Circular Logging

2001-12-06 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I have a question about a current situation that a client of mine is in. They have an Exchange 5.5 SP2 server which has run out of space! They originally had a tape drive installed on the server and was using Backup Exec with the Exchange agent. they had circular logging enabled but it

RE: Circular Logging

2001-12-06 Thread Paul Armstrong
ackup (free with the O/S) would work just fine. You could even write up a little bat file to automate it, to a point. John -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Circular Lo

RE: Circular Logging

2001-12-06 Thread Paul Armstrong
A+, ExchangeMVP -Original Message----- From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:34 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Circular Logging Importance: High Hello All, I have a question about a current situation that a client of mine is in. They h

RE: Circular Logging

2001-12-06 Thread Paul Armstrong
emergencies. But do note, that these log files compress very well. It only takes a few to give you some breathing room. William -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 5:01 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Circular

RE: Circular Logging

2001-12-07 Thread Paul Armstrong
will backup to file. Also, you can install Exchange admin on another box other than the exchange server to perform this. William -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:41 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ci

Exmerge Question

2001-12-12 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I have a couple of clients who are using InoculateIT (aka EjaculateIT) & the Exchange Agent and they got infected with the Goner virus last week. These clients mainly got infected because they didn't have the latest virus definitions because the virus came out before the definitions we

FW: Exmerge Question

2001-12-13 Thread Paul Armstrong
John Matteson; Exchange Manager Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards (404) 239 - 2981 My toys! My toys! I can't do this job without my toys! -Original Message- From: Paul

Native Outlook access to Exchange2K externally

2002-01-02 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I am trying to find a way to make Outlook accessible to an Exchange 2000 Server from an external connection. I have seen posts in the past relating this this questions but most stated that it is more difficult than with 5.5 and makes you AD implementation less secure. What are th

FW: Native Outlook access to Exchange2K externally

2002-01-02 Thread Paul Armstrong
materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? (How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?) -- Henry Beard -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday

Brick Level Backups

2002-01-09 Thread Paul Armstrong
I have seen posts from people stating that Brick Level Backups of Exchange are bad. I was just discussing this with a fellow engineer and wanted to find out the reason why the Brick Level Backups are bad. What the issues with this type of Backup? If Brick level Backups are bad then why purchas

FW: Exchange 5.5 troubles with Mac's

2002-01-09 Thread Paul Armstrong
An alternative to creating Hosts files for the Mac is to use an Internal DNS (Caching or Authoritative) and have the entry for the Exchange Server as a record and have the Macs use the Internal DNS as there primary DNS. The DNS will also answer any DNS lookups and cache the results so that fut

FW: Brick Level Backups

2002-01-09 Thread Paul Armstrong
0grand system can't restore the CFO's budget from last week. John M. -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:32 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues

Managing Exchange2K remotely!

2001-08-27 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I recently noticed that I was unable to access the Exchange properties of an mail-enabled user in AD Users & Computers from a non-Exchange machine. These properties fields seem to be only accessible from the Exchange server. How can I install the new features to make it remotely-manage

SMTP Servers

2001-08-28 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, Does anybody know of any good alternatives to Exchange. I have a client that has about 5 users and doesn't want to pay the price for Exchange so i am searching for a cheaper, or better yet free, alternative. Any recommendations? ŠËB…ªíz¶§tPjØm¶Ÿÿà ,ºvޖÛ(~Ü­ç(›÷±r§éb²×!j»^®

RE: SMTP Servers

2001-08-29 Thread Paul Armstrong
r it, what is wrong with using IIS SMTP Server? Won't this accomplish what you want? I think you'll find it should have the functionality that you (they) need. Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems, Inc. -Original Message- From: Paul Arms

POP Exchange Gateway

2001-09-20 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I have a small dilemma with a client. Because of the WTC tragedy, this client of mine has lost Phone & Inet service. They need to have some form of communication so we are trying to work on at least getting them email access. There web host can provide them with POP accounts, there ser

FW: POP Exchange Gateway

2001-09-21 Thread Paul Armstrong
apris.net Tribbles hate Klingons and Klingons hate Tribbles. -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 3:46 PM To: MS-Exchange Adm

Exmerge for Exchange 5.5 & 2000

2002-01-25 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I am working on rebuilding a server running Exchange 5.5. The server is running SBS 4.5 and I am rebuilding it as Windows 2000 Server running Exchange 2000. I plan on using Exmerge to export the mailboxes to PST, then rebuild the server, then use Exmerge to import the PST's back

FW: Exmerge for Exchange 5.5 & 2000

2002-01-28 Thread Paul Armstrong
ge 5.5 & 2000 There is an Exmerge specifically for 2K -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exmerge for Ex

Instant Messenging

2002-03-18 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hey Guys,   I was successfully able to setup instant messenging on my Exchange2K server. I have seen posts stating that it should work externally. What ports would I have to have open on my router for this to work, the only reference I have found thus far is just for port 80 but I know th

Instant Messenging

2002-03-18 Thread Paul Armstrong
Also, is there a way to setup the MSN client automagically? I would like to have the app installed on a couple of desktops but it would be painful to have to walk to each machine and also do the configuration. It would be nice if I could just provide them with a batch file, shortcut, etc th

Services terminating unexpectedly!

