" to just one person. Drives me nuts.
> >
> > 16.) True Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
> >
> > With salt, and sometimes cheese. Never with sugar.
> >
> > 19.) Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea
> > indicates the need for sugar and lots of it - we do not like our tea
> > unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.
> >
> > Actually, in a good southern restaurant you don't have to say "sweet."
> > If you order tea, it will be sweet-because why on earth would anyone
> > want tea that WASN'T sweet?!
> >
> > 20.) And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at
> little
> > old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say, "Bless h

Re: Autodiscover IIS issue

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Do you have an autodiscover.domain.com DNS record and a cert to go with it?
That was the only way I was able to get ours to work error free.  I loaded
up Wireshark and saw that Outlook 2007 was calling for that DNS record
specifically.

As far as the errors you listed I think I got those same errors on the
Exchange server, but if I went to a work station with Powershell loaded (I
also happened to have Outlook 2007 on that machine, don't know if that makes
a difference) then I did not get the errors.

Unfortunately I don't have any documentation on the troubleshooting I did,
so this is just off the top of my head.  HTH

On Feb 8, 2008 3:11 PM, Matt Bullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I can't seem to figure out why Outlook Anywhere and autodiscover won't
> work.  I have two NLB'd CAS/HUB servers.
>
> I've gone over settings forward and backward, followed every online
> article I can find, used the set-allvdirs.ps1 from exchangeninjas.com
> but nothing seems to help.
>
> If I browse to https://cas1.domain.local/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml I
> can successfully enter credentials and see the resulting xml, but if I
> browse to https://mail.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml the same
> credentials won't work.
>
> OWA and ActiveSync are working properly using the NLB address, along
> with the SAN cert I have from Comodo.
>
> I enabled Outlook Anywhere on both CAS servers prior to installing the
> RPC Proxy service, so would uninstalling/reinstalling the CAS role on
> each server help?
>
> Test-OutlookWebServices -identity username |fl
>
> Id  : 1013
> Type: Error
> Message : When contacting
> https://mail.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml received the error
>The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
>
> Id  : 1006
> Type: Error
> Message : The Autodiscover service could not be contacted.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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User not receiving an e-mail

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Let's try this again.  Apparently the first time I tried to send this the
subject looked like that of an OOO.


I've got a user that is not getting a particular e-mail, which contains an
attachment that she needs.  We are running Exchange 2007.  Here is our
config:

Barracuda300 CAS/HT Server
  |
  |
  MB Server

I looked in the message logs on the Barracuda and I see that the message has
made it there, with the attachment, and that it was not quarantined, denied,
or marked as spam.  I even told the Barracuda to deliver the message and it
still never arrived to my user.

I went onto my CAS/HT and opened up the message tracking and I don't see the
message at all in there.  I went to the same mail system as the person
sending the e-mail and I was able to send an e-mail to myself with a Word
attachment (which is the same format that the individual is trying to
send.)  The message I sent myself came through fine.  The size of the
attachment the person is trying to send is only about 1.5MB, so it's not a
file size issue.  The individual can send e-mail to my user just fine
without the attachment.  Also, my user has plenty of room in her mailbox.
She has a 2GB size limit and is only using about 67MB.

Can anyone suggest for me which logging I should be increasing so that I can
troubleshoot this further?
Also, along that line, is there an easy command in the Exchange Shell that
will show me which logging areas can be turned on?

Thanks for the help, and let me know if you have any questions or if I
wasn't clear on anything!

Rob

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Re: Outlook Calendar

[Rob Bonfiglio]

There is a patch for this, go to Palm's website for details.  We found that
we couldn't just download the patch from the website directly to the phone
and install it.  It would appear to install but not fix anything.  However,
if we connected to phone to a PC and transferred the file that way and then
ran it the problem would actually be fixed.

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Shields, Anthony <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've just noticed that on my phone (active sync / Treo 700w) that my
> scheduled appointments are an hour off.  My Outlook calendar is correct.
>
> Anthony Shields
> Systems Administrator
> The Epstein School
> 404-250-5659
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> __
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> Greater Atlanta.
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Re: reclaiming space

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Perhaps I misunderstood, but I thought a file level defrag on an Exchange DB
was a big NO NO and that it would/could corrupt the DB?

