Report tool?
Management has just hot me with a request for a user's email activity for the past 60 days due to decreased productivity over that period. They would like a report that shows the date, time, sender/recipient names and length (words or KB) of each email he's sent and received over this period. We run journaling, so we do have this info, but are there any tools that could extract this info out of that mailbox (or even his mailbox) and display it either as a proprietary report or in an Excel file? Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Trend Tech Support AKA I Love It.
I have to ask this, and please don't take it the wrong way - I'm asking this purely out of curiosity. I purchased my Trend product through CDW a few years back, and we get very good pricing through Trend. We also get very, very good support through Trend itself. Could I ask what VAR's actually add to the picture? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 11:28 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Trend Tech Support AKA I Love It. No problem. Pat Smith MCP, CCNA, CCA Systems Administrator FishNet Security 816.421.6611 -Original Message- From: Chris Peden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Trend Tech Support AKA I Love It. Thanks for the reply Pat, but truthfully I am more inclined to cdw, which we do 99% of our computer related purchases through. Thanks, -Chris- IT Director Sundowner Interiors -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:23 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Trend Tech Support AKA I Love It. Hope I'm not breaking the rules here, but we're a VAR for Trend. If we can be of assistance, give me a shout. Sorry, in advance, if this is against the rules! Pat Smith MCP, CCNA, CCA Systems Administrator FishNet Security 816.421.6611 -Original Message- From: Chris Peden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:08 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Trend Tech Support AKA I Love It. Do you have a good contact for trend? Thanks, -Chris- IT Director Sundowner Interiors -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:44 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Trend Tech Support AKA I Love It. Follow the light to Trend my son -Original Message- From: Chris Peden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 7:36 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Trend Tech Support AKA I Love It. That gives me the warm fuzzies, our support/free upgrade contract just ran out with Norton, so Im looking into a new solution. Thanks, -Chris- IT Director Sundowner Interiors -Original Message- From: Majetic, John RAME [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 2:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Trend Tech Support AKA I Love It. Well I just had my first support issue with Trend OfficeScan. I had one computer that it would not install right on one machine. Looking through their knowledge base I found a solution that seems to fit the bill exactly, except it was for a slightly older version than I have. At 4:58 PM Wednesday I sent off a message to their email support team asking if this would work for my version, figuring I might get something Monday because of the holiday weekend. Much to my surprise there was a reply waiting for me this morning. The person not only answered my question but also made several other suggestions, one of which ended up fixing the problem. What great service I thought and then I looked and realized that this message was sent at 3:23 AM July 4th! Plus I didn't have to sign up and pay money to be supported like Mcafee. With McAfee I was lucky to get an answer by the end of a normal working week, even though I was paying support. Just another reason to go with Trend. John Majetic List Charter and FAQ 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: Allowing access for....
Okay, I'm feeling totally dense... was I just had? g Is there such a utility, or are you just tell me to click yes every 10 minutes when it asks??? :) Sorry.. had a very bad couple of weeks and my mind is fried. Thanks, Evan _ Evan A. Brastow Director of Information Technology Automated Emblem Supplies, Inc. 61 Green Street Foxboro, MA 02035-2865 Phone: (508) 543-6511 Ext. 109 Fax: (508) 543-6512 -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Allowing access for Free utility called click yes will do this for you. You can find this and other utilities at Slipstick. 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: Monday, July 01, 2002 1:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Allowing access for Hi guys, I've got an add-in program that removes duplicates from a folder. Only problem is that Outlook 2000 (SR2) only gives me the options of allowing this program access to the folder for one minute, two minutes, 5 minutes or 10 minutes. I would like to set this thing to run overnight, so I'd like, maybe, a 10 hour option? Is there any way of changing the value of these options? I checked the registry and the MSKB, but didn't find anything off the bat. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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: Allowing access for....
This is made by www.sperrysoftware.com. Seems to work well except that it only works for 10 minutes at a time (which will remove, say, 200 duplicates from a folder that has tens of thousands) because of this Outlook restriction. -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 9:09 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Allowing access for Sounds like an interesting program. Who makes it ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 1:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Allowing access for Hi guys, I've got an add-in program that removes duplicates from a folder. Only problem is that Outlook 2000 (SR2) only gives me the options of allowing this program access to the folder for one minute, two minutes, 5 minutes or 10 minutes. I would like to set this thing to run overnight, so I'd like, maybe, a 10 hour option? Is there any way of changing the value of these options? I checked the registry and the MSKB, but didn't find anything off the bat. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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: Allowing access for....
Hi Steve, Thanks for the reply. I'm taking a look for this at slipstick... Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Allowing access for Free utility called click yes will do this for you. You can find this and other utilities at Slipstick. 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: Monday, July 01, 2002 1:10 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Allowing access for Hi guys, I've got an add-in program that removes duplicates from a folder. Only problem is that Outlook 2000 (SR2) only gives me the options of allowing this program access to the folder for one minute, two minutes, 5 minutes or 10 minutes. I would like to set this thing to run overnight, so I'd like, maybe, a 10 hour option? Is there any way of changing the value of these options? I checked the registry and the MSKB, but didn't find anything off the bat. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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
Allowing access for....
