RE: Information Store Stops
Anything in the event logs? -Original Message- From: Jez Eling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 December 2001 12:39 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Information Store Stops On Friday of last week the Information Store stopped on my Exchange 2K box. I posted to this list some time ago with the same problem, but then it seemed to go away. However it has now returned. The information store appeared to just stop in it's tracks and write a Dr. Watson log. Having restarted it, it stoppped again, and in the end the only apparent solution was to restart the server. Since then all has been well Any ideas would be much appreciated. Jez. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Information Store Stops
What SP of exchange are you running - have a look at http://www.slipstick.com/admin.htm for post sp1 patches and info on them. All these logs you have are from the SA, but you say the IS stopped - was there not an error logged when this happened? -Original Message- From: Jeramy Eling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 December 2001 13:04 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store Stops The following is logged. Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeSA Event Category: Monitoring Event ID: 1005 Date: 30/11/2001 Time: 12:41:24 User: N/A Computer: [Server] Description: Unexpected error 0xc105 - The Microsoft Exchange Server computer is not available. Either there are network problems or the Microsoft Exchange Server computer is down for maintenance. The MAPI provider failed. Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store ID no: 8004011d-0526- occurred. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeSA Event Category: MAPI Session Event ID: 9175 Date: 30/11/2001 Time: 12:41:24 User: N/A Computer: [Server] Description: The MAPI call 'OpenMsgStore' failed with the following error: The Microsoft Exchange Server computer is not available. Either there are network problems or the Microsoft Exchange Server computer is down for maintenance. The MAPI provider failed. Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store ID no: 8004011d-0526- For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeSA Event Category: Monitoring Event ID: 1005 Date: 30/11/2001 Time: 12:40:25 User: N/A Computer: [server] Description: Unexpected error 0xc105 - Network problems are preventing connection to the Microsoft Exchange Server computer. An unexpected, unknown error has occurred. Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store ID no: 80040115-0514-06be occurred. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. They all point to Network Problems, but I have checked everywhere, I have also updated all Network Card Drivers etc. Network Cards are 3 x Intel Server Adapters using Fast EtherChannel. Jez. -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 December 2001 12:46 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Information Store Stops Anything in the event logs? -Original Message- From: Jez Eling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 December 2001 12:39 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Information Store Stops On Friday of last week the Information Store stopped on my Exchange 2K box. I posted to this list some time ago with the same problem, but then it seemed to go away. However it has now returned. The information store appeared to just stop in it's tracks and write a Dr. Watson log. Having restarted it, it stoppped again, and in the end the only apparent solution was to restart the server. Since then all has been well Any ideas would be much appreciated. Jez. List Charter and FAQ 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: .biz addresses
Hi Tim Have you tried telnetting from the various points to the next and sending an smtp mail manually - when I have something in the chain giving gip I find this the most effective way of diagnosing where the issue lies. Hope that helps Simon -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 04 December 2001 13:05 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: .biz addresses Ex55 SP4, NT4 SP6a I'm having problems with users being unable to send to mail addresses in the .biz root domain. It seems pretty obvious that somewhere, somethings not configured to allow .biz through. The problem I have is that every server in the equation here is looked after by different people, all of whom say their server is fine, and resolving the DNS/MX without problem. So here's the scenario: NDR: (Names have been changed to protect...something...) C=US;A= ; P=Exchange ;lSERVER1-011129123354z-5796 ms exchange :ims:exch:site:SMTPSERVER 3550 (0009009AA)550 5.1.2 unknown host or domain SERVER1 - Users mail server SMTPSERVER - Server with the SMTP connectors/IMS on MAILHUB - VMS Server where SMTPSERVER sends everything. After MAILHUB, mail goes through MessageLabs for virus scanning. SMTPSERVER's admin is saying the NDR is being generated because MAILHUB isn't correctly configured for .biz root domains, and that SMTPSERVER does no DNS lookups at all. MAILHUB's admin is saying that Exchange is delivering the NDR, hence it's exchange that's got the problem. MessageLabs say they can handle .biz without problems. I know it's not a lot to go on, but can anyone give me any idea as to where the problem lies? The problem with my situation is that whoever has the problem has to do work if they admit it, and blaming someone else is a lot easier for everyone except me, who has to return to the users with a fixed email system! All help, as always, is appreciated Tim List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
OWA logoff
I am running OWA on my exchange 2000 machine. I have had some issues with people using this custom terminals, such as you find in airports etc. that are just a browser and you cannot shut the window to log off. this of course poses a security threat and I have adjusted the timeout on the webserver to be much shorter, but the risk is still there. Is there any other way to get owa to log you off and close your session without having to close your browser window? any ideas appreciated. __ Regards Simon Taylor Senior Systems Administrator ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Å 020 7539 6808 Å 0780 1104 170 communication contains information that is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: OWA logoff
thanks -Original Message- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 December 2001 11:19 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OWA logoff E2k SP2 will include a log off button. Neil -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: 03 December 2001 11:15 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: OWA logoff Subject: OWA logoff I am running OWA on my exchange 2000 machine. I have had some issues with people using this custom terminals, such as you find in airports etc. that are just a browser and you cannot shut the window to log off. this of course poses a security threat and I have adjusted the timeout on the webserver to be much shorter, but the risk is still there. Is there any other way to get owa to log you off and close your session without having to close your browser window? any ideas appreciated. __ Regards Simon Taylor Senior Systems Administrator ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Å 020 7539 6808 Å 0780 1104 170 communication contains information that is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm ** This eMail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any view or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Silversands or any of its subsidiary companies. If you have received this eMail in error please contact the Support Desk Immediately by telephone on 01202-36 or on eMail at [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: Please, help! HD Full! What to do?
Hi Eric What do you mean you cannot see the files, Have you checked on the drive in question in the exchsrvr\mdbdata directory to see if your DB's are there? Simon -Original Message- From: Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 December 2001 14:12 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Please, help! HD Full! What to do? Hi! Cannot connect to the Exchange server because the HD on which the info store runs is full. What can I do? A back-up is under way, so the log should be flushed and leave space on the HD. But I am afraid : I cannot see the MBX and Public Folders files... What is going 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: DR Exch 5.5
Shame. -Original Message- From: Sonu Singh/MUM/IN/STTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 November 2001 12:22 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: DR Exch 5.5 no bob the only problem is the mail client interface which i use , i am a Exchange Admin but my Company has Lotus Notes as the Enterprise Sonu Singh Customer Support Executive Softcell Technologies Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone - +91-22-4606969 Ext. 248 Fax - + 91-22-4224912 List Charter and FAQ 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: Virus attachment to Exchange List server message
Hehe that was bob's mail making Antigen think it has an attachment which it does not... I would put in the text, btu I would then be blasted by antigen :) -Original Message- From: Orval Marlow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 November 2001 15:33 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Virus attachment to Exchange List server message Why was there a .vbs attachment to the Exchange listserver e-mail? Antigen used its filters and quarantined it. _ Orval Lee Marlow II Morris, Lendais, Hollrah Snowden Attorneys at Law 1980 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 700 Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 966-7222 telephone (713) 966-7225 facsimile Lawyers for the New Millennium The information contained in this e-mail transmission may include legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the person to whom this transmittal is expressly directed as indicated above. If you are the recipient of this e-mail transmission and you are not the person to whom this transmittal is expressly directed, you are requested to notify us immediately of your receipt of this message and to delete this message. You are also hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or other reproduction of this e-mail transmission is strictly prohibited. Thank you for your cooperation. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Install OWA to Non Default Directory
Hi Dave I have recently got OWA going on a server which I installed non default as you did. I have disabled the default OWA virtual server and installed a new virtual server for a group of peoples mailboxes on a new web instance in non default directories. This gives me complete control over all the settings etc. I have experienced no problems at all so far. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Dave Vantine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 November 2001 23:51 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Install OWA to Non Default Directory Hi I have just set up a new W2k Server with IIS. I installed the IIS in a non default configuration with the purpose of hardening the server. I was going to install OWA 5.5 to this machine but recently saw a reference on this list about someone experiencing problems when OWA was not installed in the MS default directories/configurations. My question is does the OWA installation require the MS default configuration for IIS or am I able to specify how/where I would like it installed. When I reviewed the Planning and Deployment White Paper I found no indication that it had to be installed in the IIS default directories but thought this list may be able to give me quick Yea/Nay before I attempted to install it Thanks -Dave Vantine List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
Server causing Outlook to periodically crash
Title: Message Hi EveryoneGreat way to start Friday...Running Exchange2ksp1 on win2ksp2 - Completed migration from Exchange 5.5 a few days ago and all seemed well. This morning several users have complained and it has happened to me that Outlook hangs on you. I have left it for some time and nothing happens, it just comes up as not responding - you close it down, open it again and it works just fine (this happens every few minutes to some of the users). We are using a mix of Outlook2K and Outlook2002. I have had a look through the logs on the Exchange box and can find nothing wrong, I have also increased the logging levels and still nothing. I have also rebooted the machine to no change. Being new to Exchange 2000 any ideas or comments would be great. thanks in advance. __RegardsSimon Taylor Senior Systems Administrator? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 020 7539 6808 0780 1104 170communication contains information that is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. List Charter and FAQ 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: one more try-how to gather exch container perms? and DNS mx failover-how?