--Rob

 
> Oh, BTW, make sure you run a decent physical file defragmentation tool
> once you've completed the ESEUTIL defrag, like Perfect Disk 2008. That
> will help you get the file into a contiguous condition and help your
> disk performance quite a bit.
> 
>
> John H. Matteson, Jr.
> Systems Administrator/ITT Systems
> FOB Orgun-E
> Afghanistan
> DSN - 318 431 8001
> VoSIP - (308) 431 - 
> Iridium - 717.633.3823
> Roshain - 079 - 736 - 3832
>
> "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group
> in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among
> you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the
> Stars and Stripes."  Woodrow Wilson
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:00 AM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: reclaiming space
>
> If you have plenty of disk space, then the only NEGATIVE is that your
> backups take longer, as they still back up the empty space. A positive
> is that Exchange doesn't have to physically expand the database store
> when additional space is needed.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> MCSE/Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com 
>
>
>
> From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:10 PM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: reclaiming space
>
>
>
> I've always been curious and I've never been able to find a straight
> answer.
>
>
>
> Is there any benefit to running an offline defrag after you have
> migrated a significant amount of data from one database to another,
> other than regaining disk space? I recently migrated about half of my
> users (50GB) to another storage group (Exchange 2003 SP2) and was
> wondering if I should bother with defragging the original database. I'm
> not concerned about the size of the original DB as I have plenty of disk
> space.
>
>
>
> Sorry to hijack the thread but I figured it was relatively on-topic.
>
>
>
> - Sean
>
>
>
> On 3/25/08, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yes we do...
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Michael B. Smith
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> We really need to train people not to say that any more.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> MCSE/Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com  <
> http://theessentialexchange.com/>
>
>
>
> From: Andrew Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:48 AM
>
>
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>
>
> Subject: RE: reclaiming space
>
>
>
> You need to do an offline defrag to reclaim the space.
>
>
>
> -Andrew
>
>
>
> From: SMREKAR, JACK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:44 AM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: reclaiming space
>
>
>
>
>
> I have moved a couple hundred mailboxes from one Exchange server to
> another in hopes of reclaiming some space on the first server. In all so
> far I have moved about 120 gig of mailboxes to the other server but I do
> not see that space coming back on the first server. I do run the online
> maintenance of the databases that is built inside of the system manager.
> I also get emails nightly on what was done. Below is one that I got last
> night. I was under the impression that Exchange would clean itself up
> after the moves and allow the database to shrink after it ran the
> maintenance.
>
>
>
> Do I have something set wrong or is my thinking wrong. If my thinking is
> wrong do I need to do an offline defrag to get the space back?
>
>
>
>
>
> The Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Manager has completed processing
> mailboxes
>
> Started at: 2008-03-25 02:58:14
>
> Stopped at: 2008-03-25 03:48:49
>
> Mailboxes processed:549
>
> Messages that would be moved or deleted:  26523
>
> Size of messages that would be moved or deleted:  125576.70 MB
>
>
>
>
>
> Jack Smrekar
>
> Appleton Area School District
>
> 920-993-7062 Ext. 2123
>
> A+  N+  Server +
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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ISA and CAS server

[Rob Bonfiglio]

I wanted to get others' opinions on this.

We want to give OWA access to our users via a server in the DMZ.  It has to
allow for smart card authentication.  What I'm reading is that the correct
way to do this is with ISA in the DMZ.  Initially I had planned on putting
the server on a Hyper-V VM, but I'm wondering how well an ISA server will
run in a VM.  Has anyone done this?

Also, since this is really just acting as a proxy, I should only need one
NIC in the box, right?  We are not going to use this as a firewall.

I was reading through instructions on how to accomplish this here:
http://thedigitalpostman.blogspot.com/2009/07/cac-enabled-login.html


Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciate.

Thanks!

Rob

Re: ISA and CAS server

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Thanks for the info guys.  I apologize for taking so long to get back.  I've
been away at training for the better part of the last 2 weeks.

James,  I'll take a look at that document.  It sounds like it will be very
helpful!

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Doug Gallimore
wrote:

>  We do similar using MS Hyper-V.  with no problems.  In fact we have two,
> separated by DCs, and let Akamai load balance the inbound hits to
> OWA/ActiveSync/Autodiscover…but we did have some serious fun with the
> certificates.
>
>
>
> D
>
>
>
> *From:* James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2009 3:48 AM
>
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: ISA and CAS server
>
>
>
>
>
> We are running a similar setup here with no issues.  ISA 2006 on VMWARE
> sitting in the DMZ.  We do have two nics though.  One connected to the DMZ
> and the other to the internal network.  So traffic inbound goes:-
>
>
>
> Firewall - > ISA -> CAS
>
>
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb794854.aspx has a
> walkthrough.
>
>
>
> *From:* Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 19 October 2009 19:10
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* ISA and CAS server
>
>
>
> I wanted to get others' opinions on this.
>
>
>
> We want to give OWA access to our users via a server in the DMZ.  It has to
> allow for smart card authentication.  What I'm reading is that the correct
> way to do this is with ISA in the DMZ.  Initially I had planned on putting
> the server on a Hyper-V VM, but I'm wondering how well an ISA server will
> run in a VM.  Has anyone done this?
>
>
>
> Also, since this is really just acting as a proxy, I should only need one
> NIC in the box, right?  We are not going to use this as a firewall.
>
>
>
> I was reading through instructions on how to accomplish this here:
>
> http://thedigitalpostman.blogspot.com/2009/07/cac-enabled-login.html
>
>
>
>
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciate.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Rob
>

Quick Powershell question - get-group

[Rob Bonfiglio]

I am trying to use the get-group command to return a list of the members of
a group.  If I use the following command I only get the first couple of
members, but the group has probably 50 people in it.  What can I do to get
the full list?

get-group -id "groupname" | fl DisplayName, Members


*Note that I am using the actual group name, rather than "groupname".