Hi guys, I've got an add-in program that removes duplicates from a folder. Only problem is that Outlook 2000 (SR2) only gives me the options of allowing this program access to the folder for one minute, two minutes, 5 minutes or 10 minutes. I would like to set this thing to run overnight, so I'd like, maybe, a 10 hour option? Is there any way of changing the value of these options? I checked the registry and the MSKB, but didn't find anything off the bat. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange 5.5 on W2K
Title: Exchange 5.5 on W2K Ditto very, very stable here on an old dual proc Dell PowerEdge 4100. -Original Message- From: Green, Jerome [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 4:23 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 on W2K No problems out of the ordinary -Original Message- From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 on W2K Quite a happy combo. I have 2 servers running this configuration for well over a year now. I have had no problems or issues. -Jim Jim Holmgren MCSE, CCNA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Engineer Advertising.com We bring innovation to interactive communication. Advertising.com -- Superior Technology. Superior Performance. -Original Message- From: Abercrombie, Sherry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 11:47 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 5.5 on W2K I'm wanting to get input from anyone that is currently running Exchange 5.5 Enterprise SP4 on a Windows 2000 SP2 server. Is it a happy combination? Any issues that anyone has come across? Looking to be setting up a new Exchange server on a W2K box in a little over a week just want input before jumping headlong into it. TIA Sherry Abercrombie Data Center Administration Team Information Technology With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm *** The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender and permanently delete the email from any computer. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
Getting Exchange working with a PDA
Okay, the boss would like email access on a PDA (can't say as I blame him, really). We haven't picked out the PDA yet, but it looks like it will be a PDA and cell phone combo, probably running Palm OS. Our Exchange 5.5 (SP4) server is currently only serving in-company Outlook 2000 clients (am I lucky, or what?). I've never had to deal with POP or OWA. What do I need to get this guy's email box accessible from a Palm? Software? Third party services? Any papers you could point me to? Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Getting Exchange working with a PDA
Hi Jim, Thanks for the reply. My challenge is that he's really stuck on the idea of a phone/PDA all in one. We do have users VPNing in over Netscreen, but I'll have to check and see how that will work with a PDA running Palm or PocketPC? I agree that POP isn't the best solution, but where I'm new to this area of Exchange, I was just throwing it out there. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:06 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Getting Exchange working with a PDA Get him a Blackberry, or maybe better yet a device running PocketPC that will support wireless VPN/Pocket Outlook, if you have a VPN solution already in place. IMHO POP sucks and it is very insecure - it uses clear text passwords. -Jim Jim Holmgren MCSE, CCNA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Engineer Advertising.com We bring innovation to interactive communication. Advertising.com -- Superior Technology. Superior Performance. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:56 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Getting Exchange working with a PDA Okay, the boss would like email access on a PDA (can't say as I blame him, really). We haven't picked out the PDA yet, but it looks like it will be a PDA and cell phone combo, probably running Palm OS. Our Exchange 5.5 (SP4) server is currently only serving in-company Outlook 2000 clients (am I lucky, or what?). I've never had to deal with POP or OWA. What do I need to get this guy's email box accessible from a Palm? Software? Third party services? Any papers you could point me to? Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm *** The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender and permanently delete the email from any computer. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: For Kevin Miller
Reminds me of a quote I saw, maybe even on one of these lists (but I couldn't find the post so I can't give credit where it's due), that speaks very succinctly of the way admins work. Knowledge is not what you know. Knowledge is what you do when you don't know -Original Message- From: Majetic, John RAME [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: For Kevin Miller For about 6 months I had the pleasure of working with a MCSE that didn't know how to install a printer on a windows box! He would format hard drives, and then asked me where all the users files went, and how did he get them back? That was when I decided that MCSEs are only good for fooling clueless CIOs like my boss. There is one good use for them, and that is comic relief when doing interviews. I would ask them What DHCP was. they would respond with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, and claim they were experts, and knew everything about it. I would then ask them very detailed questions, like how do you configure it to hand out a WINS server address, and what is the scope in DHCP? It was great fun watching them squirm. Try it sometime. PS The guy who got the job was the guy who said I don't know to the most questions, didn't have any certs, and he is working out great. John -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller I have a great sense of humour provided someone works for a cert instead of this cramming crap, taking a test, and calling yourself certified. Too many paper MCSE's out there and those paper MCSE's don't know their a$$ from a hole in the ground. -Original Message- From: Bunting, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:39 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller someone leave their sense of humor at home today? -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller You can keep thinking that... Just pray you never apply for a job that I'm hiring for. Don Ely - NMBOTWBAS and then some [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller It never matters HOW you get certified, as long as you ARE certified. Sheesh -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller We, unlike you, didn't/don't use CRAM sites. We actually use real world knowledge that we've learned over the years... -Original Message- From: Precht, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller what cram site did you guys use ;) ? -Original Message- From: Paul Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 13:09 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: For Kevin Miller I got him certified in UCC+WCA. -Original Message- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:08 AM Posted To: Exchange 2000 Server Conversation: For Kevin Miller Subject: For Kevin Miller Would you mind enlightening us on what all that crap is after your name? Is that just a jab at the certified world, or are those real? I can not find anything on them in Google. (I had 2 minutes to spare to look) TIA List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 5/29/2002 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.368 / Virus Database: 204 - Release Date: 5/29/2002 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Testing
Doesn't Yahoo send the IP of the original sending computer in the header? In this case, I think all that would be necessary would be to track down who owns 212.228.15.227 and go from there. Heck, I don't contribute (except giving the smart guys stuff to answer g), but I also don't go flaming people smarter than I (cause boy, would I be busy), so I don't see any reason to hide unless you're *planning* to be a weenie. Evan -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 8:05 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Testing At least he doesn't feel the need to hide behind some cheesy psuedonym and a generic web-based email account. -Original Message- From: What OS and SP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 4:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Testing Yes, your history of message posting would clearly indicate you didn't study crap. Or anything else for that matter. From: Precht, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Testing Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:48:13 -0400 I didnt study.. crap. -Original Message- From: Jonathan K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 11:38 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: OT: Testing Testing - please ignore List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.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
Strip out attachments?
