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If you are running Exchange 2003 and 2007 in the same organization and you have enabled the disclaimer rule and create an e-mail on the Exchange 2003 server with OWA that gets routed by the Exchange 2007 server the e-mail might become corrupted. CAUSE This problem occurs because Outlook Web Access for...
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There was a great community article posted today on some common mistakes that are made during Exchange 2003 uprades. Please read the entire article here .
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It doesn't seem catastrophic but after installing IE7 (which is being pushed out with Windows Update as a critical patch), it could cause ESM to crash when you try to open Exchange help. The reason is that IE7 installs a newer version of psapi.dll. For instructions to fix this problem take a look at...
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Are you tired of allowing umlimited mailboxes to Execs that want need 3GB mailboxes? Now you can set warning, no send and no recieve limits that are higher than the 2,097,151 KB. The whole article is here . The gist of it using ADSIEdit or your favorite tool to manually modify the mDBStorageQuota, mDBOverQuotaLimit...
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VMWare released a 24 page guidance document on their best practices for running Exchange 2003 in a virtual machine. If you are justing getting into virtualization this is a must read. If you arlready have a virtualization environment there is some handy guidance on how to tune the virtual machines and...
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A number of fresh Exchange downloads were posted last night. The list starts out with a few new tools for sizing Exchange 2007 servers and then we have a smattering of incremental updates for some Notes interop. Enjoy. Microsoft Exchange Server Jetstress Tool (64 bit) (08.01.0038) Use Jetstress to verify...
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I am giving a class for some people this week about recovering from Exchange server and database failures. I decided to come up with a simplified process flow for the presentation and was pretty pleased with the results. I figured I would post the file for your use and feedback. I can forsee that this...
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I ran across a couple of new KB articles that might be of use to you: KB925464: The SMTP service does not come online on the node that is running Exchange Server 2003 after a failover in a cluster environment Cause This issue may occur if the following conditions are true: • McAfee Virus Scan version...
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Have you ever had to spend 30 minutes explaining to someone how to recover a mailbox of a user that was accidentally deleted? Was it honestly more like 1 hour? Do you work in an environment where you are the "Exchange guy" and every other person will ask you how to do it instead of reading...
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I'm all for running the latest and greatest of most everything, however I am unsure why you would install this as a beta. If you have an overwhelming desire to test this the link is below: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;926666&sd=rss&spid=1773 The update includes...
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Microsoft has released a patch for a problem with Exchange 2003 SP2 and Internet Explorer 7.0 that is exhibited when using the S/MIME control in OWA. To download the patch click here . Overview This update resolves an issue where the Outlook Web Access (OWA) form would stop responding when you compose...
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Yes, I spent hours coming up with the title of this blog post.... :| Anyway, EvanD blogged a nice intro to how to migrate Exchange 2003 Recipient Policies to Exchange 2007. He also linked to this page on the Exchange wiki that has more details on the ldap OPATH filters
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Here are a few new Exchange related webcasts that I came across: Momentum Webcast: Improving Productivity with the 2007 Office System, Exchange Server 2007, and Windows Vista (Level 100) Start Time: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Tune in to this webcast to discover how...
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My company allows OOF to the internet for most of our customers as it is often requested. Though there is are small risks to being able to verify an address is correct or knowing if someone is out of the office. These could be mitigated by having the users leave only the minimal information on their...
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Just when you thought there was enough Exchange documentation other there.... there is now a Exchange Wiki site. This is open to anyone so hopefully some both the Microsoft and non-Microsoft employees can combine their knowledge for the good of Exchange Admins everywhere. It just is getting started but...