Hi Pat 1. I do this manually, but I am sure some people have ways and means, you could also spend some money on some third party tools that will make it easier for you. 2. for your failover if you create your primary system in the dns with an mx cost of 10 then create one for your secondary system (mail relay of any sort) of 20. if system a is down then the system sending mail to you will try a connection to it and fail then automatically try the next one down and so on until it gets a connection. Then the system that ends up with the message will automatically try to send it itself, starting at the lowest cost mx record. It will also automatically try the next one if that is down and so on until it does a lookup and gets its own record back - it then know it should sit on this message and retry at a later stage. It will keep retrying until the message times out then generate an ndr. Oops I think I have rambled a bit much, but hope you get the idea. Basically it is very easy to get going and does not require you to configure very much. Hope that helps Simon -Original Message- From: Patrick Smallwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 20:33 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: one more try-how to gather exch container perms? and DNS mx failover-how? All, Just a lowly Exch Admin here and I need a little help with two quick topics: exch 5.5 sp4 1) What method do you guys have in place to audit exchange container permission's? Exch 5.5/SP 4 (other than manually?) 2) DNS mx records/failover...If a particular mail server which has lowest mx record cost is unavailable to take receipt of a message, would the IMS/sending email system (ie pix/sendmail) failover to a second mx record with a greater cost? How is this accomplished, if at all? It would have to be done at the IMS/sending system level, right? Perhaps the sending system times out, and looks for a second mx record? Dont think so, but just wondering Thank you very much!! Pat List Charter and FAQ 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: NTDSNoMatch and Migrating
Hi Bonnie I have just completed this migration myself and have had a few small hitches. One or two of the mailboxes I had to migrate would not move at all (I was moving to new hardware), some of the mailboxes also caused the info store on the new server to die during migration (a bit of an issue if you plan to migrate in working hours). I fixed these easily by running eseutil on the old info store first to fix integrity. Other than that if you follow the document from MS on migration it should go just fine. (If it is a big site and you have the hardware available then I would do this all in a lab first as it is much easier the second time around) To answer your questions (or try at least) 1. When migrating old mailboxes which are used by people other that the name of the mailbox the ADC does create a disabled account (if you choose to) and then it also assigns the correct permissions to those mailboxes for the previous owner accounts. 2. I am pretty sure that it will pick up the new DN and not worry too much about the aliases - I would sort these out anyway in the quest for a nice tidy Exchange server, but that's just me grin Hope that helps. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 November 2001 17:43 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: NTDSNoMatch and Migrating Doing some cleanup work to prep for E2k migration (on a new win2k server) and I'm trying to understand something to hopefully get it right the first time. I've used NTDSAtrb to create csv files of the duplcate primary accounts on our EX 5.5 sp3 server (single server, single site). I've not reimported any csv data yet to populate Extension-Attribute-10. Haven't installed/run ADC, ForestPrep, nor DomainPrep yet. Questions: 1) If I choose to import to populate the NTDSNoMatch value, I think I know that ADC will create disabled (if I choose) user accounts in AD for these mailboxes when the ADC agreement is set up and the ADC will re-assign the primary account to the new account. But, will it also correctly re-assign the previous primary account as an owner on the Ex5.5 mailbox, or is this something I have to do manually? Are any delegate permissions affected? And, if permissions are correctly reassigned, do these permission stick when the mailbox is moved to the E2k server? If it doesn't do some of these things, seems like it would make sense for me to do these manually ahead of time as there are less than 20. 2) I've noticed that quite a few of our EX5.5 Directory Name values don't match the Alias Name and/or Primary Account name due to renames, from long ago. When the ADC looks to sync up, does it look at the DN, or does it use the account name (or alias name)? I think it would use the account name, but our previous EX5.5 admin thinks the different DNs could be a problem and that we might need to export to pst and reimport to a new mailbox for every account that is off so that the new DN matches somehow to AD. Thanks, Bonnie M. List Charter and FAQ 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: Block an Exchange administrator from viewing a mailbox?
Hi Bob Generally most organisations will frown upon the admins having user access to all mailboxes, but how would they know to start with grin - what you should do is assign Permissions admin on the mailbox container and not user permissions then you will both be able to admin mailboxes, but not read through all of each others mail Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 November 2001 18:18 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Block an Exchange administrator from viewing a mailbox? Exchange 5.5(sp4) on W2K(SP2)member server. I have co-worker who must be able to administer the Exchange server (Full control) when I am unavailable. We have an agreement that we will not view each other's mail, however, I would prefer it if we could alter permissions on just our mailboxes so that he cannot see mine, and vice-versa. Logic (and my basic knowledge of Exchange) tells me this cannot be done, but I wanted to ask the group if there were any options. Thanks for your input Bob Fronk, MCSE Information Technology Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc 2176 Lee Highway Cloverdale, VA 24077 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davishelliot.com (V)540.992.2865 (F)540.992.1495 (C)540.580.3101 List Charter and FAQ 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: logging out of OWA?