Title: RE: Two questions Hidey ho peoples Thank you for helping me with my second question. Just wondering (before the answered part of the two questions gets this thread lost in obscurity g).. if anyone had some thoughts on this part: Exchange 5.5 SP4 on W2K. Outlook 2000 SR2 on Win XP I am going to try using LBE Toolbox to strip attachments out of all emails in a folder and replace them with links to where the file has been placed. I'm going to set a location (on my file server) for all attachments. Any snags with this idea that I should be aware of? I assume that if the attachments are also in any other mailboxes, that the actual file will be copied and not move? Do I then run it against their mailboxes, or what? Any easier/better way or tool? One problem I see is that when I first ran a test, I got the folder name wrong on the server (typoed it). Of course, changing the folder name means that none of the links work. I also wonder about duplicate file names (i.e. six different companies sending quote.xls attachments.) and how they will be handled in the same folder on my file server. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Evan Brastow Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 5:37 PM To: 'MS-Exchange Admin Issues' Subject: RE: Two questions I do think I see what happened here. Looking at the time zone properties, it does show the right time zone, and it shows the correct system time. However, the Adjust For Daylight Savings Time box was unchecked. When I checked that box, the time in both Outlook and on my system went an hour ahead. Ive fixed it by checking the box, and then running net time to sync the time to the time server. I think its okay now. Just odd that Exchange doesnt check the system time to set its own time? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Two questions Double check the time zone on the client. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Two questions Wouldnt that be the same for all users? Everyone else is fine. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Precht, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:15 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Two questions but did u check the Exchange server time and time zone settings ? Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 17:11 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Two questions Exchange 5.5 SP4 on W2K. Outlook 2000 SR2 on Win XP 1) I am going to try using LBE Toolbox to strip attachments out of all emails in a folder and replace them with links to where the file has been placed. I'm going to set a location (on my file server) for all attachments. Any snags with this idea that I should be aware of? I assume that if the attachments are also in any other mailboxes, that the actual file will be copied and not move? Do I then run it against their mailboxes, or what? Any easier/better way or tool? One problem I see is that when I first ran a test, I got the folder name wrong on the server (typoed it). Of course, changing the folder name means that none of the links work. I also wonder about duplicate file names (i.e. six different companies sending quote.xls attachments.) and how they will be handled in the same folder on my file server. 2) Recently, Outlook 2000 has had an interesting quirk. Every message is showing up as being sent and received one hour before I actually sent or received it. If I send and email at 3pm and look in my Sent Items folder, it shows it as having left at 2pm. Same thing with incoming mail - it's an hour behind. My system clock is accurate, and I have checked the time zone settings in Outlook. It shows me in the correct time zone, and shows the correct current time. Other people show my mail as being sent/received at the correct time, so it's just my installation. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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:
RE: AOL postmaster errors
rat-b@stard? What a great email address! -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: AOL postmaster errors All my pst's are on servers. -Original Message- From: Toni, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:33 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: AOL postmaster errors pst's on servers? heh heh heh -- seek and destroy evil grin... yes those who wish to will find other ways to torment that f*^ing rat-b@stard e-mail administrator. Someone actually said that to me once in reference to the canned over-the-limit warning they kept getting -- they had no idea that this system administrator guy was me. Classic egg-on-face. It was time for a beer then (and it is time for beer(s) now). happy weekend to all... -Original Message- From: Bob Falkenberg [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: AOL postmaster errors Ya they squirm til they figure out how to copy it all to a pst and fill up your file sever or blow up the poor little disk on their PC. sigh... is it time for a beer yet? -Original Message- From: Toni, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 1:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: AOL postmaster errors I have 10 as a default. Let the huddled masses squirm -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: AOL postmaster errors Whose that guy on this list that has the 8mb mailbox limits. Now he's an email Nazi. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:20 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: AOL postmaster errors You block jpg's? You email nazi. -Original Message- From: Jeremiah Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 1:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: AOL postmaster errors You got that right. we love em' jpg's on Antigen. -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:06 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: AOL postmaster errors Actually the bosses wife has an aol account. Or is it the bosses mistress... Well one of them does. He'll be pissed if cant receive his booty call emails. -Original Message- From: Jeremiah Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 3:58 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: AOL postmaster errors LOL, Yeah As the bosses Home email ceases to come into the company. :-P He'd love that one. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 3:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: AOL postmaster errors Just block *@aol.com in the message filtering section of IMS properties. :o) -Original Message- From: Jeremiah Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:51 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: AOL postmaster errors Yep, I have a client whose email address was being spoofed used as the return address for spam. He would average between 3/400 NDR's a day from Various Domains and I know he wasn't sending it out. We had to change his Email Address to get it to stop. -Original Message- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 3:51 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: AOL postmaster errors Has anyone seen this before? It looks like someone is using a mailbox from one of our users and sending all kinds of emails out. We have NAV for Exchange blocking all attachements that are suspect to be virus attachments. The users is complaining that she is getting a ton of these post master errors. Any suggestions on how to eliminate this? We are not setup as relaying. Exhange 5.5 sp4 Windows 2k sp2 sr1
Two questions
Exchange 5.5 SP4 on W2K. Outlook 2000 SR2 on Win XP 1) I am going to try using LBE Toolbox to strip attachments out of all emails in a folder and replace them with links to where the file has been placed. I'm going to set a location (on my file server) for all attachments. Any snags with this idea that I should be aware of? I assume that if the attachments are also in any other mailboxes, that the actual file will be copied and not move? Do I then run it against their mailboxes, or what? Any easier/better way or tool? One problem I see is that when I first ran a test, I got the folder name wrong on the server (typoed it). Of course, changing the folder name means that none of the links work. I also wonder about duplicate file names (i.e. six different companies sending quote.xls attachments.) and how they will be handled in the same folder on my file server. 2) Recently, Outlook 2000 has had an interesting quirk. Every message is showing up as being sent and received one hour before I actually sent or received it. If I send and email at 3pm and look in my Sent Items folder, it shows it as having left at 2pm. Same thing with incoming mail - it's an hour behind. My system clock is accurate, and I have checked the time zone settings in Outlook. It shows me in the correct time zone, and shows the correct current time. Other people show my mail as being sent/received at the correct time, so it's just my installation. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Two questions
Title: RE: Two questions Wouldnt that be the same for all users? Everyone else is fine. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Precht, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:15 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Two questions but did u check the Exchange server time and time zone settings ? Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 17:11 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Two questions Exchange 5.5 SP4 on W2K. Outlook 2000 SR2 on Win XP 1) I am going to try using LBE Toolbox to strip attachments out of all emails in a folder and replace them with links to where the file has been placed. I'm going to set a location (on my file server) for all attachments. Any snags with this idea that I should be aware of? I assume that if the attachments are also in any other mailboxes, that the actual file will be copied and not move? Do I then run it against their mailboxes, or what? Any easier/better way or tool? One problem I see is that when I first ran a test, I got the folder name wrong on the server (typoed it). Of course, changing the folder name means that none of the links work. I also wonder about duplicate file names (i.e. six different companies sending quote.xls attachments.) and how they will be handled in the same folder on my file server. 2) Recently, Outlook 2000 has had an interesting quirk. Every message is showing up as being sent and received one hour before I actually sent or received it. If I send and email at 3pm and look in my Sent Items folder, it shows it as having left at 2pm. Same thing with incoming mail - it's an hour behind. My system clock is accurate, and I have checked the time zone settings in Outlook. It shows me in the correct time zone, and shows the correct current time. Other people show my mail as being sent/received at the correct time, so it's just my installation. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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: Two questions