I could swear I've done this before, but I can't figure out how.

Thanks for the help!

Rob

Re: Quick Powershell question - get-group

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Excellent!  Thanks so much.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Campbell, Rob <
rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net> wrote:

>  Get-group –id “groupname” | select –expand members
>
>
>
> *From:* Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:52 AM
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Quick Powershell question - get-group
>
>
>
> I am trying to use the get-group command to return a list of the members of
> a group.  If I use the following command I only get the first couple of
> members, but the group has probably 50 people in it.  What can I do to get
> the full list?
>
>
>
> get-group -id "groupname" | fl DisplayName, Members
>
>
>
>
>
> *Note that I am using the actual group name, rather than "groupname".
>
>
>
> I could swear I've done this before, but I can't figure out how.
>
>
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
>
>
> Rob
>
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Re: Orla?

[Rob Bonfiglio]

I feel like I'm reading an infomercial.  I'm just waiting for Vince the
ShamWow guy to jump out on the screen.

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr <
michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Web page brokenly designed to look Mac-ish.  -100 pts.
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Richard Stovall  wrote:
>
>> Indeed.  I think I'll hold off trying it out.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Kurt Buff  wrote:
>>
>>> Some decisions should be postponed...
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 14:02, David Lum  wrote:
>>> > Anyone ever hear of this?
>>> >
>>> > http://www.orla.org/00!bh?a_aid=49cb8cbdefe18
>>> >
>>> > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>>> > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>>> > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?

[Rob Bonfiglio]

I worked for Higher Ed for a while, and we never used that approach either.
It is definitely extreme.  There is certainly more than one way to skin a
cat, but this definitely isn't the way I would choose.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Jason Gurtz  wrote:

> Schools are a unique I.T. environment to be sure, but wow they sure don't
> use this rebuild-from-scratch approach at the schools around here!
>
> I've found software development to be amazingly similar to the practice of
> I.T.  There's a guy out there (used to work in the Excel bus. unit at MS)
> who has blogged extensively on best practices, etc... and this post from
> almost exactly 10 years and a month ago seems remarkably apropos:
> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog69.html
>
> Just substitute:
>users for customers...
>applications for functions/APIs...
>fixing something for reading code
>starting over for writing code
>etc...
>
> ~JasonG
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Shields, Anthony [mailto:ashie...@epsteinatlanta.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:37
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>  > Subject: [M] [MARKETING] RE: Upgrade to 2010 first?
> >
> > It's what we do in the school to maintain and improve our technology.
> We
> > rebuild, recreate and improve on what we had, deploy new
> > hardware/software, improve infrastructure.
> >
> >
> >
> > Instead of tacking things on down the road-during the year, we rebuild -
> > incorporating all of those things during the summer.
> >
> >
> >
> > We repurpose servers.  What once was high volume, no longer needs the
> > super server.  What once was a physical server, is now a virtual server.
> >
> >
> >
> > Unlike corporate world, we attempt to leave our stuff untouched during
> > the school year.  For the summer break, we get to start fresh when
> > downtime is near irrelevant.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Anthony Shields
> >
> > Systems Administrator
> >
> > The Epstein School
> >
> > (404) 250-5659
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:31 AM
> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Upgrade to 2010 first?
> >
> >
> >
> > My suggestion would be to not rebuild the domain.  What are the reasons
> > behind this?
> >
> > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Shields, Anthony
> >  wrote:
> >
> > Nearly every summer we rebuild our domain from scratch, including
> > Exchange.  This year, we will be upgrading several things including
> > Win2k8 R2 and E2k10 server.
> >
> >
> >
> > Typically when we do this, we exmerge the existing store - in this case
> a
> > E2k7 - to PST files, which are then exmerged into the new store.
> >
> >
> >
> > We currently have many users with mailboxes near or over 2gigs.  I have
> > had issues previously trying to import large PST files and am hoping to
> > avoid them if possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe E2k10 has brought back the ease of export/import PST files and
> > was wondering if it would make sense to upgrade the E2k7 server to 2010
> > and then export the PST files - Wipe the equipment clean and reinstall
> > 2010, importing those PST files?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts or suggestions?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Anthony Shields
> >
> > Systems Administrator
> >
> > The Epstein School
> >
> > (404) 250-5659
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > The Epstein School is a proud beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of
> > Greater Atlanta.
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

Re: Store brought down by a user today

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Sounds like a user with too much time on their hands.

