RE: IMC Mail Que

2001-10-18 Thread Herrick, Michael
Adriaan, I have an idea of what you are going through. Managing a system without prior training is tough. And a system that is in use and having problems makes it much more difficult. But your education will proceed at a faster pace if you purchase a book or two that has been recommended on this

RE: Inner Circle - Meeting Minutes

2001-10-18 Thread Herrick, Michael
As a member of the Inner Circle, evidently not yours, I believe you erred on a single crucial point. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Slinger, Gary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 6:30 AM To: Exchange D

RE: File system in outlook/exchange

2001-10-05 Thread Herrick, Michael
Sure sounds like ytou need some training sessions for your users. Starting with your boss. Spending $ on training is probably the best investment any company can make. Especially with Outlook. Unfortunately most consider it an expense, not an investment. Outlook has the potential to really enhanc

RE: Licensing

2001-10-05 Thread Herrick, Michael
How do you pronounce 'moynd'? Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Atkinson, Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:08 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Licensing a) damn right b) poor excuse for c

RE: mailbox causes Outlook to freeze

2001-10-05 Thread Herrick, Michael
Ensure the client is off line. Then use ExAdmin to move the mailbox to another server in the site. Have the user start Outlook. It will find the new home server automagically. I have seen moving a mailbox clean up otherwise unsolveable weirdness. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMA

RE: Restore

2001-10-05 Thread Herrick, Michael
Why BLB = BAD. A true tale from my last company. After 3 months of banging their heads, the idiots at a remote site got BLB & restores to work in test. So they ran it on the production box. I was adamant that the Exchange online backup be run first. That took about 2-3 hours. The BLB took over 12

RE: Cannot Generate Offline Address Book

2001-10-04 Thread Herrick, Michael
We had a similar problem at my last company. Some untrained admin-wannabe added a fax connector and it created a bogus address template. PSS had us delete a template for a foreign language. I can't remember the details. It may have been done in raw mode. You should call PSS to walk you through it.

RE: Replication problem

2001-10-04 Thread Herrick, Michael
All Exchange servers in a site or org do NOT have to be at the same SP level. In a site with many servers it may not be possible to upgrade the SP on all servers at the same time. And if there are problems, this may be most undesireable. However, you certainly should run with all servers at the sa

RE: Blocking External E-mail

2001-10-03 Thread Herrick, Michael
Blocking Sending is indirect. Create a DL. Add this DL to the delivery restrictions tab in the IMS. Then add users to the DL. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: McCready, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03,

RE: Win 2K and Exchange 2K

2001-10-03 Thread Herrick, Michael
Well, after the digressions, by now you may have guessed that the answer is **yes**. Do you have a specific question? Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Van Huissteden, Adriaan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 30

RE: command line directory import

2001-09-27 Thread Herrick, Michael
The easiest way to check the required syntax for an import to a container is to create one object manually and do an export from that container. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Beavers, Terry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wedne

RE: Weird Problem w/OWA

2001-09-26 Thread Herrick, Michael
Is his alias the same as his username? Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ronald Mazzotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:55 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Weird Problem w/OWA That does no

RE: Export Field Size

2001-09-26 Thread Herrick, Michael
Try exporting to a txt file and open it in Notepad or Word. Or rename the csv to txt and open it in Notepad or Word. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jeff Caron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 11:56

RE: Strange Error

2001-09-26 Thread Herrick, Michael
These 2 names could have resolved off her PAB, pointing to an MS Mail address or a mailbox moved to another site. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Bowles, John L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:52

RE: Help with Public Folder

2001-09-26 Thread Herrick, Michael
IBID is hardly jargon. i·bi·dem (b-dm, -bdm) adv. Abbr. ib. or ibid. In the same place. Used in footnotes and bibliographies to refer to the book, chapter, article, or page cited just before. [Latin ibdem. See i- in Indo-European Roots.] Source: http://www.dictionary.com/ Michael Herrick Groton

RE: Move Mailbox Transfer Rate

2001-09-25 Thread Herrick, Michael
Try moving mailboxes in small groups of 20-30. Then check database consistency. I have seen the move cure corruption problems. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. A 20MB mailbox takes about 3-5 minutes, in my experience, over a similar LAN. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMA

RE: Exchange 5.5 sp4

2001-09-25 Thread Herrick, Michael
Harriet - Upgraded to Sp4, applied all subsequent hotfixes and the Security Rollup Patch on many servers. Took exactly 1 hour on servers with approx 25GB priv.edb. If you have teamed NICs on Compaq servers, be sure to break the teaming before applying the Security Rollup Patch and then re-team

RE: Editing Inbox Contents

2001-09-25 Thread Herrick, Michael
I think you are needlessly worrying about editing received messages. Certainly it is possible. My experience has shown that almost all employees are looking to contribute to the company/dept/organization. When some user changes a message, it will most likely be discovered or challenged. Compare th

RE: # of folders in mailboxes

2001-09-24 Thread Herrick, Michael
If I read the question correctly, you scanned the server and saw other folders in their mailbox. How did you do this? If you saw folders on the Exchange server, then what you saw were not PST files. And PST files do not prompt with a warning about running out of disk space. Can you please clarify

RE: Calendar of user causes hanging

2001-09-11 Thread Herrick, Michael
This may be helpful. I had a similar problem some time ago. I do not recall the specific steps, but they went somthing like this. MS-PSS had us export the calendar to a PST (the one instance where they are useful). Then on importing it back to a dummy mailbox, it croaked. They had us import the fi

RE: exchange 5.5 e-mail disclaimer

2001-08-31 Thread Herrick, Michael
but this would slow down the server and then we would have to deal with the spam about that! Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Benjamin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 1:37 PM To: Exchange Discussions

RE: Blocking Outside Mail

2001-08-31 Thread Herrick, Michael
Here is a short outline of the process for blocking outgoing SMTP. 1. Create a DL for this specific purpose. 2. In the IMS properties, Delivery Restrictions tab, add the DL to "Reject messages from". Stop & Restart the IMS. 3. You can now hide the DL from the GAL 4. Add names for those who will be

RE: Plain Text Only

2001-08-29 Thread Herrick, Michael
Every user who can start Outlook is an Exchange Expert!! Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] LEGAL NOTICE Unless expressly stated otherwise, this message is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. Access to this E-mail by anyone

RE: Plain Text Only

2001-08-28 Thread Herrick, Michael
Tell your user it's a security feature. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ewart, Vicki L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:32 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Plain Text Only We'll just to giv

RE: Rule of thumb for Public Folders

2001-08-28 Thread Herrick, Michael
DL = Distribution List in ExchangeSpeak Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ewart, Vicki L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:44 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Rule of thumb for Public Folders #7

RE: Rule of thumb for Public Folders

2001-08-28 Thread Herrick, Michael
Heer are some of the things I have learned. I wish I could put them into practice. 1. Do not let any users create public folders. Have them send the request to a knowledgable Exchange admin. Preferably the one who will have to restore them. 2. Design a naming standard and hierarchy first. Think WA

RE: Clean out Public Folders

2001-08-27 Thread Herrick, Michael
Yes, go here: Site...Server... Public Information store...Age Limits tab. You can set an age for every PF homed on the server and replicas on other servers. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Hunter, Lori [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] S

RE: blocking internet access (OT)

2001-08-17 Thread Herrick, Michael
A simple solution: unplug the modem. Plug it in when you want to surf. When your kids have figured out how to see all the pictures YOU have downloaded, then you can leave it plugged in and just let them surf away. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Me

RE: How to save a users rules settings in outlook 2000

2001-08-16 Thread Herrick, Michael
Any message now, then you will find out. When was the last time you ran Scanpst.exe? And what the heck do you do with ALL that old stuff anyhow? Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Pat Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursda

RE: Calendar Corruption and Bouncing Emails

2001-08-15 Thread Herrick, Michael
A quick solution is move the mailbox to another server in the site, via ExAdmin. User needs to be logged out of Outlook. This has worked for me in the past. If there was corruption, it gets cleaned up as messages are gathered from the store for the move. Michael Herrick Groton CIT Messaging Servi