Title: RE: Two questions I do think I see what happened here. Looking at the time zone properties, it does show the right time zone, and it shows the correct system time. However, the Adjust For Daylight Savings Time box was unchecked. When I checked that box, the time in both Outlook and on my system went an hour ahead. Ive fixed it by checking the box, and then running net time to sync the time to the time server. I think its okay now. Just odd that Exchange doesnt check the system time to set its own time? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:19 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Two questions Double check the time zone on the client. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Two questions Wouldnt that be the same for all users? Everyone else is fine. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Precht, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 4:15 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Two questions but did u check the Exchange server time and time zone settings ? Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 17:11 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Two questions Exchange 5.5 SP4 on W2K. Outlook 2000 SR2 on Win XP 1) I am going to try using LBE Toolbox to strip attachments out of all emails in a folder and replace them with links to where the file has been placed. I'm going to set a location (on my file server) for all attachments. Any snags with this idea that I should be aware of? I assume that if the attachments are also in any other mailboxes, that the actual file will be copied and not move? Do I then run it against their mailboxes, or what? Any easier/better way or tool? One problem I see is that when I first ran a test, I got the folder name wrong on the server (typoed it). Of course, changing the folder name means that none of the links work. I also wonder about duplicate file names (i.e. six different companies sending quote.xls attachments.) and how they will be handled in the same folder on my file server. 2) Recently, Outlook 2000 has had an interesting quirk. Every message is showing up as being sent and received one hour before I actually sent or received it. If I send and email at 3pm and look in my Sent Items folder, it shows it as having left at 2pm. Same thing with incoming mail - it's an hour behind. My system clock is accurate, and I have checked the time zone settings in Outlook. It shows me in the correct time zone, and shows the correct current time. Other people show my mail as being sent/received at the correct time, so it's just my installation. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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: Recovering lost space
Exactly right. I should have realized that. Thanks for the reply :) -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space Single Instance Storage my friend. Here is an example. Lets say a 10MB attachment was sent to 10 people in your company. That 10MB of data will stay there until it is deleted from the very last of the 10 people. 9 people deleting it isn't enough, all 10 have to get rid of the file to clean it up. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 5:29 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space Good Monday morning, Well, I ran eseutil /d over the weekend (ran it on my file server as there was only 6GB free on the drive where my 8GB priv.edb was). My question is if this sounds right to you guys... I took 3GB of mail off the server and into PST files (in other words, the directory on my file server that's holding the 15 or so PST files is about 3GB in size). When I ran eseutil /d, the priv.edb only went from 8GB down to 6.4GB. I was really hoping for about 5GB. Am I dreaming? If so, why? Why wouldn't eseutil actually give back that space that is now in PST files? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space What does running it once a month gain for you?? At the end of every month it is the same size isn't it? What happens to the email while you are offline? You know the longer your exchange server is up, the better it will run? Bla bla bla.. --Kevinm CHFR, M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond http://www.daughtry.ca/ For Graphics and WebDesign, GO here! -Original Message- From: Dawn R. Ashford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 1:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space I run exeutil about once a month. We're using Small Business Server 4.5 with NT4 Server. It requires shutting down the exchange server, and you need space for the temporary database so it can execute. I have very limited space, and I have to redirect my temp file to a workstation hard drive to have space to run it. But I've never had a problem. I only have experience with one server and one OS.. but it's the only way I know to shrink that database back down. Your database is huge compared to mine; so you're looking at more than a few minutes offline. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space Oops... my apologies... Yes... Exchange 5.5 on W2K. I'll take a look at Eseutil... I think I'd heard in the past that it wasn't the safest thing in the world to use? Or am I thinking of something else??? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Dawn R. Ashford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 3:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space Is that Exchange 5.5? Eseutil is what you're looking for. Q182903 will give you command line parameters. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Recovering lost space I think this may be a commonly asked question, which is bad because I should be able to find the answer better than I have, but good because it may be easy to answer :-) I've finally got a lot of mail archived to PST's. Probably about $GB in various files. Now, as I think is usually the case, the priv.edb file size has not shrunk (still 8GB). What the safest way to shrink this? While I still have 5GB free on the array, I use NT Backup to backup Exchange to my file server each night. That file then gets picked up on tape, which is only 40GB, and I've been at that limit forever, removing new things from the backup each night to keep it under the limit. I need to cut this size down if possible Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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: Recovering lost space
You're right.. it had about 1.4GB of free space before eseutil, and 1MB a after Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 9:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space Did you also check your event log to find out exactly how much white space there was? That should have given you a good idea. Look for event 1221. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 8:29 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space Good Monday morning, Well, I ran eseutil /d over the weekend (ran it on my file server as there was only 6GB free on the drive where my 8GB priv.edb was). My question is if this sounds right to you guys... I took 3GB of mail off the server and into PST files (in other words, the directory on my file server that's holding the 15 or so PST files is about 3GB in size). When I ran eseutil /d, the priv.edb only went from 8GB down to 6.4GB. I was really hoping for about 5GB. Am I dreaming? If so, why? Why wouldn't eseutil actually give back that space that is now in PST files? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space What does running it once a month gain for you?? At the end of every month it is the same size isn't it? What happens to the email while you are offline? You know the longer your exchange server is up, the better it will run? Bla bla bla.. --Kevinm CHFR, M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond http://www.daughtry.ca/ For Graphics and WebDesign, GO here! -Original Message- From: Dawn R. Ashford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 1:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space I run exeutil about once a month. We're using Small Business Server 4.5 with NT4 Server. It requires shutting down the exchange server, and you need space for the temporary database so it can execute. I have very limited space, and I have to redirect my temp file to a workstation hard drive to have space to run it. But I've never had a problem. I only have experience with one server and one OS.. but it's the only way I know to shrink that database back down. Your database is huge compared to mine; so you're looking at more than a few minutes offline. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space Oops... my apologies... Yes... Exchange 5.5 on W2K. I'll take a look at Eseutil... I think I'd heard in the past that it wasn't the safest thing in the world to use? Or am I thinking of something else??? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Dawn R. Ashford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 3:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space Is that Exchange 5.5? Eseutil is what you're looking for. Q182903 will give you command line parameters. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Recovering lost space I think this may be a commonly asked question, which is bad because I should be able to find the answer better than I have, but good because it may be easy to answer :-) I've finally got a lot of mail archived to PST's. Probably about $GB in various files. Now, as I think is usually the case, the priv.edb file size has not shrunk (still 8GB). What the safest way to shrink this? While I still have 5GB free on the array, I use NT Backup to backup Exchange to my file server each night. That file then gets picked up on tape, which is only 40GB, and I've been at that limit forever, removing new things from the backup each night to keep it under the limit. I need to cut this size down if possible Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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: Recovering lost space