Title: Message Hey Albert This is a stab in the dark, but what if you disable integrated Windows Authentication on your webserver - haven't tried it yet, but it would make sense. Cheers Simon -Original Message-From: Albert Vasquez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 November 2001 22:05To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: logging out of OWA? Vikas, Thank you for your feed back it is much appreciated . However what I am interested in is manually logging off ofOWA andwould like to disable the "feature" that allows anyone other than the intended personto open the mail box from a browser. i.e If user1 is logged onto her machine and steps away for a second (yep, I know) and user2 happens over to check his email and he punches in https://exchsrvr1/exchange and "viola" up comes user1's mail box. How can this be stopped? thanks again AlV -Original Message-From: Vikas Kanodia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:44 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: logging out of OWA? Dear, U can access owa by specifing the username , e.g vikas is the name of the mailbox owa is installed on gnspl-exch m/c , so type this is the i.e- //gnspl-exch/exchnage/vikas u'll get the username password Vikas -Original Message- From: Albert Vasquez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 2:35 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: logging out of OWA? All, Does anyone know if there is a way to manually log off of the Web access for Exchange 2000? It seems to pull the cached account information from the host that is making the connection and open that users mailbox. I understand this is how it functions but can this be disabled? Info: E2k running on W2k SSL is in use I am sure you'll let me know if more information is required to help resolve this problem ;) TIA AlV List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htmList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Security issue in Exchange 2000
Hi Bob Shouldn't you be looking at the permissions on the individual Exchange mailboxes - you can find this in active directory if you look at advanced features -Original Message- From: Bob ten Berge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 12:12 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Security issue in Exchange 2000 Hi all, We got a strange problem here, this is what happens: When a normal user in our Exchange environment creates a new profile in his Outlook2000 client, his name and exchange server get underlined, meaning they are both validated; now when that person tries to add additional mailboxes to the profile, an error message pops up right away when clicking on the Add Mailbox button stating that the user cannot be found. Now we remove the profile from Outlook, I make that person a Domain Admin and he makes a new profile in Outlook 100% similar to the previous profile. But now when he hits the Add Mailbox everything works the way it should, i can even remove him from the Domain Admins group, it keeps working. When i make this person member of the group Administrators this does NOT work. So obviously we're dealing with a faulty security setting or police here. Ofcourse this solution is only temporary, on the Exchange2000 server something must be incorrect, I just don't know where to look anymore. I tried changing security settings on several objects within Exchange System Manager but i couldn't find anything there. Maybe i'm looking at the wrong picture here, but I was/am looking for some object that has different rights for Administrators and Domain Admins, if there is anybody out there that has a clue about what i am talking about, please help me!! Thanks in advance List Charter and FAQ 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: Oracle vs. Exchange
Title: Message if we didn't know then would we necessarily care ;) -Original Message-From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 14:31To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange And how would you know that. If email data is lost between the IMC and the mailbox how would you know? -Original Message-From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:59 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange I'm guessing he's never lost any data. -Original Message- From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange How do you know the data loss is 0%? Just wondering. -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:16 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange So you should. As a small shop using Oracle and Exchange, we'll watch it too. We're stcuk on Oracle8i for now. It has the same dataloss as Exchange - 0%. -Original Message- From: Jim Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange We are an Oracle shop and an Exchange shop. I can tell you that I will trade Exchange database with an Oracle database any day of the week! I'm not sure of the exact statistics that were quoted by Ellison , but I can tell you that the Oracle 9i database does have 0% data loss. In a non-clustered environment, as long as the hard drives are intact (and in some cases you don't even need all the drives!) you can recover the database and perform functions directly on the database. Let me see you do that with priv.edb. As exchange admins we all use tools that use Microsoft's APIs and scripting tools to interface with Microsoft's exchange database. It would be very nice to have competitive third party tools (like website tools) that can directly interface with the database. On the cost benefit side, I could pay a single enterprise license fee for the Oracle database instead of CALS. A large company could easily have over a $100,000.00 just in CALS. Obviously, this will probably not appeal to the smaller shops out there, but for some of us that already use Oracle, I can tell you we will be watching this development. Jim Sullivan One Call Medical, Inc. -Original Message- From: Chris Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:32 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Oracle vs. Exchange Maybe I am missing something but how are 9i and exchange alike one is an email system and the other is a database. How are you going to cannect 9i as a smtp gateway. Chris --- Allen Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not usually a big defender of Microsoft, but I thought this article was a little off-base. Ellison claims that an Exchange Server can only handle 250-500 Outlook users. Seems like a lot of his numbers are exaggerated to me. Thought others might find this interesting if you haven't already read it. http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D18330,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D18330,00.asp List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.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: Oracle vs. Exchange
Title: Message same applies to Oracle's claim then... -Original Message-From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 14:48To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange I don't. just wondering how someone can say 0%. -Original Message-From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:40 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange if we didn't know then would we necessarily care ;) -Original Message-From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 14:31To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange And how would you know that. If email data is lost between the IMC and the mailbox how would you know? -Original Message-From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 7:59 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange I'm guessing he's never lost any data. -Original Message- From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange How do you know the data loss is 0%? Just wondering. -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:16 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange So you should. As a small shop using Oracle and Exchange, we'll watch it too. We're stcuk on Oracle8i for now. It has the same dataloss as Exchange - 0%. -Original Message- From: Jim Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Oracle vs. Exchange We are an Oracle shop and an Exchange shop. I can tell you that I will trade Exchange database with an Oracle database any day of the week! I'm not sure of the exact statistics that were quoted by Ellison , but I can tell you that the Oracle 9i database does have 0% data loss. In a non-clustered environment, as long as the hard drives are intact (and in some cases you don't even need all the drives!) you can recover the database and perform functions directly on the database. Let me see you do that with priv.edb. As exchange admins we all use tools that use Microsoft's APIs and scripting tools to interface with Microsoft's exchange database. It would be very nice to have competitive third party tools (like website tools) that can directly interface with the database. On the cost benefit side, I could pay a single enterprise license fee for the Oracle database instead of CALS. A large company could easily have over a $100,000.00 just in CALS. Obviously, this will probably not appeal to the smaller shops out there, but for some of us that already use Oracle, I can tell you we will be watching this development. Jim Sullivan One Call Medical, Inc. -Original Message- From: Chris Hampton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:32 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Oracle vs. Exchange Maybe I am missing something but how are 9i and exchange alike one is an email system and the other is a database. How are you going to cannect 9i as a smtp gateway. Chris --- Allen Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not usually a big defender of Microsoft, but I thought this article was a little off-base. Ellison claims that an Exchange Server can only handle 250-500 Outlook users. Seems like a lot of his numbers are exaggerated to me. Thought others might find this interesting if you haven't already read it. http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D18330,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D18330,00.asp List Charter and FAQ 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: 2000 Move mail box upgrade
Title: Message Hi I have had a similar issue when moving mailboxes to a new server - I ran eseutil with the /g (integrity) on the private store then tried again and it went through just fine. Cheers Simon -Original Message-From: NT Admin Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 15 November 2001 17:14To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: 2000 Move mail box upgrade I am trying to migrate or move 5.5 users and Public folders to Exchange 2000 through a move mailbox upgrade. I have 5.5 on an NT4 server and I am getting errors as follows; Error: Connecting to destination server. cn=newuser,,CN=Users,DC=regency,DC=com The attempt to log on to the Microsoft Exchange Server computer has failed. The MAPI provider failed. Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store ID no: 8004011d-0512- I have read the tech notes and seem to be unable to resolve it. Can some one tell me if I can perform a move mailbox upgrade if Exchange 5.5 exists on an NT4 sp6a Server? Public folders replicate from 5.5 to exchange 2000 fine and can be re-homed, but mail boxes do not. If it is possible to upgrade through moving mailboxes from 5.5 on NT 4 to exchange 2000 can anyone help me out with what may be causing these connection problems? **"This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential andintended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom theyare addressed. If you have received this email in error please notifythe e-mail originator.This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept byMIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. However, please check this e-mail for virus infection for whichCDG Management LLC accepts no responsibility"**List Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Outlook 2000 slow to open MAPI account with Exchange 2000
Garrett Strange Problem - Have you tried this from several places on the network - tried on a totally new user account and profile (with an empty mailbox) - I would even try the client on the actual server and see if that is any faster. Check logs on client and server for anything. Otherwise I would be really interested to see what the issue ends up as. I have had a similar problem with a faulty card on one of our switches and it took me weeks to find. Good luck. Simon -Original Message- From: Garrett Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 November 2001 15:09 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook 2000 slow to open MAPI account with Exchange 2000 I am going to check on the DNS settings and play with that, but that would be a new one to me that it would be required. They are only going to use it for internal use and will not have an Internet connection at least initially. Neither the server or workstations are over-worked, the network is fine, and shares open up immediately. The weird thing is like I said...if I blow away the profile and re-create it, the first connection is fast, but thereafter it is slow again. Garrett List Charter and FAQ 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: Dodgy Event Log
Title: Message lol - I think your box is scitsofrenic!! -Original Message-From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 November 2001 11:42To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: OT: Dodgy Event Log What's wrong with this picture? Microsoft (R) Windows 2000 (R) 4.0 1381 Service Pack 6 Multiprocessor Free. Taken from an event log on one of my servers. Comments please! TimList Charter and FAQ at:http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: e-mail recovery
If You need to recover emails that have been deleted you have limited options... 1. Recover from deleted Items..IF retention is switched on.. 2. If the message was on the server during a backup then recover from that backup.. 3. If you have logging on the IMS switched on then wade through the Archive folder for the message. 4. If none of the above. You're screwed.. -Original Message- From: Gasparino, Michael (x2665) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 October 2001 18:09 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: e-mail recovery In the event that Deleted Item retention is not an option, are there any utilities available to pull this info from the IS? They may want to pull any deleted e-mails for this individual for a period of time. -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:43 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: e-mail recovery Assuming you have Exchange and have the deleted retension set to other than 5 minutes, go to the deleted items folder, select Tools, Recover Deleted items and recover the email. 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: Gasparino, Michael (x2665) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:30 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: e-mail recovery Hello- If someone were to send out an internet e-mail, then delete it from both Sent Items and Deleted Items, is there a way to still retrieve it? The company is not ready to use a forensic resource yet. Are there any other options to do this? Michael Gasparino PBWT Work: 212-336-2665 Fax: 212-336-2206 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. == List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm -- Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. == List Charter and FAQ 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: Comments : How many of you use Message Level Recovery ?