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:40 AM, sms adm  wrote:

> This genius user :) sent them 1 at a time, then deleted his Sent Mail and
> then Trash folders each time and we approximate he did this >250 times.
> Marketing department ... shocking
>
>  On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Sam Cayze wrote:
>
>>   No one mentioned Max Recipients yet?  I limit emails to 50 recipients.
>>
>>
>> It helps, on top of the other ideas.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* sms adm [mailto:sms...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:12 PM
>>
>> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>>  *Subject:* Store brought down by a user today
>>
>>
>>
>> This ever happen to anyone ...
>>
>> Had a user send a number of individual large emails (5MB+) to hundreds of
>> people, then after sending each one, deleted his Sent folder, increasing his
>> Deleted Items to 4GB.
>> We were a bit lean with 8GB available to the store (file system), but we
>> had 19GB of white space available.
>> We lost all the space and had the store dismount.
>>
>> How would I stop this, other than throwing the offender off the roof :)
>>
>> Been quite the afternoon.
>>
>> Thx in advance
>>
>
>
>
> --
> smsadm
>

OT: Apologies

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Sorry for the spam that looks like went to the list from my account.  I got
hit with a virus and it spammed everyone in my gmail address book.

Re: New blog post: Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 and Required Hotfixes

[Rob Bonfiglio]

This doesn't effect us (yet) since we're on Exchange 2007, but I'm curious
as to why they weren't just rolled into the service pack if they are going
to be required anyway.

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Michael B. Smith wrote:

> Of some general interest, I think:
>
> <
> http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2010/08/30/exchange-2010-service-pack-1-and-required-hotfixes.aspx
> >
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com 
>

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Re: New blog post: Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 and Required Hotfixes

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Sorry, answered my own question by looking at your blog a second time:

"There is some question about why these fixes aren't available on WSUS or
Microsoft Update; and the answer is simple: these are not security related
fixes, *they are not Exchange fixes*, and they will not affect every single
Microsoft server installation. However, they *are* known to affect Exchange
and thus need to be installed on Exchange servers."

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Rob Bonfiglio wrote:

> This doesn't effect us (yet) since we're on Exchange 2007, but I'm curious
> as to why they weren't just rolled into the service pack if they are going
> to be required anyway.
>
>  On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Michael B. Smith  > wrote:
>
>> Of some general interest, I think:
>>
>> <
>> http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2010/08/30/exchange-2010-service-pack-1-and-required-hotfixes.aspx
>> >
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael B. Smith
>> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>
>>
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Re: Outlook / Exchange External Domain Filter

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Actually, it looks like this mailtip already exists:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638109.aspx


On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Sobey, Richard A wrote:

>  It’s a shame Mailtips can’t be created that would do this. It seems you
> can only apply custom Mailtips to specific mailboxes, not an entire
> recipient type (e.g. != mailbox).
>
> ** **
>
> Besides, if you’re not using Exchange and Outlook 2010, it won’t work J***
> *
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* bounce-9512982-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:
> bounce-9512982-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] *On Behalf Of *John
> Bonner
> *Sent:* 04 May 2012 19:16
> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Outlook / Exchange External Domain Filter
>
> ** **
>
> Hello,
>
> ** **
>
> First I’m asking for mercy as I am a software developer and not an
> Exchange Admin. 
>
> ** **
>
> Our company had had a few embarrassing moments but nothing catastrophic
> regarding email exchanges. The typical scenario is that an email thread
> gets going and there ends up being internal and external people on the
> thread. Someone hits reply all and responds with content that really
> shouldn’t get out. My boss (the owner) has asked me to write a VSTO plugin
> that will check for external domains in the thread. So when you hit reply
> all it would check and pop an alert saying FYI…the following people are
> going to get this email…..is this ok?
>
> ** **
>
> Well this is all fine and dandy and I can do this BUT…if someone already
> has done this why reinvent the wheel? So before I spend a week in
> development and testing I wanted to ask those who would know if there is an
> existing product(s) to do this….or somehow accomplish the same result.
> However it gets done we just want to warn the user that this reply all
> includes external (usually clients) people. The icing on top would be if it
> also tracked to a private mailbox that Bob was warned on MM/DD/
> XX:XX:XX:XXX etc. So Bob can’t say sorry man. That little warning didn’t
> popup.
>
> ** **
>
> TIA
>
> JB
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Re: script issue

[Rob Bonfiglio]

Have you loaded the Exchange snapins?

Add-PSSnapin *Exchange*

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:36 AM, phil levine  wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a scheduled task to run against my queues and it
> works fine from inside the EMS but when I run it as a scheduled task I get
> the error "the term get-queue is not recognized"
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Phil
>
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