Good Monday morning, Well, I ran eseutil /d over the weekend (ran it on my file server as there was only 6GB free on the drive where my 8GB priv.edb was). My question is if this sounds right to you guys... I took 3GB of mail off the server and into PST files (in other words, the directory on my file server that's holding the 15 or so PST files is about 3GB in size). When I ran eseutil /d, the priv.edb only went from 8GB down to 6.4GB. I was really hoping for about 5GB. Am I dreaming? If so, why? Why wouldn't eseutil actually give back that space that is now in PST files? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space What does running it once a month gain for you?? At the end of every month it is the same size isn't it? What happens to the email while you are offline? You know the longer your exchange server is up, the better it will run? Bla bla bla.. --Kevinm CHFR, M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond http://www.daughtry.ca/ For Graphics and WebDesign, GO here! -Original Message- From: Dawn R. Ashford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 1:10 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space I run exeutil about once a month. We're using Small Business Server 4.5 with NT4 Server. It requires shutting down the exchange server, and you need space for the temporary database so it can execute. I have very limited space, and I have to redirect my temp file to a workstation hard drive to have space to run it. But I've never had a problem. I only have experience with one server and one OS.. but it's the only way I know to shrink that database back down. Your database is huge compared to mine; so you're looking at more than a few minutes offline. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space Oops... my apologies... Yes... Exchange 5.5 on W2K. I'll take a look at Eseutil... I think I'd heard in the past that it wasn't the safest thing in the world to use? Or am I thinking of something else??? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Dawn R. Ashford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 3:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space Is that Exchange 5.5? Eseutil is what you're looking for. Q182903 will give you command line parameters. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Recovering lost space I think this may be a commonly asked question, which is bad because I should be able to find the answer better than I have, but good because it may be easy to answer :-) I've finally got a lot of mail archived to PST's. Probably about $GB in various files. Now, as I think is usually the case, the priv.edb file size has not shrunk (still 8GB). What the safest way to shrink this? While I still have 5GB free on the array, I use NT Backup to backup Exchange to my file server each night. That file then gets picked up on tape, which is only 40GB, and I've been at that limit forever, removing new things from the backup each night to keep it under the limit. I need to cut this size down if possible Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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
Recovering lost space
I think this may be a commonly asked question, which is bad because I should be able to find the answer better than I have, but good because it may be easy to answer :-) I've finally got a lot of mail archived to PST's. Probably about $GB in various files. Now, as I think is usually the case, the priv.edb file size has not shrunk (still 8GB). What the safest way to shrink this? While I still have 5GB free on the array, I use NT Backup to backup Exchange to my file server each night. That file then gets picked up on tape, which is only 40GB, and I've been at that limit forever, removing new things from the backup each night to keep it under the limit. I need to cut this size down if possible Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Recovering lost space
Well, in my case, I can indeed come in on a weekend, shut email access off for a couple of hours (or 6, even), and do an offline defrag. No one would know the difference. My problem with adding another disk is that, as I said, my tape drive is about as full as full can be. I need to cut down on the size of the IS... Eseutil looks like the way to go... I'll just shutdown Exchange and make full offline backups of the data to my file server (100GB free), and see how it goes. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space So the cost of the downtime caused by running eseutil doesn't equate to throwing another couple disks in the server? With disks being as cheap as they are, size should not be an excuse for running eseutil to defrag your database. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -Original Message- From: Dawn R. Ashford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space Like I said Kevin, you have tons of storage space. With limited storage space some of us actually have to run eseutil just to keep enough space free to stay up and running. -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 3:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space Eseutil is bad.. Reclaiming white space is not really of any value as you will generally just reuse it. Kind of like cleaning your car in Seattle during the rainy season. It might look clean for 8 hours but then it is dirty again. Same thing with the Priv. Hence the reason I will just leave the 70 gigs[1] of white space in my priv. [1] 91 gigs removed, SIS took about 20 gigs out of that. --Kevinm CHFR, M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond http://www.daughtry.ca/ For Graphics and WebDesign, GO here! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 12:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Recovering lost space Oops... my apologies... Yes... Exchange 5.5 on W2K. I'll take a look at Eseutil... I think I'd heard in the past that it wasn't the safest thing in the world to use? Or am I thinking of something else??? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Dawn R. Ashford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 3:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Recovering lost space Is that Exchange 5.5? Eseutil is what you're looking for. Q182903 will give you command line parameters. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 2:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Recovering lost space I think this may be a commonly asked question, which is bad because I should be able to find the answer better than I have, but good because it may be easy to answer :-) I've finally got a lot of mail archived to PST's. Probably about $GB in various files. Now, as I think is usually the case, the priv.edb file size has not shrunk (still 8GB). What the safest way to shrink this? While I still have 5GB free on the array, I use NT Backup to backup Exchange to my file server each night. That file then gets picked up on tape, which is only 40GB, and I've been at that limit forever, removing new things from the backup each night to keep it under the limit. I need to cut this size down if possible Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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
Archiving folders
Dumb question for you all, just to make your Friday a bit easier :-) First, let me tell you that our Exchange server isn't huge (8GB) and I don't have experience with archiving. Is there anyway that I can archive certain messages or folders to an offline storage area? I know I can archive whole mailboxes, but my situation is that I have some large folders, some with 60,000+ emails, and I'd like to take, say, the oldest 50,000 and move them out of the Exchange database and into a file that would reside on our file server, where there's lots of space. I don't need these to be readily available, but ideally there would be a way I could use some program (maybe OL itself?) to browse through those messages if need be. We're using Ex 5.5 and OL 2000. I know about programs like Veritas Remote Storage, and while that looks like a nice solution that would do a lot of things, it also costs $3500. Any ideas that may be cheaper? Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Archiving folders
Well, I said it wasn't huge, I didn't say that it wasn't an issue :) I just am not sure I want all of this email actively in my Exchange db, even though I would like the ability to sift through it maybe once a month. Auto-archiving to a PST makes sense. I hadn't looked at that enough to realize that it was going to do what I wanted. I tried it on one folder, and it seems to be doing what I want. The only thing I *don't* like, though is that some folders, for example, Sent Items, are being archived, too. I hadn't checked them, but I guess they're selected by default. I wasn't looking to have that folder done. How easy is it to move messages out of the PST and back into your mailbox? g. Again, I'm just starting out with archiving, so excuse my ignorance. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Archiving folders Auto-Archive to PST? Client-side function. If your IS size isn't an issue, why do you want to move them? Wouldn't filing them in sub-folders serve the same purpose without the dangers of a file getting lost? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 13:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Archiving folders Dumb question for you all, just to make your Friday a bit easier :-) First, let me tell you that our Exchange server isn't huge (8GB) and I don't have experience with archiving. Is there anyway that I can archive certain messages or folders to an offline storage area? I know I can archive whole mailboxes, but my situation is that I have some large folders, some with 60,000+ emails, and I'd like to take, say, the oldest 50,000 and move them out of the Exchange database and into a file that would reside on our file server, where there's lots of space. I don't need these to be readily available, but ideally there would be a way I could use some program (maybe OL itself?) to browse through those messages if need be. We're using Ex 5.5 and OL 2000. I know about programs like Veritas Remote Storage, and while that looks like a nice solution that would do a lot of things, it also costs $3500. Any ideas that may be cheaper? Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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: Archiving folders