But of course...where else would we be...? -Original Message- From: Kumar, Ashish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 October 2001 21:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Comments : How many of you use Message Level Recovery ? What do you think ? -Original Message- From: Drewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:39 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Comments : How many of you use Message Level Recovery ? Do you think that every exchange administrator in the world is on this list? -- Drew Visit http://www.drewncapris.net! Go! Go there now! You do not need an AR-15, or M-60 to hunt Bambi. -- Tom McCarty -Original Message- From: Kumar, Ashish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Comments : How many of you use Message Level Recovery ? So from what you all have told me, from an administration and maintenance perspective BLB sux. So why is every one of you is asking this question to all the vendors ? Q Do you have mailbox level recovery ? and if the answer is NO NO! ... and the reasons are blah_blah!! the answer is OH those guys have it, and those too...how come you don't have it?... etc etc From a business perspective vendors are getting asked this question from end users (business and technical decision makers like you all) ALL THE TIME so maybe there's some disconnect here. Management doesn't care HOW you do it, they care on whether you CAN do it or not. They prefer if you CAN. And what I've gleaned from this thread is that some of you DO use mailbox or mail level recovery and have a business need for it, maybe as an extension of DIR or as a vendor product feature. Sure, no one recommends it, it bumps up costs, hardware, software and maintenance, and probably many don't set it up, but everyone asks for it and it is among the number one questions for evaluating and buying a product. thanks for all the feedback! regards, -Original Message- From: Ropiak Steve - NAO Florence Office Exchange and Bar Code Admn. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: How many of you use Message Level Recovery ? We were considering Comvault, but never was able to connect with their sales to get a price. A real budget breaker, eh? mit freundlichen Grüßen,(Best Regards), Steve Ropiak ZF Group NAO CERT, Exchange and Bar Code Administrator -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: How many of you use Message Level Recovery ? There is NO business that needs BLB. (MAYBE if you can afford Commvault) -Original Message- From: STEVE BROOK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:52 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: How many of you use Message Level Recovery ? Horses for Courses - It really does depend on your type of business environment. On this particular customer site, some sales deals in one department can take a year to complete. I have been asked to retrieve mails from 6 -7 months previous (The answer at the time was no as we did not do Brick Level Backup, and I was not going to restore the whole Private store for one mail unfortunately the user had deleted the archive.pst) After getting it in the neck for that one, we are now doing BLB's P.S. What is the maximum retention time with E2K anybody know? SB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 4:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: How many of you use Message Level Recovery ? Why the !? I have been using a DIR period of 35 days ever since going live with Exchange 5.5 2 years ago. In all of that time, we have NEVER had to do a message or mailbox restore from tape. -Michèle Immigration site: http://LadySun1969.tripod.com Our new 2001 Miata: http://members.cardomain.com/bpituley Tiggercam: http://www.tiggercam.co.uk - Motivational Speaker Klingon: EVERY day is a good day to die! Say it with me! - -Original Message- From: Andrew Goddard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:14 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: How many of you use Message Level Recovery ? People sometimes want a mail restored that they deleted more than 90 days ago! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 October 2001 14:10 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: How many of you use Message Level Recovery ? You may wonder why we bother with BLB when we have such a long deleted item retention period: a)It is occasionally handy to restore an individual email without
RE: Strange problem
Title: Message go to http://relays.osirusoft.com/cgi-bin/rbcheck.cgi I have checked waid.com and they are not blacklisted - try the logging or have a look in MS KB for the manual smtp commands and try sending a test through the telnet terminal to their postmaster. -Original Message-From: Blake R. Fowkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 November 2001 13:40To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Strange problem How do I check that? Thanks, Blake Fowkes Waid and Associates -Original Message-From: Richard McMahon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 7:33 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Strange problem Could you have been black holed? -Original Message-From: Blake R. Fowkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 1:09 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Strange problem Yup that worked as well. C:\nslookup -q=mx swrinc.comServer: ns1.sprintlink.netAddress: 204.117.214.10 swrinc.com MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = dogbert.swrinc.comdogbert.swrinc.com internet address = 63.170.243.210 I know someone is going to say something about sending out the real address. Well at this point I dont care any more. I am able to telnet to their server as well. Thanks, Blake Fowkes Waid and Associates -Original Message-From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 6:09 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Strange problem whoops.. too early for me coffee hasn't kicked in yet you will have more luck with nslookup -q=mx domain.com. -Original Message-From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 November 2001 11:45To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Strange problem try c:\nslookup q=mx domain.com this should give you their smtp relays then telnet into the highest priority one (lowest un) on port 25 - if this all works then turn logging on to full on the IMS and watch the logs when it tries to send - you should get something you can use.. Cheers Simon -Original Message-From: Blake R. Fowkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 November 2001 05:46To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Strange problem Yes. C:\nslookup x.xx.xxxServer: Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Non-authoritative answer:Name: x.xx.xxxAddress: xx.xxx.xxx.xxx -Original Message-From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 5:47 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Strange problem Can you see their MX record ok? William -Original Message-From: Blake R. Fowkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:56 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Strange problem I have been scratching my head on this one for a few days now. I am having a problem sending internet email. But here's the real kicker, I am only having problems sending to one domain. I have not made any changes to my server, Exchange 5.5 SP4, NT 4 SP6a. I know that the company that I am trying to send message to has just recently put there server behind a firewall. Wait it gets even stranger, I can telnet to there server and it does respond properly. When I try and send them a message I get Host Unreachable. Do any of you have any ideas for me? Thanks, Blake Fowkes Waid and Associates 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.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.htmList
RE: SBS exchange license problems
I disable license manager on all my machines as it is a pain in the ass -Original Message- From: Rauno Muilu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 October 2001 08:02 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: SBS exchange license problems Hi all, I have a mysterious problem with SBS exchange licensing. I have upgraded SBS to 4.5 more than year ago. After that I have purchased more client licenses. Previously I had 10 client license, now I have 30 client license. The problem is that I'm out of exchange licenses almost all the time. When I connect to DC server from other nt server with license manager (it is not possible with Sbs server) I see that there still are entry for old exchange version 5.0 and it looks that the exchange is counting licenses from that amount (10). It is not possible to modify that entry in license manager. How can I remove the exchange 5.0 entry from license manager ? Or is there any other way to fix the problem ? Thanks in advance ! Rauno List Charter and FAQ 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: 552 Header Line is ridiculously overlong
Hi James This happens when the header is more that 8192 bytes long and is by design. I suggest that the user use bcc to send the mails off. Cheers -Original Message- From: James Gosnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 October 2001 12:04 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: 552 Header Line is ridiculously overlong Sorry just a bit more info about the NDR, it comes back listing each recipient like so: The following recipient(s) could not be reached: Bob Smith (E-mail) on 31/10/01 10:49 Unable to deliver the message due to a communications failure The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=GB;a= ;p=ORG;l=MAIL_SERVER-011031104908Z-8524 MSEXCH:IMS:ORG:SITE:MAIL_SERVER 3552 (000B099C) 552 Header line is ridiculously overlong Thanks, James. Dear all, One of our users is receiving this NDR (as am I as the IMS Admin) when he tries to send an e-mail to Mailshot distribution list he created. First he added each individual name in the 'To' field and it failed. Then we created a distribution list (actually 2 of them to split them up) and it failed again. There are around 160 e-mail addresses in total. Technet is no help, a search on google found a couple of articles but they were a bit vague, due to one article we also tried putting the list into the CC field but alas this was also in vain. There are no restrictions on the users mailbox either. The server is 5.5 sp3 by the way. Any ideas my fellow Exchange administrators? 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: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail
Are you trying to telnet using ip address? Is this going across a firewall? Can you telnet into exchange from anywhere else? -Original Message- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 October 2001 13:36 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail I can now telnet from exchange to send mail but not from send mail to exchange. -Original Message- From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail What happens when you try the telnet session from Exchange to Sendmail? Does it connect at all? -Original Message- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 3:33 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail I can telnet from the send mail server to exchange but not exchange to send mail. I can ping each server from the servers -Original Message- From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail Can you ping Exchange from Sendmail and vice-versa by DNS name, and have you tried using telnet to port 25 from Exchange to Sendmail? -Original Message- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 2:53 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail The exchange server is looking at both dns servers (win2k servers), however are send mail server is looking at the firewall(raptor) for it's dns. -Original Message- From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 3:33 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail Is there only one dns server, and are the Exchange and Sendmail servers both using that DNS? In it IP configuration of the Exchange server, is there only one dns server listed? Have you tried sending mail to the Sendmail server from a telnet session on the Exchange box, and vice versa? -Original Message- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 2:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail I have both servers in the dns records.What else should I check for in dns -Original Message- From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 2:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail How is DNS configured on the WIN2K server? -Original Message- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2000 connect to sendmail Help I am trying to connect exchange 2000 to our sendmail server forward mail from the sendmail server to the exchange server. I had this working for 2 days.I didn't change anything one of the connectors must have broke. I can't figure this out has anyone else had this problem. Before you ask why. We are looking at implementing exchange company wide, but before we do we are going to test a few users on exchange. This way I can cost justify it after they see what exchange has to offer. Brien Mayer Network Administrator Merchant's Tire mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ 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: Eseutil
Title: Message There should be no reason to defrag the databases this regularly (unless you are approaching the 16Gig limit on Standard Ed.) - if there is free space in the db then leave it there - it is just white space which gets filled up by new data as and when the IS needs it. The information store will not go and grab more disk space if it has free space in the db already. All you are effectively doing is loading your server by making the db work harder by having to re write all the data every time you reclaim this space. -Original Message-From: Abercrombie, Sherry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 31 October 2001 14:23To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Eseutil I'm not familiar with E2K, but on 5.5 I regularly (read monthly) run eseutil. I run it because that is the ONLY way to regain space in the Exchange DB that has been freed up by messages being deleted etc. If I did not do this on a regular basis I would hit the Exchange 5.5 IS limit. I would guess that it would be /t f:/tempedb.edb or what ever you plan to use for the defrag. It may not work, it doesn't work in 5.5 when you try to redirect the temp database, it must run on the same physical drive that it is stored. Good luck. Sherry -Original Message-From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 7:34 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: Eseutil Why do you need to defrag the IS? Has MS told you to do this? eseutil is a tool that if you are not familiar with, you shouldn't be using. Now tell us why you want to do it. -Original Message-From: Irfan GM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:19 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Eseutil Hi How do I use the /t switch with eseutil , i need to defrag the database and there is not enogh storage space in C: , where exchange 2000 is loaded. Thanks Irfan 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: Weird Outlook issue
Hi Andy If the users have offline ost files then this sounds like a corrupt ost file - delete it then resync to recreate it and it should fix the issue. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Andrew J. Lund, MCSE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 October 2001 20:34 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Weird Outlook issue Hello- Exchange 2K, Outlook 2K, user VPNs from cable ISDN connection, no problems until last week! When she goes to delete certain mail items, message says item cannot be deleted because it was either moved or deleted already! TechNet says to let Outlook and Exchange work it out over time and that someone else may be using the mailbox (that is NOT happening). http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q195/8/63.ASP It's been 5 days and still the same issue. Also, in the deleted items folder it says there are 7 unread items in the Outlook bar icon but when you click on the folder it says 0 items. Has anyone seen this? Is this Mailbox corruption?? Thanks for any and all help. Andy Andrew J. Lund, MCSE Systems Manager IEA - San Francisco List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
NAI Groupshield locking messages
Hi all I have the problem that Groupshield for Exchange is locking out messages - supposedly to scan them, but they never get unlocked. You can after some time unlock them manually. Has anyone had experience with this or have any ideas as to the cause. We are using Exchange 5.5 sp4. Thanks in advance __ Regards Simon Taylor Senior Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] 020 7539 6808 0780 1104 170 communication contains information that is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: NAI Groupshield locking messages
Fixed - Thanks. -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 30 October 2001 15:21 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: NAI Groupshield locking messages Hot fix 7 is to have fixed this. If you have a support contract (grant number) you can get it from NAI. 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: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 10:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: NAI Groupshield locking messages Hi all I have the problem that Groupshield for Exchange is locking out messages - supposedly to scan them, but they never get unlocked. You can after some time unlock them manually. Has anyone had experience with this or have any ideas as to the cause. We are using Exchange 5.5 sp4. Thanks in advance __ Regards Simon Taylor Senior Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] 020 7539 6808 0780 1104 170 communication contains information that is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. List Charter and FAQ 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: Finding Distribution List that belongs to an Internet Address
Hi Dennis There may be an easier way, but why don't you export your Global Address list to a csv file and then search it in Excel or something. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Dennis Atherton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 October 2001 23:57 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Finding Distribution List that belongs to an Internet Address Exchange 5.5 Exch Sp4 running on NT4 SP6a Have an Internet Address, and cannot find the distribution list that is assigned to it. I usually put into Outlook 98 - To Field the Internet Address, and then do a CTRL-K to have it identify. When I do it with this address, it just resolves back to that address. When I go onto exchange server, to add a new Mailbox and attempt to assign it this address, it gives me a message that the address is used, and it will not add it. Any thoughts besides just looking at all users and dist lists in all sites? Have 4 servers in 4 sites, 1500 users and over 900 Distro Lists and public folders. Thanks. Dennis Atherton Senior Technical Services Specialist Affinity Group 2575 Vista Del Mar Drive Ventura, CA 93063 E-Mail = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone 805-667-4377 Fax 805-667-4421 Cell Phone 805-701-0342 List Charter and FAQ 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: Relay
I have in the past had relays refuse when they could not perform a reverse dns lookup on the address I was coming from - I would check their end if you can email to other domains just fine.. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 23:19 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay I did this and using SAlive made an SMTP connection to the IP address. It connected just fine. What seems strange is that it is coming from our IMS saying MSEXCH:IMS:HoneyBaked:Site:Server 3550 (000B09AA) 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for [EMAIL PROTECTED] To test the GroupShield scenario I stopped GroupShield and tried it again. It still failed so I am assuming that this is not the problem. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay You may want to nslookup on the MX record for DNS and make sure its pointing to the correct location. NSLOOKUP -Q=MX DOMAIN.COM -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:30 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Relay We are having a strange problem. We send to a particular domain and get an NDR back from our server saying that relaying is prohibited. This same domain can send to us and we can send to other domains just fine. We were able to send to them before. Has anyone else seen anything like this? We have recently upgraded GroupShield to 4.5. I called their tech support to see if this was anything that they may know about, but they said that it is not. I have tried searching Microsoft but could not find anything. Exchange 5.5 SP4 Thanks, John Montgomery Information Technology LAN Administrator HoneyBaked Ham List Charter and FAQ 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: Ok, ok, I give