2002-03-19 Thread Paul Armstrong
I keep getting errors in my logs about services terminating unexpectedly and I am unsure if they are related to Exchange2K or Win2K or both! The error is Event ID: 7031 and the error is: The World Wide Web Publishing Service service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 17 time(s). The fol

Outlook 2002

2002-03-19 Thread Paul Armstrong
Does anybody know how to disable the function on Outlook 2002 where it request permissions if another program tries to send thru it? I know this function is to protect against virii but I am using it on a server running backupexec 8.6 and I have been having problems sending job notifications.

Exchange 2000 server in Exchange 5.5 Org\Site

2002-07-12 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I just recently upgraded a clients NT Domain to Windows 2K & AD. I have since installed the ADC and created ADC CA's to replicate recipients, contacts, & public folders to AD. I then install Exchange 2000 on the new server, updated to SP2, then created a test user, mailbox-enable

FW: Exchange 2000 server in Exchange 5.5 Org\Site

2002-07-12 Thread Paul Armstrong
E2K server to the exisitng Org & Site with the E55 server. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong Sent: Fri 7/12/2002 4:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Exchange 2000 se

RE: Exchange 2000 server in Exchange 5.5 Org\Site

2002-07-15 Thread Paul Armstrong
ECTED]] Sent: Fri 7/12/2002 9:35 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Cc: Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 server in Exchange 5.5 Org\Site Ew. ADC is ok? -Original Message----- From:

Exchange 2000 server trying to contact decommissioned 5.5 server

2002-07-23 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I have recently installed a Exchange 2000 server and migrated all of the mailboxes, contacts, public folders over to this server from an Exchange 5.5 server. The 5.5 server has since been removed from the site & organization and formatted for other usage. All has been well, I haven'

FW: Exchange behind PIX config

2002-07-23 Thread Paul Armstrong
No, the Global line is for NAT, the config you had previously would be correct but you would exclude the IP you set a static mapping from from the Global config. If you use a Global IP for a static mapping the config gets more complicated because within the Global command you would provide the

FW: Exchange 2000 server trying to contact decommissioned 5.5 server

2002-07-23 Thread Paul Armstrong
it reappaears, hopefully it wont. Thanks anyway! -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong Sent: Tue 7/23/2002 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Exchange 2000 server trying to contact decommissioned 5.5 server

Organizing Exchange Address Lists

2002-07-23 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I have been working with a Exchange2k server which i recently migrated users from an Exchange 5.5 server. When the items were on the E55 server, there were several recipient containers that held only contacts (IE: microsoft container would hold all microsoft email contacts, etc).

Rebuilding an Exchange 5.5 Server

2002-05-22 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello Guys, I have a server that keeps blue screening after the admin installed some apps. I have been unable to get the server started successfully. I tried using last known good config, I tried repairing the install using an old repair disk and also without the repair disk, everything fai

OWA 5.5 Troubles

2002-05-24 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I recently rebuilt an Exchange 5.5 server and havent had any major issues. The one problem that I am having is that I get the following message when logging in via OWA: Failed to connect to the Microsoft Exchange Server, Server!. I searched Technet and find 3 articles, one says c

Corrupt Email in Exchange 2000

2002-05-31 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello All, I am having an interesting problem with Exchange 2000 & BackupExec 8.6. Over the past few weeks, I have been getting errors within BackupExec8.6 when it backs up indivdual mailboxes in Exchange 2000. There are two mailboxes where it finds messages that it can't access so therefor

RE: Corrupt Email in Exchange 2000

2002-05-31 Thread Paul Armstrong
ave the deleted item & mailbox retention set both to 30 days since the backup rotation is for 30 days, so I am covered. Oh well, thanks for the help! -Original Message- From: Missy Koslosky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Fri 5/31/2002 12:23 PM To:

RE: Corrupt Email in Exchange 2000

2002-05-31 Thread Paul Armstrong
led I've seen the backup hit an open file, report that it is corrupt, back it up or not, and report the backup job as failed, although everything thing else backed up successfully. -Original Message- From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Forwarding mail from one Exchange Server to another!

2002-06-14 Thread Paul Armstrong
Hello, I have an exchange server that was just implemented within a company. The company already has an Exchange 5.5 server and the new server is Exchange2k. Port 25 on the router is forwarded to the 5.5 server so it can't be forwarded to the 2k server. The domains that the 5.5 server was h