Okay, I understand that... like I said, I'm storing the PST on a file server (where we have about 100GB of remaining space). It seems like it's nice and easy to bring things back, so, this is perfect :) Thanks again, Evan -Original Message- From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 5:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Archiving folders Well, see, if disk space IS an issue, then auto-archiving to PST is bad, unless you're doing it to a secondary location (IOW, NOT to the Exchange Server). Reason being, when you archive to PST, you lose any Single Instance Storage benefits. Every message gets copied to the PST as if it were unique. SO, if at some point everybody received a 1MB attachment (given 20 users), that 1 message will take 1MB in the DB and 20 MBs in PSTs. As for getting it in and out... either re-import (if you want everything), or drag and drop after opening the PST if you only want select items. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 13:51 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Archiving folders Well, I said it wasn't huge, I didn't say that it wasn't an issue :) I just am not sure I want all of this email actively in my Exchange db, even though I would like the ability to sift through it maybe once a month. Auto-archiving to a PST makes sense. I hadn't looked at that enough to realize that it was going to do what I wanted. I tried it on one folder, and it seems to be doing what I want. The only thing I *don't* like, though is that some folders, for example, Sent Items, are being archived, too. I hadn't checked them, but I guess they're selected by default. I wasn't looking to have that folder done. How easy is it to move messages out of the PST and back into your mailbox? g. Again, I'm just starting out with archiving, so excuse my ignorance. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Archiving folders Auto-Archive to PST? Client-side function. If your IS size isn't an issue, why do you want to move them? Wouldn't filing them in sub-folders serve the same purpose without the dangers of a file getting lost? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 13:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Archiving folders Dumb question for you all, just to make your Friday a bit easier :-) First, let me tell you that our Exchange server isn't huge (8GB) and I don't have experience with archiving. Is there anyway that I can archive certain messages or folders to an offline storage area? I know I can archive whole mailboxes, but my situation is that I have some large folders, some with 60,000+ emails, and I'd like to take, say, the oldest 50,000 and move them out of the Exchange database and into a file that would reside on our file server, where there's lots of space. I don't need these to be readily available, but ideally there would be a way I could use some program (maybe OL itself?) to browse through those messages if need be. We're using Ex 5.5 and OL 2000. I know about programs like Veritas Remote Storage, and while that looks like a nice solution that would do a lot of things, it also costs $3500. Any ideas that may be cheaper? Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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: Archiving folders
Btw... how big can a PST be before I should be concerned about it? It's 528MB right after the first few folders Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Evan Brastow Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 5:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Archiving folders Okay, I understand that... like I said, I'm storing the PST on a file server (where we have about 100GB of remaining space). It seems like it's nice and easy to bring things back, so, this is perfect :) Thanks again, Evan -Original Message- From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 5:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Archiving folders Well, see, if disk space IS an issue, then auto-archiving to PST is bad, unless you're doing it to a secondary location (IOW, NOT to the Exchange Server). Reason being, when you archive to PST, you lose any Single Instance Storage benefits. Every message gets copied to the PST as if it were unique. SO, if at some point everybody received a 1MB attachment (given 20 users), that 1 message will take 1MB in the DB and 20 MBs in PSTs. As for getting it in and out... either re-import (if you want everything), or drag and drop after opening the PST if you only want select items. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 13:51 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Archiving folders Well, I said it wasn't huge, I didn't say that it wasn't an issue :) I just am not sure I want all of this email actively in my Exchange db, even though I would like the ability to sift through it maybe once a month. Auto-archiving to a PST makes sense. I hadn't looked at that enough to realize that it was going to do what I wanted. I tried it on one folder, and it seems to be doing what I want. The only thing I *don't* like, though is that some folders, for example, Sent Items, are being archived, too. I hadn't checked them, but I guess they're selected by default. I wasn't looking to have that folder done. How easy is it to move messages out of the PST and back into your mailbox? g. Again, I'm just starting out with archiving, so excuse my ignorance. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Archiving folders Auto-Archive to PST? Client-side function. If your IS size isn't an issue, why do you want to move them? Wouldn't filing them in sub-folders serve the same purpose without the dangers of a file getting lost? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 13:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Archiving folders Dumb question for you all, just to make your Friday a bit easier :-) First, let me tell you that our Exchange server isn't huge (8GB) and I don't have experience with archiving. Is there anyway that I can archive certain messages or folders to an offline storage area? I know I can archive whole mailboxes, but my situation is that I have some large folders, some with 60,000+ emails, and I'd like to take, say, the oldest 50,000 and move them out of the Exchange database and into a file that would reside on our file server, where there's lots of space. I don't need these to be readily available, but ideally there would be a way I could use some program (maybe OL itself?) to browse through those messages if need be. We're using Ex 5.5 and OL 2000. I know about programs like Veritas Remote Storage, and while that looks like a nice solution that would do a lot of things, it also costs $3500. Any ideas that may be cheaper? Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ 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: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug
Basically, yes... we have no reason to allow a free flow of EXE files back and forth. If on the rare occasion, we did need one, I'd disable the filter for that time. I can't block all ZIP files, as we do get a lot of wok related things in that are, say, a 15MB non-exe file, but I do want to cut down on the, Hey dude, check out this cool elf bowling game! What? You can't get .exe files? Wait... I'll zip it for you Evan -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:38 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug I read that it couldn't do that, but I'm wondering why anyone cares to do that? If you are worried about viruses being transmitted via ZIP files, it seems that you should just block ZIP. I mean, are you just trying to prevent the users from sending ANY EXE files back and forth? Basically the only reason I'm letting ZIPs through are so people CAN actually transmit legitimate files through and a good way to force them to use some form of compression. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug One thing I still kinda wish 3.8 could do is block an .EXE in a Zip. I tried it, and it lets it through. I know I could block all Zip files, but that's not quite what I was looking for. Evan -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug By the way, if anyone else uses Martin's list and ScanMail 3.8 and has this same problem, this should save you some time. Don't forget I've added *.REG to the list. File extensions to block: eml;vb;asx;ade;adp;bas;bat;bin;chm;cmd;com;cpl;crt;dll;exe;hiv;hlp;hta;inf;i ns;isp;js;jse;jtd;msc;msi;msp;mst;ocx;oft;ovl;pcd;pif;pl;plx;scr;sct;sh;shb; shs;sys;vbe;vbs;vss;vst;vxd;wsc;wsf;wsh;lnk;reg; File names to block: *.eml;*.vb;*.asx;*.ade;*.adp;*.bas;*.bat;*.bin;*.chm;*.cmd;*.com;*.cpl;*.crt ;*.dll;*.exe;*.hiv;*.hlp;*.hta;*.inf;*.ins;*.isp;*.js;*.jse;*.jtd;*.msc;*.ms i;*.msp;*.mst;*.ocx;*.oft;*.ovl;*.pcd;*.pif;*.pl;*.plx;*.scr;*.sct;*.sh;*.sh b;*.shs;*.sys;*.vbe;*.vbs;*.vss;*.vst;*.vxd;*.wsc;*.wsf;*.wsh;*.lnk;*.reg; -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug OK, since everyone has been talking about this and Antigen lately, I'll add this. I just got off the phone with Trend's tech support and apparently there is an issue with blocking file extensions. I noticed that SYS and VBS files were not being blocked, even though they were on my list (or Martin's list I should say, although I don't think he had REG on his list and I do have it). Anyway, the reason is because it is now performing the true file type scanning. I've already tested this and it does work. For example, I'm not blocking ZIP, so renaming a ZIP to EXE, which I am blocking, will let it through just fine because it knows it is a ZIP. So, in turn, it registers VBS, BAT, my SYS (which was really a text file renamed) as TXT files, which aren't being blocked. The fix is to list them in the file name box (the box right below the blocked extension list) as *.vbs;*.bat;*.sys, etc. Seems to work so far. So I guess to be safe, I'm going to add all of Martin's extensions to both boxes. Hope this helps someone else. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
Paging service?