Steve Why do you need to use etrn at all? - Your MX records should be primary - your firewall then secondary your ISP - if your primary is not there then it will go to secondary who will keep trying primary by itself until the messages expire. There is only the need for ETRN if you need the messages delivered immediately once the link is back, otherwise they will deliver on their own. Hope this is helpful Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 05:21 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ok, ok, I give Server is online all the time, DSL is sketchy. The primary MX is set to my firewall. However, if the DSL service is down or I reboot the router, mail will not be delivered. In the past, I had the ISP deliver the mail to my primary MX when it is avail. If it is not avail, it is delivered to the second record in the MX record - my ISP. In turn, I pull the mail using the POP connector. This only happens in rare occasions but it provides for failover if the circuit is dead. My plan is to continue with the SMTP config but would like to configure ETRN as the backup rather than deal with the shortcomings of the POP connector. Thanks. 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: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:48 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ok, ok, I give Steve Not sure what you mean here - the way I get it..smtp mail incoming to your domain will queue at your service provider until it receives a signal from your mail server to pump all the mail for yourdomain.com to your exchange machine (after establishing dialup or whatever) - in this case then the etrn setup will work fine. If this is not the case can you describe your setup a little better. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 14:52 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ok, ok, I give Already read this - no new information. SMTP mail is the primary, ETRN is the secondary. 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:49 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ok, ok, I give additional info here: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_smtp.htm -Michèle Immigration site: http://LadySun1969.tripod.com Our new 2001 Miata: http://members.cardomain.com/bpituley Tiggercam: http://www.tiggercam.co.uk - Which wire was I supposed to cut? - Famous Last Words - -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:56 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ok, ok, I give Hi Steve - sorry for the way this reads, but I cut n pasted it out of 2 previous posts. It should help you with your issue. I have had a similar situation where I used a util called etrn which polls the store and forward server for you - I just put this into a batch file which did the dialup and then ran this - you give it a host and port to connect to and shibang it goes off and gets it. After looking there is an MS solution aswell, but the above is wonderfully simple. The MS solution is under http://support.microsoft.com/support/exchange/content/whitepapers/dialupims. asp This was a while ago before we got an all singing all dancing T1 connection installed and we had to rely on isdn which I used for the mail retrieval. - it went something like this (from very rusty memory do forgive mistakes) Rasdial (connection you want) Wait ( this is another util that is useful for pausing the batch file so that it has time to make the link) etrn /address=mail.myisp.net /port=SMTP /ehlo=mail.mydomain.co.uk /etrn=@mydomain.co.uk, @mynextdomain.com /auto /min Then disconnect the ras connection and you should be in business /address=mail server Address of mail server to send ETRN command to /port=portPort to send command to. Usually SMTP (25) /ehlo=domain EHLO command argument
RE: Relay
John It is a good idea to turn on logging and then see what appears in the eventlog, that is how I tracked down the issue we were having.. Cheers -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 20:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Relay We are having a strange problem. We send to a particular domain and get an NDR back from our server saying that relaying is prohibited. This same domain can send to us and we can send to other domains just fine. We were able to send to them before. Has anyone else seen anything like this? We have recently upgraded GroupShield to 4.5. I called their tech support to see if this was anything that they may know about, but they said that it is not. I have tried searching Microsoft but could not find anything. Exchange 5.5 SP4 Thanks, John Montgomery Information Technology LAN Administrator HoneyBaked Ham List Charter and FAQ 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: Learning material
Sorry I think I will stick to the guidelines of rfc 1149 - IP over avian carrier... -Original Message- From: Snook, Kevin S (ITD) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 12:45 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Learning material Two cans and a piece of wet string for my test network. Anyone want a copy of my can-o-rope connector? Kevin -Original Message- From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 11:31 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Learning material Lee Actually, its really easy - you could use a cross-over cable and connect to the 2 PC's, or simply get a small 4-port hub, network cables and just attach 2 Pc's and install NT / Win2k Server. For test reasons, it's the way to start, especially if you cannot justify the cost of a server (Not everyone can!) If you need any help, please let me know Simon Weaver NT Domain Administrator Ext. 5544 Tel: 02392-705544 (Direct Dial) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jolley Lee @Consult [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 11:23:AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Learning material Thanks to you both, I will keep listening to this list and hopefully manage to make myself a small network to learn from. I've never thought of making a network before but I really like the sound of it. Thanks again. Lee -Original Message- From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 11:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Learning material Lee / Tim, What I have done is setup a test lab, using several servers, and 2 PC's and install / configure the products I wish to learn. I also do this with help from books for the product, TechNet, online help and Microsoft White papers! I am learning new things about exchange all the time (especially 2k), and this list is on most occasions helpful and provide good insight. But there is nothing better than getting hands on experience yourself. Even if you cannot afford some servers, just network 2 PC's and play around! Regards Simon Weaver NT Domain Administrator Ext. 5544 Tel: 02392-705544 (Direct Dial) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Boswell Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 11:10:AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Learning material monitoring this list is pretty good learning material...but it's all pretty useless and boring unless you can set yourself a network up with an exchange server. When I was learning (well, when I started...If you've finished learning, why are you here?) I set one up at home...all the users were either me, my girlfriend, or my cat, so if I crashed it in the name of education it wasn't a big deal. Can't really help much more than that! I never used booksI let experience teach me! HTH -Original Message- From: Jolley Lee @Consult [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 10:58 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Learning material I am new to this list and don't get to work with Exchange except for the clients. Does anybody know of a good source to learn about Exchange server and admin on the web. Thanks Lee ** This email transmission is confidential and intended for the addressee only. It may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the person or organisation to whom it is addressed, you must not copy, distribute, or take any action in reliance upon it. If you have received this message in error, please notify the [EMAIL PROTECTED] and return it. Carillion PLC Registered in England No. 3782379 Registered Office: Birch Street Wolverhampton WV1 4HY ** _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm ... This email is for the intended addressee only. If you have received it in error then you must not use, retain, disseminate or otherwise deal with it. Please notify the sender by return email. The views of the author may not necessarily constitute the views of Astrium Limited. Nothing in this email shall bind Astrium Limited in any contract or obligation. Astrium Limited Gunnels Wood Road Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 2AS List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs
RE: Relay
Do this Run nslookup first on your exchange machine (or whatever you call your mail system.) Then run nslookup again on the ip address it give you for that system and if it resolves then you are indeed setup for reverse lookups. You may want to run nslookup off an external dns server as internally it may work, but not external. H:\nslookup Default Server: ns5.domain.com Address: 192.168.1.32 server ns1.bt.net Default Server: ns1.bt.net Address: 194.72.6.52 mail.domain.com Server: ns1.bt.net Address: 194.72.6.52 Name:mail.domain.com Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Aliases: imap.domain.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Server: ns1.bt.net Address: 194.72.6.52 Name:mail.domain.com Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Aliases: imap.domain.com --- Let me know if you need anything else... Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 15:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay How do you look to see if reverse DNS lookup is setup? I realize that this would be on their side, but I would like to know for myself. I have been looking but can not seem to find it. Thanks, John -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 5:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay I have in the past had relays refuse when they could not perform a reverse dns lookup on the address I was coming from - I would check their end if you can email to other domains just fine.. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 23:19 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay I did this and using SAlive made an SMTP connection to the IP address. It connected just fine. What seems strange is that it is coming from our IMS saying MSEXCH:IMS:HoneyBaked:Site:Server 3550 (000B09AA) 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for [EMAIL PROTECTED] To test the GroupShield scenario I stopped GroupShield and tried it again. It still failed so I am assuming that this is not the problem. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay You may want to nslookup on the MX record for DNS and make sure its pointing to the correct location. NSLOOKUP -Q=MX DOMAIN.COM -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:30 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Relay We are having a strange problem. We send to a particular domain and get an NDR back from our server saying that relaying is prohibited. This same domain can send to us and we can send to other domains just fine. We were able to send to them before. Has anyone else seen anything like this? We have recently upgraded GroupShield to 4.5. I called their tech support to see if this was anything that they may know about, but they said that it is not. I have tried searching Microsoft but could not find anything. Exchange 5.5 SP4 Thanks, John Montgomery Information Technology LAN Administrator HoneyBaked Ham List Charter and FAQ 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: Relay
Hey John To my knowledge you cannot do this in Exchange 5.5, no idea about 2000. I use Sendmail Switch for my production Mail relays and they can be configured to do so. You may want to telnet to the smtp server in question and give it an HELO and it will give you the relay version you are dealing with. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 16:10 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay That wasn't what I was asking, but that does answer another question I had so thank you. : ) How can you tell if the IMS on Exchange is setup to perform reverse DNS lookups on inbound email, or does it just automatically do that? Thanks, John -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:47 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay Do this Run nslookup first on your exchange machine (or whatever you call your mail system.) Then run nslookup again on the ip address it give you for that system and if it resolves then you are indeed setup for reverse lookups. You may want to run nslookup off an external dns server as internally it may work, but not external. H:\nslookup Default Server: ns5.domain.com Address: 192.168.1.32 server ns1.bt.net Default Server: ns1.bt.net Address: 194.72.6.52 mail.domain.com Server: ns1.bt.net Address: 194.72.6.52 Name:mail.domain.com Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Aliases: imap.domain.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Server: ns1.bt.net Address: 194.72.6.52 Name:mail.domain.com Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Aliases: imap.domain.com --- Let me know if you need anything else... Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 15:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay How do you look to see if reverse DNS lookup is setup? I realize that this would be on their side, but I would like to know for myself. I have been looking but can not seem to find it. Thanks, John -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 5:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay I have in the past had relays refuse when they could not perform a reverse dns lookup on the address I was coming from - I would check their end if you can email to other domains just fine.. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 23:19 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay I did this and using SAlive made an SMTP connection to the IP address. It connected just fine. What seems strange is that it is coming from our IMS saying MSEXCH:IMS:HoneyBaked:Site:Server 3550 (000B09AA) 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for [EMAIL PROTECTED] To test the GroupShield scenario I stopped GroupShield and tried it again. It still failed so I am assuming that this is not the problem. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay You may want to nslookup on the MX record for DNS and make sure its pointing to the correct location. NSLOOKUP -Q=MX DOMAIN.COM -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:30 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Relay We are having a strange problem. We send to a particular domain and get an NDR back from our server saying that relaying is prohibited. This same domain can send to us and we can send to other domains just fine. We were able to send to them before. Has anyone else seen anything like this? We have recently upgraded GroupShield to 4.5. I called their tech support to see if this was anything that they may know about, but they said that it is not. I have tried searching Microsoft but could not find anything. Exchange 5.5 SP4 Thanks, John Montgomery Information Technology LAN Administrator HoneyBaked Ham List Charter and FAQ 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: Relay
I would turn on the IMS logging and then restart it and try to send some email - then look in the App Event log and it will give you the exact error the IMS is getting from their mail relay. Cheers -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 17:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay Another interesting thing. If I do an NSLookup (set type=mx) on their email domain it returns an IP address for the mail exchanger. If I do this on any other domain it gives me an FQDN and then gives the IP of the FQDN later on in the information returned. I tried to do a reverse lookup on their IP and it does not resolve. They can send to us and I can send to them from my Hotmail account. Would this be any reason that I can not send to them from my Exchange server? As I am sure you can guess I am pretty new to DNS so please don't laugh too hard at they way I tried to describe the NSLookup. : ) -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay Hey John To my knowledge you cannot do this in Exchange 5.5, no idea about 2000. I use Sendmail Switch for my production Mail relays and they can be configured to do so. You may want to telnet to the smtp server in question and give it an HELO and it will give you the relay version you are dealing with. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 16:10 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay That wasn't what I was asking, but that does answer another question I had so thank you. : ) How can you tell if the IMS on Exchange is setup to perform reverse DNS lookups on inbound email, or does it just automatically do that? Thanks, John -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:47 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay Do this Run nslookup first on your exchange machine (or whatever you call your mail system.) Then run nslookup again on the ip address it give you for that system and if it resolves then you are indeed setup for reverse lookups. You may want to run nslookup off an external dns server as internally it may work, but not external. H:\nslookup Default Server: ns5.domain.com Address: 192.168.1.32 server ns1.bt.net Default Server: ns1.bt.net Address: 194.72.6.52 mail.domain.com Server: ns1.bt.net Address: 194.72.6.52 Name:mail.domain.com Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Aliases: imap.domain.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Server: ns1.bt.net Address: 194.72.6.52 Name:mail.domain.com Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Aliases: imap.domain.com --- Let me know if you need anything else... Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 15:13 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay How do you look to see if reverse DNS lookup is setup? I realize that this would be on their side, but I would like to know for myself. I have been looking but can not seem to find it. Thanks, John -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 5:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay I have in the past had relays refuse when they could not perform a reverse dns lookup on the address I was coming from - I would check their end if you can email to other domains just fine.. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 23:19 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay I did this and using SAlive made an SMTP connection to the IP address. It connected just fine. What seems strange is that it is coming from our IMS saying MSEXCH:IMS:HoneyBaked:Site:Server 3550 (000B09AA) 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for [EMAIL PROTECTED] To test the GroupShield scenario I stopped GroupShield and tried it again. It still failed so I am assuming that this is not the problem. -Original Message- From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 4:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Relay You may want to nslookup on the MX record for DNS and make sure its pointing to the correct location. NSLOOKUP -Q=MX DOMAIN.COM -Original Message- From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:30 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Relay We are having a strange problem. We send to a particular domain and get an NDR back from our server saying that relaying is prohibited. This same domain can send to us and we can send to other domains just fine. We were able to send to them before. Has anyone else seen anything like this? We have recently upgraded GroupShield to 4.5. I called their tech support to see if this was anything
RE: announcement
Title: Message happy happy *8)/~ -Original Message-From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 October 2001 18:00To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: announcement I would like to announce today the Launch of theDon Ely XP, Birthday Celebration. Everyone Wish Don a happy birthday. Kevinm M WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, CKWSE List Charter and FAQ 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: Mixed environment
Hi Fred You will want to look into a Unix Product called Samba which will provide authentication integration with your domain on the unix machines, but as far as policies I am not sure. Hope that gets you started. Cheers Simon Taylor -Original Message- From: Fred Valdez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 01:09 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Mixed environment Hello All, I've been asked to setup a windows type environment (PDC, Exchange server 5.5, VPN server, proxy) into an existing Unix/Linux environment. I will probably use Owa as the mail client because I am not sure if the others have a client that works with exchange server. The reason for Exchange is for the groupware type functionality (calendaring, public folders etc) that they can't get with Sendmail. I have very little experience with Linux/Unix. Hopefully (albeit stupid) this is a simple question(s). How does Unix/Linux logon to an NT domain?...can logon policies be setup within this domain?...is Owa the way to go for email clients? Any answers or comments regarding mixed environments is appreciated. Thanks, Fred Valdez Global Software Resources Network Systems Administrator phone: (925) 249-2226 Ofc (510) 200-8376 Cell List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Need help moving Exchange database log files
Hi Jennifer The best way of moving things around is to run the performance optimizer, it will down the Exchange services though.. It will make some suggestions as to where to put things after running some test, but then you can change them and tell it to move everything for you. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Jennifer Gaylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 24 October 2001 16:57 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Need help moving Exchange database log files I need to move the exchange database logging files (edb and mdb) off of my main hard drive as they are filling up the drive and shutting down the Exchange services. At present I am running Backup Exec with differential backups and so have turned off Circular logging. This has also been suggested in some of the reading I have done on exchange. As a result, more log files are being written in the mdbdata directories. Ideally, I would like to move these and all other logging files to the d: drive and I would like to know, should this be done only when there are no users on the system, will this improve or adversly affect the operation of the exchange server and will Backup Exec have a problem backing up the exchange mailboxes if these files are moved in the middle of the day. An error showed up on Bup Exec yesterday that it could not backup the Information stores because the log files had been moved or deleted after I tried to move a users mailbox and import it on to the Exchange server. This filled up the c: drive (he had 2000 messages) with loging files in mdbdata and shut down the Exchange services. So I moved the log files to the d: drive temporarily to get exchange running. If I move them back c:\ will fill up again and down the service. Also, How can I find out how big the information store is for a particular user? What a mess! 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: Mail Problem...