Hi, I was looking to find a way of having my cell phone beeped if a message comes to my Inbox meeting a certain criteria (i.e. triggers a rule). The only thing is, I don't want to go and put a connector and modem on my Exchange Server. Are there any web services out there where I could forward a message to an email address, and they would in turn trigger a page to my cell phone? I know there are services out there that you can send a fax to a number, and it will email you with the image... I think I was just looking for something that's almost the reverse. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug
One thing I still kinda wish 3.8 could do is block an .EXE in a Zip. I tried it, and it lets it through. I know I could block all Zip files, but that's not quite what I was looking for. Evan -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:21 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug By the way, if anyone else uses Martin's list and ScanMail 3.8 and has this same problem, this should save you some time. Don't forget I've added *.REG to the list. File extensions to block: eml;vb;asx;ade;adp;bas;bat;bin;chm;cmd;com;cpl;crt;dll;exe;hiv;hlp;hta;inf;i ns;isp;js;jse;jtd;msc;msi;msp;mst;ocx;oft;ovl;pcd;pif;pl;plx;scr;sct;sh;shb; shs;sys;vbe;vbs;vss;vst;vxd;wsc;wsf;wsh;lnk;reg; File names to block: *.eml;*.vb;*.asx;*.ade;*.adp;*.bas;*.bat;*.bin;*.chm;*.cmd;*.com;*.cpl;*.crt ;*.dll;*.exe;*.hiv;*.hlp;*.hta;*.inf;*.ins;*.isp;*.js;*.jse;*.jtd;*.msc;*.ms i;*.msp;*.mst;*.ocx;*.oft;*.ovl;*.pcd;*.pif;*.pl;*.plx;*.scr;*.sct;*.sh;*.sh b;*.shs;*.sys;*.vbe;*.vbs;*.vss;*.vst;*.vxd;*.wsc;*.wsf;*.wsh;*.lnk;*.reg; -Original Message- From: Allen Crawford Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:14 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:ScanMail 3.8 for Exchange 5.5 bug OK, since everyone has been talking about this and Antigen lately, I'll add this. I just got off the phone with Trend's tech support and apparently there is an issue with blocking file extensions. I noticed that SYS and VBS files were not being blocked, even though they were on my list (or Martin's list I should say, although I don't think he had REG on his list and I do have it). Anyway, the reason is because it is now performing the true file type scanning. I've already tested this and it does work. For example, I'm not blocking ZIP, so renaming a ZIP to EXE, which I am blocking, will let it through just fine because it knows it is a ZIP. So, in turn, it registers VBS, BAT, my SYS (which was really a text file renamed) as TXT files, which aren't being blocked. The fix is to list them in the file name box (the box right below the blocked extension list) as *.vbs;*.bat;*.sys, etc. Seems to work so far. So I guess to be safe, I'm going to add all of Martin's extensions to both boxes. Hope this helps someone else. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Deploying the Outlook Security Form
Title: RE: Deploying the Outlook Security Form Hmm.. oddly enough, I removed the Disable Registry Editing Tools restrictions from the users profiles, and it still says there was a permissions error on the registry when trying to import outlook.reg. The user in question has Power User rights on his W2k machine. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Evan Brastow Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:36 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Deploying the Outlook Security Form Well, no, because sheepish grin here Registry Editing Tools Have Been Disabled, which I always thought was a good policy to have in place so that users couldnt go installing their own apps as they please (something which we have a policy (paper, one, I mean) in place here to prevent, but that doesnt always stop people). I guess I have to disable that for everyone for now, have them log off and on, make those changes, and then re-enable it, and have them log off and on again.. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:28 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Deploying the Outlook Security Form can you open regedit and go to that key? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Deploying the Outlook Security Form Thanks for the reply. I didn't think this would work, because if I go to a user's computer while they are logged in, and try to manually run the .reg file, it gives a permissions error. I'm not sure why a logon script would have better luck? Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:09 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Deploying the Outlook Security Form if you use .pol files for your logon policies you can use that to put that setting in effect. If you use logon scripts, you can set that reg key in your logon script hkey current user is editable by the user logging into the box so a logon script would work. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:53 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Deploying the Outlook Security Form I am trying to finally get the Outlook Security Form to work for our Outlook 2000 users (on W2K Pro, logging into an NT4 domain). We are not using Group Policies at this time. I have never found a way to modify the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Security key, since my users can't modify the registry like this, and I can't access the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key remotely using regedt32. I did some more digging at this as time has allowed and I've come across this section of the readme.txt file that comes with admpack.exe. In it, it says that in order to change the registry key on a user's machine, you do the following: 2.4.1 Update the Outlook policy template file for Windows 2000 1 On the Start menu, click Run, and then type gpedit.msc to start the Group Policy Editor. 2 Import the Outlk9.adm template. 3 Expand the following series of folders: User Configuration\Administrative Templates. 4 Right-click Administrative Templates, and then click Add/Remove Templates on the shortcut menu. In you see Outlk9 in the Current Policy Templates list, select it, and then click the Remove button to remove the old template. 5 Click the Add button. 6 Use the Look in box to locate where you saved the updated Outlk9.adm template. Select the file name, and then click the Add button to add the new template to the folder. 7 Click Close to return to the Group Policy Editor. 8 Expand the following series of folders: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Outlook 2000\Tools|Options\Security. 9 Double-click the Outlook virus security settings policy name. 10 Click Enabled, and then select the Apply individual settings for Outlook virus security check box. 11 Click the Apply button to apply the new policy, and then click OK. I've moved the Outlk9.adm file to a location on a server that all users can get to. My questions then, are: 1) Is there anyway I can do this remotely without having to go to each user's computer? 2) If I do have to go to each user's computer, do I need to log in as the admin? If I do, will the registry change filter to all users of that computer? We have some computers that are used by 3-4 different people on different days. I would hate to have to login as each one and make this change. Obviously, I'd rather just be able to remotely make the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Security change to all computers with just a .reg file, but it all comes down to the fact that most users that try to run them will be given a permissions error. Thoughts? Thanks, Evan List
RE: OOF
#3 They might cause the last part of some sentences to appear on your screen in white type. -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: OOF Anyone else dying to read #3? William -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 2:37 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OOF You could send one to someone on this list, who is having a bad day: #1 They could in turn take out there aggressions on your servers, Which end up in being melted hulks of junk when they are done with them #2 They could live near your office, and now that they know you are not there, it might be time to come in shopping #3 T --Kevinm M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond Drive thru Admin, Would you like Fries with that? -Original Message- From: Hotchkiss, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 2:27 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: OOF What are the reasons for not allowing OOF to the Internet? Management wants it turned on and I have heard in the past it is a bad idea? Any ammunition appreciated. Pete Hotchkiss List Charter and FAQ 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: Aren't there supposed to be gurus in here?
You hit the nail on the head. I'm just thankful that there's a place like this where one can ask a question for free and even HOPE for a reply. When those in the know take the time from their busy schedules and reply, that's icing on the cake. Many go above and beyond by helping off-list and offering to walk you through this or that. Heck, this list just makes me warm and fuzzy all over :) -Original Message- From: STACKHOUSE, TODD -CONT(DYN) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Aren't there supposed to be gurus in here? What I don't understand is how anyone can have anything negative to say about this list or any other free list where many times answers that are given would normally cost $. I just consider the OT stuff the price of all the valuable info I have gleaned from this indispensible resource. Thanks to all. -Original Message- From: Don Ely - Verizon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:43 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Aren't there supposed to be gurus in here? Really??? I just typed it, apparently, you fell for it. :P Touchy??? Hmmm... No! This is probably the third time in two weeks that someone has complained about their question not being answered. Waaa No one will answer my question, you guys are sooo mean. Wahhh Maybe, we're busy today and we don't have time to answer the question. Maybe, we don't know the answer (did I say that). Maybe, we just don't feel like answering questions today. There's a whole lot that goes into why a question might or might not be answered. Right now, I'm busy spec'n new hardware and don't feel like answering questions. When I'm done in a couple of hours, I'll see what I can do to help. D We don't know who we are until we see what we can do. -Martha Grimes -Original Message- From: Ellery July [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Aren't there supposed to be gurus in here? There is nothing there and aren't we being a little touchy? -Original Message- From: Don Ely - Verizon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:24 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Aren't there supposed to be gurus in here? The care bear list is down the road. http://www.carebear.com/exchange Might I suggest the both of you go there... As for the other whiner's problem, some of us are actually busy who know the answer. We'll reply when we have time since we're not paid to be here. D When all else fails, read the manual. -Original Message- From: Joe Irvine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Aren't there supposed to be gurus in here? I know how you feel.. sorry I can't help you with this one, but as far as that best-beer-in-the-world-wankfest I agree totally.. I actually created a rule in Outlook to delete that topic when it comes in. that was pretty damn annoying, not to mention unprofessional. Thanks! Joe Irvine http://www.tbopayroll.com/ 609-597-1155 -Original Message- From: Sharicz, Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:16 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:Aren't there supposed to be gurus in here? Off topic rant: I find it funny how many people here jump all over other people for not giving enough information when they describe problems, yet those same people don't respond to messages where enough information is given, presumably because it is simply too long to read, and those best-beer-in-the-world-wankfest messages just come too fast and furious. With that in mind, and hoping that nobody here feels insulted, I will keep it short... Does anyone here know how routing within a site works between Exchange 2k and Exchange 5.5(w/ADC)? Or maybe point me in the right direction? I have an E2k server that just won't forward messages from the Internet to mailboxes that reside on the 5.5 servers. Messages within the site work fine, or from the Internet to the 5.5 server to a mailbox on the E2k server. I've looked in archives, knowledge base, white papers...basically the consensus is that anything going to an E2k server is considered inbound and it should recognize an address within the site. Drew List Charter and FAQ 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
RE: Exchange partition getting huge over the weekend... : found o ut!!!