Hi Paul
I don't have access to a 95 machine, but the files for Outlook Express are
usually under the profile section in NT/W2K so look in the windows directory
for something like this
\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{6ED6FC7E-779D-46C5-B781-6B10F3451A69}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express
They are dbx files - you can also change the location of these under the
options in Outlook Express.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Simon
-Original Message-
From: Paul Love [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 23 October 2001 12:18
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Mail Problem...
Ok just a quickie, my CEO uses Outlook express 5 for his eprsonal mail,
where does the os store the mail and what format is it in ? Any ideas ? Os
is 95 !... The machine Is well unstable, and I need to back it up.. Help
TIA
Paul
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RE: Mailbox Admin Rights
Title: Message Michael Assign the user Admin rights just on the recipients container on the respective server. Cheers Simon Taylor -Original Message-From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 October 2001 14:02To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: Mailbox Admin Rights Is there a way to give someone Mailbox Admin rights on an exchange server without giving them admin rights to other parts of the system? I just want to give 1 guy admin rights on his exchange server restricted ONLY to mailbox creation and deletion.List Charter and FAQ 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 dialup
Hi This was a while ago before we got an all singing all dancing T1 connection installed and we had to rely on isdn which I used for the mail retrieval. - it went something like this (from very rusty memory do forgive mistakes) Rasdial (connection you want) Wait ( this is another util that is useful for pausing the batch file so that it has time to make the link) etrn /address=mail.myisp.net /port=SMTP /ehlo=mail.mydomain.co.uk /etrn=@mydomain.co.uk, @mynextdomain.com /auto /min Then disconnect the ras connection and you should be in business /address=mail server Address of mail server to send ETRN command to /port=portPort to send command to. Usually SMTP (25) /ehlo=domain EHLO command argument (identification domain) /etrn=domain list ETRN command argument (domains to run queue for) /auto If specified, run ETRN when etrn.exe started /minIf specified, run etrn.exe in a minimized window You can download etrn here http://www.magpage.com/magpage/helpdesk/etrn.exe Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 October 2001 12:12 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 dialup Simon - Would you post the batch file process you outlined below? 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 -Original Message- From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 6:48 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 dialup Hi Lyle I have had a similar situation where I used a util called etrn which polls the store and forward server for you - I just put this into a batch file which did the dialup and then ran this - you give it a host and port to connect to and shibang it goes off and gets it. After looking there is an MS solution aswell, but the above is wonderfully simple. The MS solution is under http://support.microsoft.com/support/exchange/content/whitepapers/dialupims. asp Hope this is what you are looking for. Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Lyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 October 2001 02:50 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 5.5 dialup I had tried at the Microsoft forums and got nothing back. I thought I would try here. If anyone feels this is off topic, please just ignoreGRIN! A new client called with a SBS server with everything installed. They are a K-8 grade school and have little money. It was installed as part of a network and they wanted email out of all of this. There is an ISP that does 'store forward' so they could do this via a dialup parttime connection. They are also using this server as a proxy server for shared websurfer. It's a busy little server. It's also setup for multilink connection using two USR modems to the ISP. I updated NT to sp6a and exchange 5.5 to sp4. I turned off IIS on the public IP addresses also. I got most of it running well, but one part. It appears that after a while, mail will get stuck in the IMC with a message stating that it cann't resolve the name for the host. I setup the proxy to be 'on' or availible from 6am to 6pm M-F only. I setup the IMC to poll for mail every 4 hours for 15 minutes. The store forward routine at the ISP should poll for the mail server in about a 10 minute cycle for mail inbound to this server. I found the server once dialed up but the dialup was not passing traffic and there were messages stuck in the queue. I brought up the dialup monitor and dropped the dialups. They dialed back up and mail was flowing. Any suggestions? I am at a lose here on what to do next?? Thanks, Lyle List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange 5.5 dialup
Oops :)
Here's the link
http://support.microsoft.com/support/exchange/content/whitepapers/dialupims.
asp
-Original Message-
From: Lyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 19 October 2001 14:48
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 dialup
Cann't tell about the article, this link goes no where :-{
I don't think the problem is Exchange specific, but more the dialup goes
brain dead, but I have not found any answers elsewhere, so I was asking
here. I did all this setup within Exchange and the Internet connector.
Lyle
-Original Message-
From: Simon Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 5:48 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 dialup
Hi Lyle
I have had a similar situation where I used a util called etrn which polls
the store and forward server for you - I just put this into a batch file
which did the dialup and then ran this - you give it a host and port to
connect to and shibang it goes off and gets it. After looking there is an MS
solution aswell, but the above is wonderfully simple.
The MS solution is under
http://support.microsoft.com/support/exchange/content/whitepapers/dialupims.
asp
Hope this is what you are looking for.
Cheers
Simon
-Original Message-
From: Lyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 19 October 2001 02:50
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Exchange 5.5 dialup
I had tried at the Microsoft forums and got nothing back. I thought I would
try here. If anyone feels this is off topic, please just ignoreGRIN!
A new client called with a SBS server with everything installed. They are a
K-8 grade school and have little money. It was installed as part of a
network and they wanted email out of all of this. There is an ISP that does
'store forward' so they could do this via a dialup parttime connection.
They are also using this server as a proxy server for shared websurfer. It's
a busy little server. It's also setup for multilink connection using two
USR modems to the ISP. I updated NT to sp6a and exchange 5.5 to sp4. I
turned off IIS on the public IP addresses also.
I got most of it running well, but one part. It appears that after a while,
mail will get stuck in the IMC with a message stating that it cann't resolve
the name for the host. I setup the proxy to be 'on' or availible from 6am to
6pm M-F only. I setup the IMC to poll for mail every 4 hours for 15 minutes.
The store forward routine at the ISP should poll for the mail server in
about a 10 minute cycle for mail inbound to this server. I found the server
once dialed up but the dialup was not passing traffic and there were
messages stuck in the queue. I brought up the dialup monitor and dropped
the dialups. They dialed back up and mail was flowing.
Any suggestions? I am at a lose here on what to do next??
Thanks,
Lyle
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RE: message tracking and reporting
Hi Guiseppe We make use of BMC Patrol products to manage our hosting environment and so as they had an exchange agent I decided to deploy this to my exchange box and it tracks all sorts of usefull stuff. You can basically configure the agent to alert you when anything reaches preset threshholds etc. This of course depends on your budget as you will have spend money on the agents and knowledge modules... Cheers Simon -Original Message- From: Giuseppe Torchetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 October 2001 16:14 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: message tracking and reporting Hi exchangers, Does anyone know of an easy way to track messages and get info on a particular mailbox. Basically, to get the total number of mails, the senders and extra Obviously without going through the logs and writing my own program to parse this information. - Maybe the resource kit? 3rd party? This is needed for management... 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: too difficult question
Hi Kim Not so sure about the Access database, I am sure there is some sort of web wizard in Access, but The Exchange GAB is held in the directory which you can query using asp code - this is useful for running a sort of address book on your intranet. If that is what you are looking for I can point you to an LDAP client and some code that will do it. Hope that Helps Simon -Original Message- From: Kim Schotanus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 October 2001 15:06 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: too difficult question Is there a possibility to convert an access database table into an ASP code that will store the data in the datadase AND include the data in an Exchange global address book. No chance a wizard exists somewhere? Kim List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
Migration from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000
Title: Message Hi Guys I am in the process of planning our migration from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 - I have finished migrating our domain to Active Directoryand that all went pretty smoothly, but there were a few gotchas not mentioned in any documentation and MS's way of doing things is sometimes a little questionable. I thought before I jump into the fire I would put this out so I don't have to pull out as much hair as some of you may have ;-) It is only a single sitewith around 100 users with huge volumes of mail. Your advice would be very appreciated. Cheers __RegardsSimon Taylor Senior Systems Administrator? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 020 7539 6808 0780 1104 170communication contains information that is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