I do (with ServerProtect), but I exclude the exchsrvr directories from the scan. Seems to work well. Evan -Original Message- From: Jason Dwyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 6:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Exchange partition getting huge over the weekend... : found o ut!!! A client of mine did, and it wiped their entire information store and all mailbox contents Regards, Jason Dwyer -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 3 December 2001 6:55 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange partition getting huge over the weekend... : found out!!! Please tell me you did not run a file level scanner on the server. Kevinm M WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, CKWSE CKST -Original Message- From: Eric Mailloux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 11:41 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange partition getting huge over the weekend... : found out!!! Antivirus software I have a planned virus scan on sunday midnight That's the reason for the unusual amount of log files... Bye, Eric -Message d'origine- De : Eric Mailloux Envoyé : 2 décembre, 2001 14:02 À : MS-Exchange Admin Issues Objet : Exchange partition getting huge over the weekend... Hello! Exchange 2000 SP1. The Exchange partition (M:\ drive) gets huge overly fast during the weekend : from 2.1GB on friday PM to almost 9.0GB on monday AM. No one is at the office during that time. I only have about 50 mailboxes on the server. What causes the log files to get this numerous this fast, over the weekand when it is not the case during the week? Is there a way or a tool that would allow me to view all the activity that went on on the mail server??? Could it be that I am being used as a relay??? Thank you! Eric Mailloux Administrateur réseau Groupe TelPlus Inc. (418) 524-9455, poste 109 L'information que contient ce courriel est confidentielle et peut contenir des informations privilégiées sur le plan technique et/ou juridique. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez nous en aviser immédiatement par courriel. Veuillez également supprimer ce courriel de votre système, vous abstenir de le copier ou de l'utiliser pour quelque raison, ni en divulguer le contenu à quiconque. The information in this email is confidential and may be legally and/or technically privileged. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply immediately by e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy or use this email for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Faxing
Title: Message Number substitution setup? Meaning? Im trying to replace Omtools Fax Sr. because it doesnt integrate well with Outlook contacts (I want something that can natively use an existing Public Folder of contacts, and use the Business Fax field, with no imports/conversions/special forms. I havent used Fax Sr. in years because of this flaw, and when I asked them last week if it could use the Business Fax field natively yet, this is what I was told I had to do (I hope this is not the same in Faxination, as its one of the products I was looking at to replace Fax Sr.): You should be able to do what you need by using our forms, first we have a utility that would convert your existing Contacts to Fax Contacts which means you can use the same contact list to email and fax after that you will need to use our form to add new contacts. The following Tech note addresses this issue. I hope this answers your question. K00062 - Converting Outlook 98 contacts into fax contacts Products: Fax Sr. 3.x Categories: Mail - Exchange Summary: Converting your Outlook contacts into fax contacts. Details: NOTE: DO NOT RUN THIS .OFT FORM FROM THE MAIL MESSAGE YOU RECEIVED. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOUR 'INBOX' COULD BE HIGHLIGHTED AND ALL MAIL MESSAGES IN THE INBOX COULD BE CONVERTED INTO FAX CONTACTS AND THEN PERMANENTLY DELETED FROM THE INBOX. 1) Open Outlook and highlight your Contacts Folder. 2) Open the attached Reset Message Class.oft form. 3) Highlight the Contacts Folder again and click OK. 4) Select Enable Macros (or select disable - inspect the code - close the form - open the form - select Enable Macros) 5) Enter the Old Message class in the appropriate place (IPM.Contact) 6) Enter the New Message class in the appropriate place (IPM.Contact.Faxcontact) 7) Choose Upgrade (Default) 8) Select Proceed 9) Your Contacts will be converted to Faxcontacts. 10) Close out of this window and save changes. Adding the Faxcontact Form to the Contacts Menu 1) Open your Outlook Client. 2) Right-click on the Contacts folder and select Properties 3) Select the Forms tab - Manage. The Forms Manager dialog box appears. 4) Select the Faxcontact form and choose Copy. 5) Then click on the General Tab. 6) Select the faxcontact form where it says - When posting to this folder, use: 7) Click Close and OK. Basically, this does not seem an efficient use of the Business Fax field. Evan -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Faxing Faxination has worked almost flawlessly in my environment. It has a simple connector to the Exchange server and everything is handled smoothly via Outlook at the users' end. I don't like the number-substitution setup but it's a minor annoyance. Roger Wright Southern Commerce Bank ___ Life without caffeine is stimulating enough. -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 2:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Faxing What is this, coffee talk? -Original Message- From: MHR(Michael Ross) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 9:52 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Faxing Faxination vs Faxmaker which is better? Michael Ross Network Analyst 2 Panduit Corp. [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 ___ NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic message is considered privileged and confidential under Florida Statutes 455.251 and 3905.017. It is intended solely for the use of the recipient named above. If the reader is not the recipient named above, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or disclosure of the contents of this message is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender and destroy the original message.
Kinda spooky...
I came in this morning to find that both the IS and Internet Mail services on my Exchange 5.5 SP4 had stopped overnight. I restarted the services with no problems, but it's a pretty disturbing event. It looks like it happened somewhere around the time it would have been backing up (via NT Backup) to a file. The event log shows the following: Event ID: 7031 Source: Service Control Manager Desc: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 0 milliseconds: No action. Any thoughts on why this could happen and what I should be doing (outside of ensuring good backups)? The IS is about 7GB total. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Kinda spooky...
Hi William, Nope... the only anti-virus is ScanMail. No other backup on the box except for NT Backup. That's the only entry in the event log. Just seems to have happened out of the blue. Thanks, Evan -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 6:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject:RE: Kinda spooky... Hi Evan Are you running any file level anti-virus or file level back up on this box? Is that the only item in the app event log? William Lefkovics, MCSE, A+, ExchangeMVP -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Sent: 10/20/01 8:32 AM Subject: Kinda spooky... I came in this morning to find that both the IS and Internet Mail services on my Exchange 5.5 SP4 had stopped overnight. I restarted the services with no problems, but it's a pretty disturbing event. It looks like it happened somewhere around the time it would have been backing up (via NT Backup) to a file. The event log shows the following: Event ID: 7031 Source: Service Control Manager Desc: The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 0 milliseconds: No action. Any thoughts on why this could happen and what I should be doing (outside of ensuring good backups)? The IS is about 7GB total. Thanks, Evan List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
